Hi! i'm Oscar from italy, i always liked bjds,but due to not having the money i never got one bun now i got a job so i can start ny collection!... i have sliiiight a kars obsession, yes the guy from jojo, and since it started i always dreamt of making my kars bjd so that will eventaully happen...but since shelling my favourite character has proven to be difficult and expensive, i decided to start with a smaller and seemingly more beginner friently doll, and i cant wait to get him!!!! But don't worry, kars is the next one on my doll list - i can't resist! Even tough, even after shelling him, i plan to continue my bjd plans in other directions. I am particularly fascinated by very small dolls, idk why, probably because they look like candy and they are so small i could eat them in one bite!
Hi! welcome to the hobby!! I love the fact that you have a very dear Jojo character that you want to have immortalized in a BJD; Honestly, I would feel intimidated, Kars is the perfect being, and as the most perfect being you start thinking about which body and facial characteristics would suit him best it's very funny because even when I tried to draw him once in my style I draw him with the stone mask lol. Do you have any candidates in mind for him? I really like the body of the pillar men so it's sure to be something you'll take into account, maybe you'll end up making a hybrid but I'm sure you're going to have a lot of fun looking for a beautiful head sculpt for him!
Heya Taro, glad you made it here. (I'm Vega from BJD Discord btw. ) Congrats on getting job, and on buying DV Achelous! Really happy we can join you in the BJD journey... there are a lot of resources here on DoA that will help you shell Kars - you can ask and search on Photo References and Visual Concepts sub-forums. See you around!
I will not hide that deciding face and body is a bit of a jurney. Kars' official art is very inconsistent with facial characteristic so i can go with what i like the most pretty much, but the body is always elegant and muscolr and hourglass...since finding a body with those proportion is near impossible im happy with capturing the vibe of strenght and elegance tough :-) Since i found out mature tinies exist ill probably try to shell him with granado lucent on the evol 32 body - i like that body a lot and lucent face has a v shape and sharp elongated nose reminiscent of the manga-style face. For the tall version i think i will try and go with eudes' head from doll chateu and a RGM5 ringdoll body. I can't explain why but when i saw eudes without faceup i was just like YES!!! HIM!!!!! but dc bodies are too twinky, after looking at all the 70cm/uncle option i think the RGM5 body is best because it has sculpted knees and elbows (important when you are not dressing your boy up a lot). It has good proportions (a nice way to say very big pectoral muscles) and is shredded af, also has muscle details on the legs. unfortunatley, Eudes has a really tiny neckhole so i will have to perform doll surgery if i go with this option, that's why i decided to start off with something else hahah!!!! I draw kars a lot, so i studied his character for a bit and i feel confident that i have enough dedication for the character to manage to shell him, It's a bit wierd but i'm sortof "grateful" to him because somehow due to Kars i always start new things that bring me in many different directions, so i am even more motivated to make him as perfect as possible :-)
Im so glad to see you here Vega! i love your dolls a lot and you have much wisdom to share! And thank you so much, i'm glad to join you all too!
Hi Oscar and welxome! Getting your first doll is so exciting! I hopw you'll share pictures. Having a character so clear for a doll is tough to find but worth the wait! Good luck!