Ain Completed

I'm working on a doll to cast in resin. So far I have cast his head but the rest is still being worked on. I am using premier stone clay then I'll finish it with mr. white surfacer, then pour a silicone mold (using Oomoo 25 at the moment, by smooth-on). I hope this picture is okay.

When he's finished, he will actually be my first resin BJD. I have two more that are made from wood and one from stoneclay ( they are at www.dollist.deviantart.com) but from far away I can't tell too much difference.

 

Thanks ! At this point I'm not sure. I still have a lot to learn. The thought does float through my head from time to time ! And my wood doll took about eight or nine months to carve.

 

He was painted with a mixture of gesso, modeling paste and gouache. I just keep him out in the room and I think he'll be fine.

 

Here's a new picture of the doll I am currently working on. I am finishing up the jointing now and I'll cast it when I'm done (had to try the head first though!)


This is the first time I've done a face-up on resin and I think I need to practice more!

 

I think you might be right on! Got any suggestions?

 

Thanks! I did some blushing but I don't think it got dark enough. I'll go back and give it another shot!

 

Thanks! Trying to finish up the body and already other "heads" have popped into my mind! I've really got to focus! (my husband says *jokingly, I hope* that I've got ADD & OCD)

 

I think I'm going to give his face another go! I'm really thankful for all the suggestions! I'm not sure about casting him to sell because I'm still working out the kinks. Right now I think I want a base to start from, then I can start changing/upgrading? parts and make better molds and such.

 

Well, I've started to rework the face and fix a few things that really needed changing...then I just went plastic surgery on him. Nose job, chin, lips, and then ears. I had been messing around with one of his resin heads and discovered how to make the look I was after. Then yesterday I decided to work on the original (which is easy to sand down and add more clay)...it was either that or start over completely. I think I like it now...I'm so hard to please!

I'll try to post some new pictures of the head when it's finished.

Hopefully, if I can keep working like I have been, he might be ready for casting next month.

 

Here's a late night picture of how he's coming along. I am up very late these days!

 

The head is roughed out, now, but needs a lot of little adjustments.
If it wasn't enough work to be building the body, I had to re-work this head too...but I figured if I'm going to spend time and money making copies of it I'd better like it. Sometimes I don't know why I'm doing this...making joints gets me crabby too ! Oh, and his ears are just shells, really, not finished, yikes!

 

Well, now I have a vacuum chamber plus parts so...after a good talking to by my husband....I'm thinking about casting this doll for sale. I think there are going to be some ups and downs but in the end I hope to have a good quality doll to offer. Hopefully in a couple of months he'll be ready.

 

He's about 61 cm tall.

 

Just a progress photo. Sorry for the pics looking so weird, I seem to only be able to take them at night.
Hopefully I'll be making molds this week.

 

Just an update. I'm making his molds this week and hopefully I'll be finished and have a cast of him in a week or two. Then I'll try to post some pictures. It has been a lot of hard work and I hope he turns out okay.

 

Thanks for the kind words! I'm almost done! Just arms and legs to deal with now (mold making that is!). Then fiddle with the resin and the UV stabilizer (woohoo, thanks Kaye!).

 

Just a picture of the first head cast. I'm thinking I need to tweak his pigment a little, he's a bit yellow (jaundice ?). I don't know if the photo shows it that well. I'm not on my regular computer with photoshop so getting any pictures on here or deviantart for a while is a bit time consuming, but I'm having a lazy Sunday and thought I'd take some pics.

 

Trying different hair! Really he needs a faceup but can't get into just yet! Sorry for the blurry pic on blondey!

 

Just pulled out the core mold and took off the clay. Hahahahahahahahah! Yes it really looks like...some sort of...well its pink rubber! Ahh, making dolls is so much fun! Maybe I should post a picture of the mold.

That's all.

 

Haha, for you, here is the mold (it's not pretty, but it's what's inside that counts, right?)!
Thanks for such a nice comment!

 

I'll probably cast his body in the next week, those molds are finished, next I have to make molds of his arms and legs (hands and feet are done too). I'm just fixing some details on his limbs that I wasn't crazy about before so it's holding me up some. I really want to be finished soon. I really like him but if this goes on too much longer it could be over between us .

 

Runy: Thanks! I'm glad you like him.

 

I was taking some pics off my camera from last week and found one of my boy Ain "turning human" , has some resin parts on. I did give his lower regions to my sister who sews so well so she can work on some clothes for him.



I think his legs look a bit short in this picture but maybe it's the angle (I take pictures as i go just so I can look back and say "what!?" ) Maybe I should take a better one and get some feedback before I go make molds (good idea? ).

EDIT: I strung him together and had him stand up to take another look at his thighs. Maybe they're okay?

 

I've finally poured the molds for his legs and will hopefully finish the arms in a couple of days. I'll probably start casting soon after I get my pressure tank set up (it's in my room right now and strangly reminds me of a Dalek). So if all goes well I'll have a hole/bubble free boy that is protected from the sinister UV light in wonderful fleshtone...for the world to behold. Just kidding, got carried away there.

that's all for now.

 

Okay, finally all the molds are done. In my opinion whoever said it's the journey not the destination never had a good place to go (this is tongue-in-cheek, I'm not fond of mold making). Hopefully I'll have some pictures up by the end of next week either here or at deviantart of the first cast which will be white a sort of prototype doll so I can fix anything if I need to. I also have some leftover silicone so I might make a sleeping eye version of Ain too.

-eva

 

tyviris : I'm using smooth-on resin.

 

First cast. I was testing the molds so I have poor little ghost boy here. Just finished today, he's still blank-faced.


I'm going to cast him in human color next week (I hope) and if everything works fine, I'll start casting him under pressure (which is going to take a while- the resin I use set up slow and my pressure chamber is small ).

NeuroticSouthpaw: Thanks!

Miss_Pygmalion: I was thinking around $400 , but I haven't decided anything definate yet.