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Post by Donna on Dec 1, 2010 11:14:32 GMT 12
;D That is looking great Fantail, best of luck for a smooth run with him, I hope he turns out exactly as you intend him to. What fun..
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Post by fantail on Dec 1, 2010 12:03:39 GMT 12
Thank you Donna. Ditto for the marionettes ;D
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Post by blue on Dec 1, 2010 13:18:14 GMT 12
wow scans look terrific tails he is gonna be one cute little critter beastie thats for sure. awwwww SUPER CUTE well done it will be neat watching his progress to
Donna she looks terrific !!!! i mean that to - she does.
i like the elbow joints to...
your gonna slap me but i think they knees look fine. ;D
I noticed you modeled her legs on mine being so long, sleek and slender and all WINK ! \
great work keep it up
am stuffereooded been over the shore visiting grandbaby
awwwwwwwww she is still so very small and cute soooooooo so adorable
to hot for clay work today im gonna sit and tidy threw the ribbon and bead draw its so small it gets messy so quick. urg
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Post by Donna on Dec 1, 2010 15:04:29 GMT 12
Thank you for your opinions, I'll go ahead and make the joints using that idea then... Lol Blue... I have to cut the legs a bit on that one still, the other ones I've cut shorter (had to when I got savage with the coping saw) luckily they were too long to start with. Aww what a nice day for you visiting with Grand-angel-baby..  Fantail..have you finished little beastie yet??..hehehe I've been digging and moving dirt piles outside again and I've got a headache now, so I'll sit and clay-around for awhile. Oh yeah, I've got an idea for what I'd like to make for the (dreaded) doll show next year..prob already been done before *shrugs*.. I'm thinking I should start NOW.. Thought you might like this... www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD7eagLl5c4 |
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Post by fantail on Dec 1, 2010 15:39:48 GMT 12
Lol wow it is tiny minuscule and very sweet and I loved the end ;D thanks for the link Donna
hehe nope not even close- trying to figure out the facets of his face
the leaf is nearly there
Too hot a day for digging hope the clay and shade inside the house will soothe your head ache
It's always nice to visit littlies. Bet she has grown since you last saw her though, Blue
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Post by blue on Dec 1, 2010 18:09:40 GMT 12
holy bat dots thats amazing. what a cute little girl on the bumble awwwwwww neat little film
thank goodness its cooled down somewhat a phew. to much sun for me today i need the cave i tell you gimmie shade. that sun ruin's my moontan URG
but yer got all draws sorted.. accidently picked up some bead packs which must have had holes so now.... ( ill vacuum tomorrow)
there are bright red beads from one end to other urg and sequins which i cannot be bothered to pick them all up .urg. enough with the beads already........ but i did find some things i had forgotten i had.........lmao
grandbaby has hardly grown a thing she is so darn small i tell ya like a little doll but shes gotten a bit more solid some interesting chicken ninja moves with arms and legs today lmao such an amusing little time waster .
i wish the bjd was finished NOW hmmmmmm want to experiment and see if it will work with smaller balls without limiting movment. hmmmmm HMMMMMMMM the torture continues lmao
ah well rest now.... clay tomorrow......
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Post by fantail on Dec 1, 2010 21:19:05 GMT 12
Hi Blue here is that reborn hair video I spoke of so amazingly natural www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyBl-96LJOQ&feature=player_embeddedYeah I noticed that I prefer the cave lighting after daring the sun light Aah the familiar sound of vacuuming up beads Hehe chicken ninja moves I can easily imagine, but its not time wasting, it's research. |
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Post by anubis4 on Dec 1, 2010 21:51:20 GMT 12
1:12, 1:24 scale to many numbers......... Why did I decide that I like doing miniatures.
They are quite fun so I thought I might do some box rooms and some other things lots of ideas.
So far I have a bookcase and handmade books a spiral staircase and alot of part bits. Just tryin to get my head around the scale thing.
Likin what I see with the beastie and the marionettes.
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 7:25:53 GMT 12
;D Cheers Anubis
Ooh miniature books, bookcase and staircase I do love mini things
as you might know I'm one of those crazy people who love miniatures ;D
Can't wait to see it
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Post by anubis4 on Dec 2, 2010 9:31:35 GMT 12
It is alot of fun really I can use all sorts of things to make different things. But the keeping to scale is sooooooooooooo hard at the moment. Will take some pics of what I have so far.
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 10:00:12 GMT 12
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Post by blue on Dec 2, 2010 10:30:07 GMT 12
hey anubis how goes it. wicked workings i hear and a spiral staircase wow true legend !!! i hear ya with scale. fabric scale... hair scale...... iddy things that match scale. urg well done tho it exciting for us to see it unfold so to speak. yaa it is going to be magic today i learned..... beads make a tatata tink tink tata tink sound up the vacuum grin and cat burglar likes smacking said beads but does not like them stuck on her feet. muhahahahaha that will learn her ; ) Im not going to continue with A1 bjd ill bake her as is and pop her on the shelf lmao i will start a good "to scale" specimen doll and chop it up and create the joints from there. she has been much fun but its time to be a little more serious with it now ; ) anyhow have a fabulous day ladies its a little cooler today so easier to get threw it all without melting x Attachments:
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Post by Donna on Dec 2, 2010 11:04:40 GMT 12
;D Exciting on here this morning... Great to hear from you Anubis.. When we met up last week we were discussing how much we all luv miniatures of any kind There is a local group here that displays yearly, and ooohhhh I so love what they do.. detailed box displays, settings, houses... It's wonderful that you are involved with it, I can't wait to see your progress, very exciting..yay!!! Blue it seems sad that you are going to put your girl on the shelf..  not the scary one with the broken faces and body bits  LOL I'm amazed at how far you've come with her, and how fantastic she is, honestly, you're amazing..everyone else agonizes for months and look at you... *awe* Well I have kids physio and running around to do ... hopefully I'll get to clay later... Talk soon x |
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 11:51:07 GMT 12
Look at her she is stunning
I don't know what you mean by more serious, she is seriously good
Hope you get some clay time too Donna
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Post by blue on Dec 2, 2010 12:37:18 GMT 12
well she is baked to sit on a ledge.....lmfao and her feet turned to krispty critters.... its almost fitting really but i really like her burns cracks ruffness and all she just makes me smile. she can be my bjd sculpting buddy lmao
so now ive been hunting threw my books of anatomy and yer at 14 inch there is a whole lot of neat detail one can push into the clay so yer baby. only trickery now is id like to have three separate torso joins hmmmmmm ok so i do that but do they need separate elastic stringing ? leg elastic wouldn't be enough to hold all together right? i dunno hmmmmm
but yer minis omg at the shows i just have to freeze and stare at them all every tiny mm, of those cute little things. amazing stuff as for that mini knitting thats insanely amazing. 10 mm tea coseys insane but amazing maybe in my next life ill have time for that special doll house with working lights and every tiny bit of magic around ohhhhhhhhh sigh dream on ; )
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 13:15:56 GMT 12
Aaah sound like she likes the tanning bed a bit too much  In this link they use two strings one for the armas and one for the legs head and body kagen-no-tsuki.deviantart.com/art/BJD-Restringing-Tutorial-149336992?q=boost%3Apopular+bjd+tutorial&qo=4I know its just a two part body but I think it will work the same maybe the hip part should start with one whole that split into two for the legs that way the body should stay aligned on the string I'm sure I have a bjd tute in one of those magazines that might be helpful for three parts not sure but off to go look and have lunch |
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Post by blue on Dec 2, 2010 15:30:03 GMT 12
interesting stuff. i guess in resin being so light it might not matter as long as the tensions good. hmmm was sorta thinking tension inside that torso might hold a pose better??? oh what the heck would i know lmao it might just be a matter of having a play once its built a sorta thought an elastic triangle from hips to neck maybe its just not needed tho hmmmm
but yer i agree id prefer the hip holes centrally larger for tension/stringing
maybe im just to obsessed / possessed with bjd right now and over-thinking every aspect as one does. urg.
ive just been trolling enchanted dolls again omg they are cool i do like the spring tension system but urrrrrrrr groan.
ok off to caffeinate my trollish self ; )
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Post by Donna on Dec 2, 2010 16:08:39 GMT 12
Well I'm very impressed with your BJD Blue, you should name her Molly...it reminded me of the rhyme.. "little Molly Flinders sat among the cinders warming her pretty little toes"... (and she didn't fare any better with her Mother LOL) I'm really, really looking forward to your 'serious' version BJD part2 ;D How is wee beastie going fantail? Can't wait for those photos of bookcase and staircase.. Damien suggested I use metal washers to reinforce the clay for the rod ends, I wasn't sure how the clay would stick, has anyone tried similar? I'm thinking the end of a wooden iceblock stick with a hole drilled might be better  Also any idea's for a way to weight the feet... I asked Mister if he would melt his lead fishing sinkers...but I got a sideways look  would small lead sinkers be okay with clay? so many questions... |
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 16:12:22 GMT 12
The hat elastic is really strong I had trouble pulling it hard enough to slip the pin through to secure the head of the last sculpt.
you need lots of tension to make the doll stand so it should have plenty of tension going all the way through from head to ankle
In the magazine, the torso is hollow and two holes going through the hip bit
took me a while to find the right issue as its split up in several parts.
Will have a look to see what it says about stringing
what about those shoe hole thingies- don't remember what the are called
I used a washer but it wasn't inside the clay I left an indent and placed it in loosely (inside the breast plate to spread the tension beneath the neck I think)
I don't know how clay and lead would react but you could wrap it in masking tape
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Post by Donna on Dec 2, 2010 17:11:56 GMT 12
 Thank you Fantail... I went running off to check my container of metal bits, I have hundreds of large eyelets (yeah those) and I also found some some split-tack thingys I could use for the ends too, yahoo I'll see how they will work.. thanks again, and I'll sneak under the boat cover tomorrow and see what size sinkers are in there... Blue I found the very small eyelets I was telling you I got at Geoffs, I so wish I had got more while I could... didn't you need them for something? I can remember saying you could spray them black, they're pastel colours now...
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 18:05:18 GMT 12
I would suggest also wrapping the sinkers in bulked up tinfoil cause the clay has a different expansion rate and though it might not affect the clay now it might do so later when its cold
I am weary of the strength of the writs and ankle joints were the pins go I guess you could incorporate it into the hand armature if the hand is big enough - not sure
also read that the hip bit that he made was to thin to drill hole in -eek
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Post by Donna on Dec 2, 2010 19:06:35 GMT 12
You've given me enough reason to re-think the weighting idea now, it isn't worth compromising the strength of the joints, which I'm obviously already concerned about... Thanks for your expertise, it has probably saved me from a big problem down the line... ;D Did you get any further with your project today?
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Post by fantail on Dec 2, 2010 19:35:47 GMT 12
Not expertise, I could be over thinking it
I was actually thinking about the strain of the elastic on the joints
for the marionette their feet will hang loosely and you could embed the loop wire in the armature
the feet should hang naturally though without the need for weights
Depending on the size the feet should be weight enough
If they are too light really small weights wrapped in tin foil then in masking tape might give it a effect that you want
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Post by Donna on Dec 2, 2010 23:16:00 GMT 12
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Post by Donna on Dec 3, 2010 6:52:01 GMT 12
" Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you" Have a really terrific birthday Blue, I hope you get lots of pressies and have the happiest day. Lotsa Love  |
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not the scary one with the broken faces and body bits 
LOL 
Thank you Fantail... I went running off to check my container of metal bits, I have hundreds of large eyelets (yeah those) and I also found some some split-tack thingys I could use for the ends too, yahoo I'll see how they will work.. thanks again, and I'll sneak under the boat cover tomorrow and see what size sinkers are in there...