Modification Semi-Featureless Face: Is This Idea Doable?

Greetings all!

Hoping this post finds you all relatively well.

I've had an idea kicking around for several months now, but thought I should maybe tap the more experienced BJD modding community before I launch it and potentially regret it.

I'd like a doll with a mostly featureless face. Specifically, I'd like to sand down the nose and mouth, until the face is blank and smooth below the eyes.

How would you go about this? Have any of you done a project like this before?

My main concerns are as follows:
1. In my experience, every doll I've handled has had thick enough resin in the area in question that I think something like this would be fine. However - should I be more worried about running into issues like holes or thin/weak spots?
2. Would it be better to partially sand, then reinforce or fill with some variety of modeling clay? I am not good at sculpting, but I might be open to trying it for this.

I'd be willing to hear advice about what kind of head to do this with, too. I'm leaning on the inexpensive side, and currently considering a Bobobie Ophelia or a Resinsoul Chun. If you happen to own one of those two, and think the resin would be too thin to risk it, please chime in!

I have modest experience sanding resin, and additional experience sanding etc. from woodworking and other crafts. I tend to be a light touch with sand paper.

Grateful as always for the help & experience you all bring the table. Eager to hear your thoughts and tips!

Have a nice weekend!

 

Thanks for your reply @teddyboy1der ! I think it could be fun, too.
That's probably a smart call about adding apoxie/clay/etc. before sanding, if need be. Then it would all get sanded simultaneously, and hopefully be more uniform.

 

@kyukyukyu thank you for the encouragement! I'll have to look around and see if I can find it for reference, I bet it looks so cool.

 

I've literally seen and commented on how awesome I thought Arthur was, and totally forgot.
2025 has been a long year already...whew.
Thank you for linking these @Follow-the-Wind ! When doing your mod, did you find it challenging or fairly straightforward?

 

Oh, it looks really awesome so far!! Thank you for sharing!

I am planning to leave the eyes entirely unaltered, yes. So, I'm glad that I won't have to handle that.
I didn't even think of having to fill in the mouth details. That's a good point, thank you. Maybe I'll review the heads I'm considering for this project, and see if one mouth looks easier to work with than the other.

 

@Blodeuwedd that sounds like a cool look too!
Maybe I'll make this my first Project Journal, once I have the doll in hand. Then I can share triumphant photos...and/or crowdsource more help if I end up getting stuck!

 

@Mainframe110 that's a good point about reference images! I'll have to do a little research. Maybe I can ask some folks in the appropriate company thread if anyone can share some info on the nose/mouth area of the sculpts I'm considering, too.

I'd never thought about that with the head shape, huh, but it definitely makes sense. Fortunately I am planning to use a wig, still, so hopefully it won't come to that. I hope whichever strategy you picked worked out well for your doll & thank you for the heads up (pun not intended)!