~20cm Dolls Orchid 1/12 mature tiny boy (update Jul 23 2021))

thanks guys

I have been super driven to finally finish this guy lately, i finally did the first layer of priming (the classic limbs in florist foam look)



of course once that dried i couldn't wait to get back to it! since the primer is a very pale gray and his original colour is rather dark he ended up looking like a dalmatian xD



i also want to sand down some smaller details that have gotten lost over time like the details of the stomach (you can see some progress in that direction here through i think i want to do a bit more)

also i totally forgot to show off the back of the hair!









there is a few more details i want to sand, since this was a first go over and my hands were cramping up X___X especially the hair as there is a lot of annoying crevasses that i just didn't have the patience for at the moment

also the right shin turned out that the elastic channel was WAY too close to the surface and collapsed in one spot so that will need to be fixed, and there is a bunch of other minor details that could use some epoxy
but i am still happy with the results of the first priming, i didn't see any huge flaws (if YOU see some do let me know !!!!!) that would need a lot of reworking to fix

here is crossing my fingers to having him finished this year

if you want to follow my progress in a more timely manner and for smaller updates you can find it on my doll tumblr:

Evening Dreams

i post everithing there first! if for no other reason then that i need to upload the images somewhere ....

 

Miss_Pygmalion that's true!

evie the kid thanks! i know i can't believe it's taken me this long! to be fair a lot had happened and sometimes this project had to take the back burner for months at a time...

StellaMarigold thanks!

 

LadyDove thank you i like sharing the progress, you guys keep me motivated to keep going ^^

 

Honnie thank you

 

second layer of primer... doing much better in the cohesiveness front!


(this is after some considerable amount of sanding )



i still need to do more but they are hard to reach or sand around parts (like the palms of the hands or any of the face details tbh) and i am hoping that a drill bit i have will do the trick



the parts marked pink are where i need to add epoxy, which isn't actually in a lot of places! but one one of the most noticeable is the right knee where the upper thigh is too thin around the joint x.x one of his index fingers, big toe for symmetry and a chipped ear

also here is how he stands even with the heavy head of hair ! (leaning back and slouching)





overall i happy with the progress he is so close i can taste it TT^TT

if you want more timely posts or see him featured with miniatures head over to my tumblr

thoughts? concerns? feel free to leave comments !

 

LadyDove thank you i actually didn't spend that much time engineering him to stand, i first tried to get the joints to fit but once they did that standing followed up readily enough lol
i am glad you like the hair, it's been quite an adventure to sculpt @3@ (what you see here is actually take 2 at least for the front bangs)

 

Miss_Pygmalion thanks

 

thank you everyone! your encouraging comments mean a lot i am still working on him, but i am stuck at the sanding stage and it's really no fun x__x and nothing much to take photos of either

 

thank you for you kind am supportive comments! it's been way too long but here is where i am at now:

i did a lot of priming and restrung him to make sure the primer wasn't too bulky preventing proper posing
(mock face up and some 4 mm eyes i cast my self )




(if the images are not loading you can find them here )

most of him just needs a touch up on primer except his hair which i made last so that's to be expected and much more frustratingly his legs they are kicker then i would like and worse are a bit hard to get him to stand