Modification Adding muscle/thickness?

Some information about how to do permanent modifications: /threads/per...rimer-sanding-epoxy-dye.724501/#post-12027603
a general search of the workshop on the term Additive Modifications: /search/4573972/?q=additive+modifications&o=relevance&c[node]=15

 

Oh, I thought you were looking for materials advice. If you are looking for how people sculpt muscles and need guides on how to build up muscles on a doll you may have to look into the doll making/sculpting threads. Good luck with your project!

 

I have seen youtubers add thickness to playline dolls with apoxie sculpt (I think Dollmotion's Pikachu and Dollightful's Earth Dragon if I remember correctly?) and it seems the easiest way to go about it is to completely avoid the joints and add on to the other areas. The issue with this is that you can't add too much or areas the joints are in would look too slim and "pinched in". It's not ideal but I hope this is helpful at least!

 

There's a limit to how much you can add, since just like in real life it will change the range of mobility and where body parts touch/rub against each other.
Just that resin (or apoxie) muscles have zero squish on top.

So yes, avoid joints or parts where joints directly move over (like the top of the stomach, where the chest moves over). If you thicken thighs, you need to make sure they don't get so thick you cannot put them next to each other anymore without the thigh joint popping out of the socket. If you do arms, you can also only add so much to the upper area before the arms start awkwardly angling away from the sides.

If I'd try this, I would take a full body photo of the doll posed completely straight and then overpaint where clay could probably be freely added without much issue. Play around with the body and see how the parts move/joints work.