Nansook- Completed

She's all cast!

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192007&page=4 pictures here~

Purchasing info here: http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2974814&postcount=62







here's a new girl I'm working on. She's only 6 inches from head top to crotch at the moment. Please excuse her wonkiness, I need to clean up her head yet. it's sort of lopsided and the chin is a bit big. XD The arm is just for position and size at the moment, not her real arm. She will not have bizarre nubs. X3;;

I'm thinking of making her an optional chest plate with wings. :3

I'm not sure if I'm going to cast her yet or not... It'll really depend on how she looks when she's done. I intended her to be something just as an OOAK, but I started getting attached to her. ._.;; it sucks because I hate using super sculpey for casting because it's hard to get smooth! Oh well. at least she's small so there's not a lot of surface area!

For this doll, since she was originally intended to be an OOAK, I "drilled" holes with an airplane drill bit before I baked her. I don't know the proper name for these types of drill bits, but they're extra long and the package said "Airplane Drillbit". It's probably about eight inches long. very useful for drilling doll parts. :3

 

Funny you guys mention popcorn since that's what I was eating when I first looked over these replies. XD


Duckherd: I'm using Super Sculpey, but I normally use paperclay. :S

Patl: I just hold the drill bit in my fingers and twist. The clay's not baked so it's very pliable still. :3 then after baking I usually do the same thing, twist the drill bit with my fingers, until I'm sure that the hole goes all the way through.

I baked her head finally last night. I need to add more to the top of her noggin yet. :3

 

Patl~ If you drill slowly you should be able to do it without shattering the limb. Or ask Don? He may now how to keep it steady. I know he drills a lot of the limbs for his dolls.

well guys... here are some more pictures of her. :3 She's coming along well, but I'm nervous about the whole thing. It's hard to tell what parts are lumpy and what isn't. Hopefully her adorable face will make up for her uneven hips. XD

I'm tentatively naming her Nansook. That's my mother's korean name(her american name is Rosina... which is italian. go figure). I was going to save it for a daughter... but uh, I don't think we're going to have kids. XD These guys are LIKE my kids, right?



Unbaked legs, you can see how I have them on the drill bits.

Now I ran into the snag of how to do the knees at this point, but I knew I wanted double jointed knees for her. So what I did was make the knees before I baked the legs. I have little molds I made of different sized round beads and I sort of compared the sizes to the knee till I found a good size. Then I lumped out a piece of clay in a rounded rectangle. I baked it like you would a bead on a long thick metal wire(it was smaller than the drill bits since I didn't have any more bits. XD). Once that was done I flattened the sides of the drill bit that would not face forward or back on the knee(I don't know how to give a direction there. :S). That way the knee part won't spin inside the knee. Your knee is a hinge joint, it only bends in one direction, not a ball joint like your hip or shoulder.

When that was finished I smoothed out the top and bottom of the knee with sand paper so that it was very round(the pierced part distorted a little). Then I took the legs and gently cut the knees in half and slid them off the drill bit. Before doing this I recommend sticking the super sculpey in the fridge for a bit to make it get really stiff. I scooped a knee-part shaped indentation out of the halfs, then I took the wire I used for the knee part and "strung" the knee between the two halves of the leg. Once it was like that I was able to press the leg back together around the knee part and have a perfect shaped leg! Then I baked it.



This is what it looked like with a minimum of sanding to the legs. Sorry she's glossy, I had just rinsed all the dust off her. Her thighs had not been shaped very well yet.



And here she is today! Excuse Kaz back there, she thought I was taking pictures of her. I've almost finished sanding and fixing the legs. She strung up with toothpicks at the moment. XD



her face is so cute. I really like how it turned out. I'll do the ears last so that they don't get broken in the meantime.



Her hip joints don't show much string, but they do allow her to sit and her legs don't spin. I'm not exactly sure how this happened. XD I need to find some hollow coffee stirers to cast her parts hollow with, a straw is a little too thick I think.



In a Bratz dress. Stretchy brats stuff seems to fit her well. I don't have any barbie stuff to try on her atm. 80's skipper stuff or kelly things might fit her. I think she's going to end up about 10 inches tall.



exacto for height comparison!

well, I have a lot of sanding ahead of me... and of course making ARMS. and hands and feet oh God. *sobsobsob* I think I'll make her normal barefoot feet and mary janes. That way people don't have to worry if they can't find shoes for her. :3

 

Chrystika: thanks hon!

Miss_Pygmalion: Aww~ thank you!

Bruny: The limbs are so daunting! Getting the two sides to match is just nerve wracking! I can totally understand. XD

clayfaery: thank you!

Dianna: It is, totally. It's like watching something come to life! I think the most special thing is watching someone else play with and enjoying them. It's like watching your kid grow up. XD

StephG: thank you sweetie! *hughug*

maggot: a lot of it is the tools... I made my own on top of the other stuff... XD

Does any one know anything about free video editing programs? If I can figure it out I'll do some video sculpting tutorials but I need to be able to edit them all together, you know? I'm on a PC...

 

SharonPixie: Thank you! I'm excited too! XD I hope she stands okay!

Patl: thanks! She looks very interested in what's going on. :3

Bruny: Thank you!! I was really surprised that they used a big photo like that! Surprised and very very flattered. We're getting a really nice response from people about Machina and it makes me so very excited!


*scratches head* where was I? oh yeah, arms! Here's a more indepth look at what I was talking about earlier...

 

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feel free to ask me any questions!

 

sharonpixie: np! hm, my photos are suddenly not showing up. hopefully they'll show up again in a moment because DOA just freaked out on me for a second. o_o;;

 

Bruny: Thank you!

Sharonpixie: If I can find a publisher, I was thinking of making a book... I also might have a class at IDEX next year. LadySaiyuki had one this year. :3

patl: Thanks! I'm sorry I didn't have it when Darkmothflame was having problems with stuff. :S

zidora: THank you! You should! Everytime you work on stuff you learn something new. :3 I think I'm finally getting the hang of subility in my sculpts. XD

Quill: Thank you!

maggot: Only if you pay me in transformers. XD;;

ahyu: It's really fun to make your own... Seeing it come to life is so grand!

Miss_Pygmalion: You have to move your arms like an octopus when you say it. XD;;

Quilibet: Glad it'll be helpful to you! With each part I learn a little bit more, even when I have to redo something. :3

annina: XD well I'm making cookies... I'll definately share those. X3

LadySaiyuki: X3 for a tiny... she keeps getting... bigger!


So I did some mock ups today... She fits in the Only Hearts Club doll clothing from target, but they're a bit snug. I got some of the Barbie Fashion Fever stuff as well, and those are just a little loose. because she still has toothpicks for feet I couldn't put the pants on her. XD I don't think the pants will fit... but the tops and dresses seem okay. With a little taken at the top the skirts would probably fit as well!

Looking at her tho... I think I'm going to have to redo the legs. They're a great shape and work well, but I think they may be too short. :S I'm going to futs around with what I already have and then we'll see. :3

She has both arms now and she's got the beginning of one hand with teeny fingers! i also shaped out the fingers for her other hand as well. SOON! @D@// I plan on working on her hardcore this weekend! Tonight I will be stringing and sewing, but saturday and sunday I will work on nansook and my mecha boys! GAHH! I WILL PREVAIL! X3 I had a nasty bout of depression last week that made it hard for me to finish anything. ugh. I hate that. >_< ;; I'm feeling better now, but guh. D:

oh! and for some reason my computer isn't showing me any of my own images. so if a picture suddenly doesn't work, please let me know. I can't tell. ;~;

 

kuroda emi: thank you! I need to figure out how to submit to a publisher... :S

Lady Thesta: thanks! I'm glad that it helps you out!

TopHatDown: thank you! it never hurts to try~~ :3

Kaye: thanks! I hope it helps people out!



My goal is to have her nearly ready to cast by the end of the week. SHe needs a lot of sanding done tho. I actually lengthened her legs by about half an inch after this picture. This is her in comparison to my Roxydoll Lucy.

I tried on some regular barbie clothes... they're big in the waist but fit okay on top- but the arms are a little slim for her. I think it'll be okay tho. I still stand by the Only Hearts Club doll clothes fit her perfectly.

 

I don't think I'll have my goal of getting her ready for casting by tomorrow... I think I may make her a new head. e_e;; this one just feels too big now.



Measurements!



yay! she stands! Yes, she has large feet. the reason for this is so that she will stand better. I plan on making her shoe feet as well so that you don't have to worry about finding shoes that fit her. She'll probably end up with high heels.



Sitting. I need to fix the slots of her hips.



She can cross her legs! X3



From the side, she's rather flat!



So you can see her butt! She has to lean forward awkwardly here because the weight of her hands. XD



Gosh the light is bright!



Omg! surrounded! That's masterpiece prime back there... he's HUGE. The chickie in the blue wig is my Narae, Locust.
Thundercracker: "I'm HUGE!"



Self critique in photoshop here. I think I need to broaden her shoulders a little bit and fill out her hips and thighs a little.



I also think I may need to sculpt her a smaller head and hands. I don't want to since those are the three most fiddly parts to do, but I may have to. Opinions are very very welcome. :3

again, for some reason I still can't see my own pictures on my computer, so please let me know if a link isn't working!

 

thanks for the input everyone! I did some sanding and shaving to her arms, made new smaller(they're still very rough) hands, made her a wig, gave her larger boobs, and filled out her hips, thighs and calves. One calf is still slightly thicker than the other. Oh! and she has ears and her head cap screws on now. :3

Hopefully I'll be able to start casting her in a week or two. It depends on what else I have going on with clothing I'm working on.