40–49cm Dolls Fashion Doll sized lady (zbrush plans/clay finish!)

Hi everyone! Long time no see!
Had to take a big old break from doll sculpting to get married
Now that things have settled down again, I started to play around with clay and work on that old project of mine.

So in my old thread I was working digitally, with the initial plan to print out this lil lady:
http://www.bjd-artists.com/showthread.php?5626-DapperDoll-Workshop&highlight=

But I have started playing around with clay a bit, and using the zbrush print out as a guide I've started creating a new doll.
It's really soothing to come home after working digitally all day to work with some real world materials.
These pics are after about a week of progress. I'm trying to go pretty quickly because I know how I can get caught up by other things. I'd really love to finish her this time!

Anywho, Here are the super rough pics:

 

Thanks du-hast!
I'm using some air dry amaco brand clay in grey. I've been keeping it in bags to stay a little wet while I work. I did a sanding test on a test piece, and it seems to do well when bone dry. Gets a little brittle though, so I'll be using apoxie to do some of the more delicate work, and then primer to give it more strength. Has a good feel overall though, and it's super nice for carving into when partially dried.

http://www.amazon.com/AMACO-Pound-Clay-Moist-Gray/dp/B0009RRTA8

 

Thanks so much guys!! It's been a slow process having to wait till after work each day, but it sure has been relaxing to get away from my computer
I'm probably going to do a lot of the joint work and tiny tiny hands with apoxie, just for strength.


Some work re-doing the legs. Scrapped em a few times, but I'm finally pretty happy with this iteration


Close up of some head refinements. Added ears and hollowed out the inside a bit. Needs more work, but it's starting to get somewhere


More torso refinement. Still need to work on the inside a bit more.

 

Hi guys! Thanks so much!
Disaster has just struck! While she was drying and being sanded she began to crack badly... and I can confirm that while this clay is amazing to sculpt with...unfortunately it dries very brittle. For that reason I'm going to not recommend this clay.

Her upper and lower torso both cracked and split apart in thin spots..and her leg as well, which I'm totally bummed about
But it's not a wasted experience as I really felt I learned a lot about this scale, and what I would like in a doll. I'm going to regroup/re-plan and start again soon!