Tutorial: making the three-part torso. (Lati Red)

Amazing work - and it looks so simple, too.

You've got a nice touch with the grinding wheel

 

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for including so many pictures to show what you did.

 

Some writing with the pictures might help explain exactly what is going on. I'll admit freely that I was confused at what was going on until part five or so. Also I think the ton of little holes might have been more work than was really necessary....

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?381973-2-Part-into-3-Part-Torso-tutorial

That tutorial looks like it was much easier....

 

Well, actually, no. If you hadn't noticed, Cymorill was cutting in a straight line, which can be easily done with the disc cutter and the hacksaw blade. It's a helluva lot harder to cut a curved line with said disc cutter and hacksaw. Especially as the disc cutter will create a lot of excess lines that would have to be sanded out (Basically like drawing a curved line with a straight ruler).

Not to mention Legend has to take into account the back as well; she can't just use a sawblade without a lot of care and going really slow.

Besides, if you don't have all the exact tools, drilling holes like that is an alright substitute to cutting out said curved line.

 

this is AWESOME. I want to do this some day... I just need to get some courage. XD thanks so much!

 

Wow, this looks really great

 

Fantastic!! This is beautiful work! Great job! I wish I was that brave. Maybe someday when I'm not buried under a huge backup of projects I'll try this one.

 

This is excellent! I'm turned off of a lot of molds because of single joint torsos, but it doesn't look like it would be impossible to fix that now! Thank you. ^_^

 

this looks very doable... very well thought out pict guide. and wow at how thick his torso is O.o thank you for this amazing tutorial!

 

Very impressive

Teddy

 

Amazing!! It looks so wonderful!! I wish I was brave enough to try this on my pipos dolls :p

 

This is very detailed and well done. I think maybe just an explanantion on the tools you used for the photos will be good enough, since the photos are so detailed and show each step clearly. You make it look so easy, haha.

 

You make that look so easy! I wonder if it'd be do-able to a delf boy body. Got me thinking now.
I'll admit its body that dont have the hip joint that frustrate me ^^; Like my EID, i'd love to give him a hip joint.

 

by the way, how much height did you loose with that mod? it really doesn't look like you lost that much at all. i am moving out of the "curious" mode and going into the "do i have all the tools..." mode. just trying to figure if i will loose height with this way of doing it. thanks.

 

This was a great tutorial. Thank you for showing the process so completely with photos.

 

thank you Legend! that answers my main concern with height loss. i likes my tall boys to stay that way, but i miss the pose ability. i also have another bod i'm really wanting but has no hip joint. killin me because it is such a beautiful bod too! this makes me believe i can indeed fix my stumbling block

 

Wow very cool.

 

Very nice job! I agree, the disc cutter would have been the wrong thing to use, and it does jam on thick resin unless it's at a high speed. Small guide holes and them the cutting bit were definietly the way to go! Turned out very nice, and not too much lost in torso height. Good work.

 

that torso was so thick!!!! O_O.. if i was the one doing the mod i would have panicked right after the parts have been cut!! nice job btw~~

 

great job, Legend!)

 

Wow, I had a Lati Red body a long time ago, I love what you've done with it. Everything looks legit!

 

Ooh, this looks really good, there's a doll I was really tempted to get for a character of mind but I found him a tad too tall and was wary of the fact that he was missing this joint, I have all the listed tools so I may seriously consider buying him and using this nifty tutorial to solve both problems at once. It looks so simple! Thanks for the share!