Whoa, from your list, that's a ton of work involved! You must be so pleased at finally completing him ^_^ Congrats, and I can't wait to see the final casts.
I dont know yet, but I might just have to have one of these if you mass produce them. He looks really cool. So mature! kinda rivaling hound here!
Abe Sapien!! If continuing with the Monsters theme, I'd love to see you do other things that Doug Jones has filled costumes for, such as the Pale Man and the Faun from Pan's Labyrinth, and the creatures from the Doom movie... and what about Undead Pirates from Curse of the Black Pearl??
yay he stands! the new head is very handsome. my favorite of all of them so far teehee. It seems a bit too...fed for the body though. But then again its a matter of taste^^ congradulations on getting the rough casting done!
I said it once, I'll say it again, he's really amazing. Even put together from junk casts, ah... I'm failing with words here, I'm happy for you that this labour of love is working out so well. He seems worth the effort and supplies--what a marvellous thing, to have created something from nothing. I'm rooting for you, y'know? :3
absolutely LOVE HIM gaaaaaaaaaaah *stealystealsteal* blue 33333333 so yummy and that smirk hehe! And also, you're such a pretty woman Batchix I can't wait til you start selling~
amazing job ! i love the sculpt but i think my favorite part are his hands. they are beautiful. i think that's the one part i'll fear the most when i attempt to make my own.
Oh MAN! I hadn't looked at Zombie Dood in awhile. Out-freaking-standing. I absolutely adore the Timmian head -- he's gorgeous enough to pull off any sort of character you might have in mind. Course, I loved the Big Head too I'm with AnnTagonist - very cool to see a picture of you, as well! Now, see... you have to sell her one of these big boys. Since she is owner/creator of the World's Coolest Snakeboy I would kill to see what she would do with such an amazing sculpt! Oh for a particle of your talent. Man.
Hey guys! Sorry I didn't answer back like i usually do, I have been deeply embroiled in the FINAL CASTS. dun dun dahhhhhh~ Thank you so very very much for following this and for your interest in my doll. Thanks especially to those who have been rooting for me and encouraging me all along! I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate it and it's because of you folks that I had the courage to finish this at all. Last night at about 9pm the last part was set up from casting and Timmian was officially born. Here's the skinny in advance. When I get the second one done I will make an official announcement on the DOA news section. The finished timmian stands roughly 65 cms tall and fits best in DOT pants(He may fit SD13 long leg pants, but I don't own an SD13 long leg doll so I don't know). He fits in regular shirts, although long sleeves maybe a little too short. He wears an 8-9 wig and 14-16mm eyes. At this time I only have enough resin to cast two dolls, so both of the dolls that I will be casting will be OOAKs. The first is pure white and is the doll seen above. The second will be a dark grey(or dark blue, we'll see what color the resin turns!). Both of these skin tones will most likely be the only ones of that color made, it depends on how the casting of the other goes. I may have to leave them all white if things go wrong! XD;; Since I'm only making these two OOAKs for the rest of the month I will be putting them on ebay. Depending on how many dolls I am comfortably able to release each month depends on how the subsequent dolls will be sold. If I am able to only get 1-3 done a month then I will probably put them on ebay. If I can get MORE than that done a month then I may start a waiting list. I will try to debut a new head every month and have at least one month where I release only bodies so that people who just want the bodies can have them. But that's just speculation at the moment. The dolls will start out at $650 for the basic set which will include: 1 strung doll 1 fur wig(brown, blonde, black, or white) 1 pair of white or black marble eyes 1 pair of normal eyes acrylic eyes hot glue sueding is optional and free! These first two sets will have: 1 strung doll 1 fur wig(limited fur) 1 pair of white or marble eyes(I don't think the glass eyes I'm ordering will get here in time for the release) 1 pair of glass eyes(if they get here in time) hot glue sueded feel free to ask me any questions you might have. :3 I will probably have an elf head debuting next month if I can figure out where I sat him down at... O_o;; I also want to make a disclaimer that these items are HAND CAST without the aide of a pressure pot or a vacuum chamber. I am NOT a professional sculptor or casting company. There will be minor imperfections in most casts, bubbles and shim/parting lines, however I DO guarantee that there will not be any bubbles on the face and only very minor ones on the body. Also, some parts may have resin "birth marks", places were the resin has changed color. The white one has a blue one one his chin! Personally I think the birth marks add to their personality, I always liked my own birthmark... but if this bothers you then I don't think you'll be happy with the little monster. Also, I string my dolls fairly tightly...
a thing of pure beauty! I love that the head is large for the body..gives it that special extra skinny 28 days later zombie look bravo!
O.O;; With that wig, he so reminds me of Kaoru from Dir en Grey. I can see it now-- "The Hottnes Doll Al- ... Dead!"
Wow! Whoohoo, he's cast! Finally! : D It's a shame I'm too hard up for cashmonies this month to even TRY and compete in an auction for him, but I really look forward to seeing your other heads, and I hope the lucky two who get the OOAKs spam the board with pictures. (Though I must confess, when I first saw his arms--especially his elbows--I was like "WTF!" but I like them more and more the more I look at them. XD;
Bravo! *applauds* Be very proud. He's totally different from anything else out there. Too cool for words
he's absolutely wonderful Batchix! And I hope you do start selling the seperate bodies at some point, I'll be looking forward to that for sure! Congradulations! All your hard work has paid off immensely and he's so beautiful~
I love this boy! He has such an Edward Scissorhands look and feel to him! But I have to say also... his head's a little big.... But things could even out if you pit him in a collar or a turtleneck! XD I really love the blue-grey skintone the best. I would buy one, except I'm highly broke and I need to save up for Butterfly. I'm so sorry. =TwT=
Oh wow, havent looked on here for a while but just seen the finished photos..hes amazing!! I love his poses, really amazing details and anatomy...never seen another like it well done you, i bet youll get so much attention on ebay for him
god that doll is amazing, I have been watching the progress since he started and wow....he's really just a wonderful piece of art. good luck with your sales, if I had $650 to spend I would snatch one up in a heartbeat.
Thank you all again for all your help and support! I put both of them up for auction today, let's hope they go for at least what I'm asking so that I can make more next month AND pay bills. here's a quick picture of them in their non-default wig, hope you like them!
he is really neat! are you willing to show your molds? I am trying to wrap my brain around the casting process..
This is zero the zombie. I may be doing a decrepid zombie head later, but I'm not sure yet. At this point I feel like Zero being the way he is fits better with what I had in mind. Like I said in the first post i'm more the freshly dead zombie sort of person rather than the big gaping holes and gore type. XD This is the Vampire head. He's large. He needs to be taken down a bit, so he needs more work. Also, he has no ears. XD So yeah, in closing, um, they're both a bit big for the body right now. I've done some work to the chest of the body and that should help balance it out, I've shortened his neck and broadened his chest a little... the cast shrank a full centimeter from the original sculpt, and I wasn't expecting that much shrinkage, so that's a big reason things seemed a bit out of proportion. I also finished the new knees and will hopefully have those out in time for the next batch of dolls. I'll keep updating here and on the news forum, but I probably won't be putting the new head sculpts on the news forum until their finished because I expect them to mutate quite a bit. :3
Kyaa~ :3 I love Zero's hook nose. That is too excellent. I like the vampire head too, but oooo baby. If you won't put them up on the news forum, will we here in this section still be appraised of updates? X3 I do so love your sculpts--I like watching them evolve. =^. .^=
yup! still putting updates here. :3 as someone asked earlier, I may be doing layaway and orders next month. I need to see where I'm at financially first.
!! Oh yay! Next month I might even be able to swing a layaway, too, if you can... Eeee. (This excites me. XD Whee!) And oh good, updates! I was hoping as much. ^___^
Orders would not only be nice for customers, you would also not have to pay eBay fees on the money you make.
Ooh, I really like both of those! That doesn't look like sculpey-- what material are you using? ~Saiya
that's the paper clay. :3 Remember how I said I took the head mold and put paperclay into it? That's what they heads look like after I pop them out and resculpt them. That way they're pre-hollow. If you can find something egg-shaped(which this time of year you should be able to!) you can coat the inside with paperclay(provided the egg is plastic or something) and let it dry to make a head-shaped paperclay original to mold your doll's head from. :3 If it's NOT a plastic egg and it's paper mache or something, you can still do it but you need to coat it with like saran wrap or something.
Do you think that would work with apoxiesculpt? o_o (That's what I was going to use...) 'Cos that is one clever idea. Also means I get to buy chocolate mebbe.
Oh, excellent! Score. ^___^ (I've been hearing good things about sculpting with apoxie, glad to know it could work out.) . _ . Sorry to clutter up the thread with questions. Uh, I love your dolls? XD;
Wow¡¡¡ The new heads are great¡¡¡¡ I like Zero head,looks very manly Hey¡ One of your guys is going to Spain¡ I hope to see him in one meeting I love your work¡¡¡
ooo! Zero is very intriguing!! O_O As is the vampire head... I can't wait to see what that one looks like when you're done!!
Hi Batchix These are not my type of sculpts really. But I truly admire this work. They are fantastic as objects of art. The Head of Timmian (sounds like a book title!!) is really amazing and really lifelike and made my spine tingle. You are very gifted. Please post more pics as I love looking at them - something about being scared I think!!! I would be too frightened in having one myself - I can see now why some people are freaked out by dolls - these are truly frightening - well to me anyway!!! But keep on, as I say they are true works of art. And I love them in that way. Hope your hands are not suffering too much. Best of wishes Jazz
Hi Batchix, I sent another e-mail regarding a Paypal payment and those darn heads (you know which ones). Thanks!!
Hey guys! I am now taking orders for just bodies and just heads. I'm willing to take layaway within reason, but the deposit is non-refundable. Prices: $120 for head $470 for body Shipping: $7 for heads $20 US or $50 international on bodies This is the natural skin, it's very close to luts natural skin and the body does fit luts heads(I'll get a picture tomorrow!). I hope to BW body photos up by this weekend! I will hopefully have the next two heads done soon too! thanks again for following this, I appreciate it! this is the NEW torso, the older longer necked thinner torso is still available if you ask. Only about 10-20 of these bodies will end up being sold. After that I think the molds will probably fall apart. thanks all!
Hehe! and I finished head #2, Vasha! tonight! his mold ripped and he had a dent in his head so I had to remold him. e_e So this is just a quick cast to clean the mold. :3 There will be a limited one in pure white, but the others will be normal, pale, and blue. :3 er, when I get the jug in for blue. e_e;