twigLiMBS body WIP Thread [completed]

Bump! I am organising to get a quote hopefully next week for mouldmaking and casting. Can everyone who is interested please email me (twigling AT broadpark DOT no — put "LIMBS" in the subject-line) so I can make a proper list of people and simultaneously have a way to contact everyone with updates. Once I have the costing info I will put a post in the marketplace as well. Watch this space!!

 

RottenLullaby, the arms would work, but the legs would need a little bit of modification to fit in the hip-socket of a pureskin body.

And I should mention, I have reworked the elbows and they were finished last night, the remaining step now is to sculpt a nice pair of hands.

After this I think I will be working out how much mouldmaking material I will need etc, and it looks like I will be doing my own moulding and casting. I'm hoping to start producing in January 2007, and there will be a thread in the Marketplace at that stage. I will probably have a few sets for sale straight away, and then will be taking pre-orders.

So please stay tuned!!

 

Kasita, the arms will fit, but the legs will need some wor/modification in the hip area to fit properly. You are talking about the pureskin SD10, right?

Nylh, please don't die just yet, it won't be too long now It will be after xmas etc, though.

 

Kasita,

The original legs used for pureskin SD10s are interchangeable with those used for SD13 girls (the FCS 'long leg' option for SD10 is the normal length leg for FCS Sd13 girls). So if you modify the leg parts themselves they would fit both SD10 and SD13. With some additional padding in the hip socket, they would also work on SD13 boys.

I might consider making hip parts for various doll types if there is enough interest, but I would prefer to just do the originally intended old SD torso parts, and then move on to a full-doll project.

 

Hi Chuuie, Sorry I won't be venturing into any anthro stuff in the forseeable future, its just not something that interests me, I am just too enamoured with working with the human (female) form.

 

Elle, yes they will be available in white skin as well.

Kiyakotari (and everyone else) I have started on the hands, but had to take a break to finish my Secret Santa contribution for the Aussie group. I imagine everything in December will be really slow anyways, but please know I haven't forgotten this, and its come so far now it would be a huge waste not to finish it.

 

Elle, I think I got your email the other day? It's filed with the others now. I will go though this thread again and tally the interest. I have one hand almost finished and the other not far behind. I think I can get them done this week coming.... fingers crossed.

 

Fitz, you're on the list. The hands are virtually done, I just need to take some pictures.

 

Bump for updates in first post.

 

Thought I should show what the hands look like in proportion with the arms and the rest of the body. May need to sand and fiddle with them again. I also strung the body again today, and I am still not happy with the knees, I am worried about them being too fragile, so I will need to look more at that before I can mould/cast. Same with the elbows, they need a bit more work. I swear it feels like I will never finish this, but I need to at the very least be happy with it before I can foist it on anyone else.

Biggest news is I will start work on a torso as well. I will still sell Limbs sets for those who don't need a torso, but I will be doing a full body as well. No heads are planned yet. The torso will be non-jointed, more mature, but less busty (natural droop as opposede to invisible corset). The hipjoint will be different as well. I don't know much more till I put something on paper... there is a bit more ranting and blurbing on my LJ atm.

 

I haven't got originals to compare with, but I think they are a little longer; the arms maybe 5-10 mm longer and the legs probably 15-20mm longer.

 

Another small update: still some final polishiong and touchups, but I have taken pictures and measurements of all the parts and sent away for quotes. Hopefully someone will get back to me by the time I get back from holidays in a week's time

 

Glad you like them Oldskin and pureskin are very similar, although pureskin is a teeeeeny bit translucent.. has a more waxy appearance. They match well enough that you won't notice a difference unless you know its there.

I think the legs are a bit longer than the original legs, I don't have any as I bought my torso as just a torso.

 

Well, I am still wrangling quotes, but hopefully I will know more soon-soon-soon. I have some rough pricing estimates, but will hold onto it untill I decide who to go with. There will be a special introductory (lower) price for the people who get in the first order, because I need to fill a minimum of 25 slots to cover costs, otherwise the project will not go ahead. Also if people want BW resin, I need to order at least 10 sets of it ~ I am assuming most people will want NS, but I know some has asked for BW.

I added some detailing to the thighs and lower arms, which looks good. I also found the screw-eyes I need on eBay and bought 600 of them; that should do me for some time. Plus I have found a retailer that sells high quality doll-elastic which I will be including in the sets, along with the screw-eyes/eyescrews. This elastic is hard & strong, has a higher count of elastic filaments inside the woven tube and costs a bit more, but I think its worth shelling out for quality, especially when it does so much to improve the stability/poseability of the doll.

Tomorrow I am hoping to spackle all the little pits, and do a final sanding, then after the weekend I will sandblast the pieces to get a nice velvety texture, and then its picture time. Hopefully by then I will have everything ready to set up the sale post on DoA and wherever.

In the meantime I have been working on the torso for my full-doll project, which is coming along really well, still has no boobs, and untill it does I won't be posting any pictures. After that, of course I will need to start on a face, so if anyone has any requests/suggestions/wishes/inspirations for what she might look like, I am listening. I have some vague idea of the eye-shape and the nose, but that is about it. I am looking at doing a young face... late teens to mid-twenties, and possibly more masculine looking when compared to what is already out there. I intend for it to be a girl, but I know people like to gender-bend and frankenstein their dolls (I know I do, at least).

 

I can probably work out splits. I have one other person on my waitlist who only needs arms, so in your case yes you can have the remaining legs from that set.

Thanks you!! I'm hoping that will be the case

 

Untill I get the final quote (still waiting for ), the numbers are still up in the air, but the introductory price for a full set of Limbs (including eyescrews and elastic) will be around $200 + shipping (will organise to split the costs between arms and legs fairly). Compared to going to Torrance Sumika, where you could get arms, legs, hands and feet for a total of $318 ~ that's if all the parts you need are still in stock; add tax, shipping and shopping fee as well if you can't go in person, and remember that the Volks oldskin parts are the reason I embarked on this project in the first place, they don't have the same level of poseability.

I have put your name down for the legs... you want normal skin, right?

 

Bump, orders are now being taken here. Be quick, limited numbers!!

 

Yes, there is And thank you

 

Bump for torso pics in first post!!

 

Oh well, you didn't know (I didn't either...) know when you bought your B04 that I was going to be offering this.

 

Speak for yourself, Karla!!