Coffee Kaykedoll - 41cm + Tiramisu Kaykedoll 35cm - Would love some advice!

Hey everyone~ I wanted to make some substantial progress before posting. I gotta thank this forum for existing, it's really been a great help.

So here's what I've got so far: Coffee and Tiramisu

Coffee is going to be around ~41cm and Tiramisu will be ~35cm when completed. I'll be at a booth at Austin Ball Jointed Doll Convention (BJDC) this summer, hopefully with them all primed and ready to be cast and ready for a pre-order. I've already chosen Haru as my casting service and I'm REALLyyy looking forward to working with them~


I started with Tiramisu as my first doll. It took me forever to get her going because I had no idea what I was doing. I checked out so many tutorials and tips and tricks and tried just about everything. It ended up being a big ol mess at first and I ended up making a 1/6 scale instead of 1/4 like I had wanted to do! So I put Tiramisu on the backburner for a while. Recently (as in this week) got the urge to create the 1/4th like I really wanted to. Things started going MUCH faster because I learned from my previous mistakes- and boy I have plenty of those!

There's still things I haven't quite got my head around yet so it'd be great if I could get some advice along the way!

Anyway, enough rambling here's some progress pics!











Some things I'm wondering about... mostly priming. I haven't done that yet and I hear it's the most labor intensive and boring part of the whole process. I currently have a few cans of the tamiya primer. I was thinking about picking up some primer I could use in my airbrush. Can I use the airbrush primer indoors or is it toxic? Also...how the hell do you prime the inside of the joints? What's the wait-time between priming and sanding?

Thank you so much for looking!!

Kayke