Jointing joints :(

I would like to see one too! I have no idea how to make joints from sculpey which allow the correct range of motion.

 

*gasp*! I made a picture! Now it's coming in handy!

I think Luts dolls have a joint like this. There's a little bar across the open space in the wrist and ankle joints that in luts dolls i think is resin but a lot of builders use steal. There's an S-hook around that with one hook around the bar and then the other hook free to grab onto the loop of the elastic (the one in my picture is very exadurated). I've made my joints for this as a sphere with a trench going most of the way through the middle. After making them in resin, I plan to drill a hole cross-ways through the trench and then slide the metal bar into there and secure it with a bead of apoxy glue. I would suggest getting the S-hook on and making sure it's all in working order before putting in the glue.

 

I'm using ball beads I'm screwing screw-on hooks into (half S-hooks with screw wire on the straight side), mainly because I couldn't find s-hooks small enough. But now that I'm reading this thread, I hope the hooks won't limit movement too much.

 

<---like the one suggested above. This is how angel region does their hands and they pose really well. There is a bit of a dip in the back of the hand so the majority of the screw end s hook isn't visible. Also this helps the ball joint part to fit more properly into the joint.

 

The thigh joint and knee joint don't have metal pieces, just places for the elastic to travel through and down to the feet.