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Rosen-Garden In reply to Biku--Chan [2015-05-20 08:15:44 +0000 UTC]

It took me almost one year to make the prototype of this miniature doll. I had to learn on my own mistakes. And I have never touched a real bjd doll while I was making this one. I looked only at bjd dolls on pictures.

To cast dolls in resin you need few thousands of dollars. You have to pay taxes. And before that, you need materials: clay, tools etc to make prototype. These dolls are handmade, thats why they are sooo expensive : )

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Biku--Chan In reply to Rosen-Garden [2015-05-21 00:11:50 +0000 UTC]

jesus ( • A •) well do you know any sight that sells very small BJD? I could paint it my self and stuff and the small ones are pretty cheep compared some others ( > - <) I want a shorter one like fit in my had small or something and I really want something I could make my own a bit just with wigs eyes and stuff cloths I can make my self  

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Rosen-Garden In reply to Tammyfriend [2015-04-15 17:23:16 +0000 UTC]

Fleur is still available to order. Dolls should be back from casting factory by the end of April.
All the details can be found here:

www.etsy.com/listing/224346357…

I have sent you a private message too ^ ^

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Rosen-Garden In reply to mayan-art [2014-12-26 14:26:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^ ^

For this doll I used ordinary ProSculpt. For hands I used the mix of ProSculpt and Bozzi Clay (bozzi is strong, but hard to work with if not mixed with something else). There is no good polymer clay for ball jointed dolls. Polymer bjd will always be fragile. But it's good as a prototype : )

Lately, I started to work with Super Sculpey Firm (gray). It's much stronger ^ ^

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mayan-art In reply to Rosen-Garden [2014-12-27 18:10:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks vet much for the advise! I haven't worked with polymer clays for years (I used to make a lot of fimo clay beads) so I don't know much about different hardness of clays. How fragile would a doll made from a strong polymer be? I am thinking of making something slightly higher than a Barbie with elastic rather than metal springs to hold the doll together. I am reluctant to get into resin casting as I want each doll to be individually hand made. ^w^ I'm thinking of mixing cernit and prosculpt to get a hardish clay. 

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Rosen-Garden In reply to mayan-art [2014-12-31 03:35:19 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm... There are artists who actually make and sell polymer clay bjd dolls (like: cdlitestudio.deviantart.com/ for example ^ ^ ). They are fragile but you still can pose them and play with them from time to time : )

Good luck! ^ ^

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mayan-art In reply to Rosen-Garden [2014-12-31 12:58:24 +0000 UTC]

I think I am just going to have to buy a lot of stuff (polymer clay, paper clay, epoxy putty...!) and trial joints with each.

Thanks for the link - I have seen her work, but I didn't realise it was polymer!


Thanks for the help!

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Rosen-Garden In reply to mayan-art [2014-12-31 16:40:50 +0000 UTC]

And thats the best thing to do. Trial-and-error ^ ^ I tried a lot of different polymer clays. I even dumped the whole sculpting journey for almost 1 year because of Fimo Puppen (which I hated to work with... it disappointed me sooo much back then ^ ^' )
But I still couldn't forget about pretty polymer fairies that people were making. So I gave another chance to ProSculpt and I loved it.
And then I fell in love with Ball Jointed Dolls. Unfortunately, ProSculpt is way too fragile for bjd dolls. So I made a research and bought Bozzi Clay (the strongest polymer clay I ever tried - Pele Clara). And unfortunately again, it was strong, but resembled Fimo Puppen ;_; Luckily, I tried the mix of ProsCulpt and Bozzi Pele Clara and... the result was amazing. The clay consistency stayed almost the same as in ProSculpt (which Bozzi lacks) yet it became much stronger thanks to Bozzi ^ ^

Also, you might like air drying clay more than polymer clay. Who knows, you have to try it yourself ^ ^

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mayan-art In reply to Rosen-Garden [2015-01-02 11:22:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for all your help. You are right - trial and error is key. I have been asking around for advise because it always helps to know what to avoid! I will bear in mind what you said about fimo puppen. ^w^ 

I do like the sound if air dry clays, but I am in love with the soft quality of polymer. This is where I'm thinking an epoxy putty like magic sculp might help me out. Might! I have a tonne of sketches and drawings, and I think it is time to finally get moving and make something! Even if it us just sample ball joints for testing. 

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Rosen-Garden In reply to nithelyth [2015-04-15 17:25:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^ ^

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Rosen-Garden In reply to may107da [2015-04-15 17:25:32 +0000 UTC]

^ ^

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Rosen-Garden In reply to Lissarini [2015-04-15 17:25:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^ ^

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Rosen-Garden In reply to zemimsky [2015-04-15 17:25:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^ ^

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Rosen-Garden In reply to IraM013 [2014-08-31 17:36:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^ ^

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Rosen-Garden In reply to Songoka [2014-05-09 01:25:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Rosen-Garden In reply to TodaySzotyi [2013-11-07 20:08:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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TodaySzotyi In reply to Rosen-Garden [2013-11-07 20:32:57 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!  

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Rosen-Garden In reply to zanephiri [2013-08-04 17:47:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Rosen-Garden In reply to Ketsueki-Yue [2013-06-29 13:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you : )

Well, There is many tutorials of how to make BJD.
I recommend look through Joonghyun Baek photos, he shows the best example of how BJDs are being made. You make a doll, then you cut her, then you add fresh clay and make each parts fit to another.

[link]

Good luck with work

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