I'm Back!!!

Yeahhh, That was a nice week vacation... really Hawaii? once you're there man! your don't want to come back LOL. We have such fun, nice tan and by the way make some friends like this cute little one:

An adorable young Monk Seal, rare to see, we were very lucky!! We saw them 3 times!

And anyway, back to California... back to work buahhh... Sure it is!

I'm back to my BJD, before I left I have already finished with the last mold, so they were drying all week, now I just pick, clean, maybe sand a little bit and star using them.

It was a lot hard to make the hands, the slip has a little bit of smell, but until today I got to cast the first Doll and an extra head (I made 4 heads total) working all day just in that...

Looking good so far uh? I'm using and Air Dry porcelain slip but manufacturer recommend to bake it a 200 F for about 4 to 6 hours, I didn't got to do that today will do it tomorrow for sure and make another body and heads of course... Did I mention that I got to make a double joint body? Well yes I have (wasn't really expected, but a last second thing hehe) I may be working those molds tomorrow.

New Faces for BJD

Not, I haven't finish with the Doll I suppose to cast, but the First set of Molds are drying (above 7days) so while that I'll working on some other pieces, like heads and playing around with double joints for legs and arms.

So far I have a new face:

Sorry for the bad pic, I'm not using my professional camera, this little camera sometimes take good pics, sometimes dont...

Almost Done with the First Set of Plaster Molds

Now I know why there has to be a second set of molds for the final pieces, there is a lot of imperfections in the mold and in the pieces themselves, I was reading that once having the cast pieces in wax they can be fix a even reshape, So here I go, right I'm working on the head and arms the last pieces, but here is a peek of the pieces I have done, I was using plaster of Paris for this first set, will Use Pottery Plaster N#1 for the master Molds.

BJD Doll playing with the head

Man! I just can wait for this Doll to be done, I finished with the hands today, will be ready to cast in a little while.
In the same time I playing coloring the face, I'm not really happy within I'll make another head, anyway I have to make quiet few Dolls for the Convention.

Second Ball Jointed Doll - Have the joints done

And its just a hand ahead LOL, yep I finally got to make her joints and feet. Next will be the hands and it will be ready. Here some pics:

I had her temporary stringing just to be sure all the joints are working. And I knew polymer clay couldn't take the pressure, one of her thighs was staring to crack just a little, so after I checked for the joint function I had to un-string her quickly, well It mat be the kind of polymer clay I used, it may be stronger with Fimo puppen or another kind of strong clay. but still, all the pieces are meant to take lot of pressure.

Second Ball Jointed Doll

Update for today, at least proportions are coming up pretty good, wow until this step I can say it was a lot of carving and sanding work, a lot!!! But I'm please so far.

Back to Make BJDoll !

Oh yeah... I'm back. This time I'm making a master Doll for Casting.
So.. materials use: Sculpey  Polymer Clay (Not really a good pick this clay is way to soft, its cheap but It will be better to work with Super Sculpey) aluminum foil for filling, brass tubes, craft drill machine, sponge sand paper, sculpting tools.
And this is what I have so far...

Just trying on the Glib Acrylic eyes, man! I got just the Right whole size!

This time even if this piece is meant to be cast I wont be making a double jointed Doll, but just an abdominal joint, limbs will have simple joints, I will try a double jointed Doll next time.