A Little Beast ~

Hello,

I am new to this forum and to the dollmaking, so any advice and critique is very welcome and aprecciated. My first try to build a doll is a tiny beast, a fantasy creature with fur on her chest and little paws, but I want her to be human enough to wear shoes and clothes. The material I have started to build her is paperclay and I am happy with how it worked out so far. Her head and body is very rough, she has no arms jet, so I still have a long way to go but here are some pictures:









And my workspace ^^"

 

Thank you! Yes I just wanted to smooth everything out before cutting so the parts will sit flush when assamblet and not bend. I made some progress in the last days so I will be posting new pictures soon

 

Thanks I'm not really aiming for a special animal look, more like a female cute versoin of the beast from the fairytale. I am thinking of adding magnetic horns too, but for know I have all hands full with her body and face ^^"

Here are my progress pics:

















The arms are just tubes jet und will be a little shorter in the end

 

Thank you!
Arms and legs are now cut, defined the cheeks and eyes of the head a little and the little beast lady has been strung for the first time! Yaaay! xD can't believe I would come so far, so I'm a little proud of myself ^.^

But without pics it didn't happen











She can already pose a little

 

Thank you
Yes you're ringt, I had shorten the arms already, but they are still too long. I am thinking of adding a double joint in the arms and shorten them again. :/

 

Yeah, I am working on the wrists to sink a little more into the forearms
Her chest fur will get more volume but I want to keep it stilized and simple like her face and body structure is. As for the head I am still working on the mobility but she is able to tilt her head quite decent at the moment. When I am done with her knee and arm joints I will post posing pics but for now I have run out of paperclay and have to see when I get to buy some :'(

 

Thank you all! I apprecciate your interest in my work It really pushes me forward and keep on trying when I think I got stuck ^^

Worked on the chestfur fluffyness a little more aaaand joints! The leg joints are still a little clumsy, arms still too long xD





Also worked a little on the butt^^


Here some pics of her head movement. I think I have too thick elastic for her, with thinner ones she could tilt her head even more





Her body streched out


And with wig

 

She will be getting furry elf ears :3 so a little bit cat-earish xD (if I get to make them as I imagine them xD)

At the moment she can't stand due to the heel feet (I in the process of making the flat paws) and the knee joint thats indeed too small xD you have a good eye!

Thanks for the suggetion for the sitting pose, I will try that! but I think I will keep the simple slit instead of an L shape, dont want to get too complicated for the first doll xD

 

Thanks for all the advises :3
So I have been quiet for the past couple of weeks, but I haven't been lazy. After some molding and casting experiments, this is the least bubbly result of it to work further on it.

 

I drilled them. And yes, I have to make them broarder I am new to drilling resin and was just to nervous to go for bigger ^^"

 

Thank you I use silicon with medium softness for the molds and ivory colored resin. I dont know if the resin is high enough quality for a finished doll, but I am using it just for the next step of refining the sculpt