Update 4/2/08 - new heads, hands+casting - "Tier-in-Mir" - 60cm Humanimanoid Doll

To Everyone: Thanks for all the wonderful comments...I am so glad you like her! I am so happy with her and she gives me great joy just to see sitting around, holding her, or playing with my other dolls in my dollie family.

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Hey everyone! Sorry I disappeared! X33

Well, things have been a madhouse since I got home so I doubt I'll have time to make some more castings till late July. I got cosplay costumes to finish by Anime Next and Otakon time and work starting at the end of the month. That and I got sick this past week and just got two wisdom teeth pulled….so I’m out of commission for a while as it is. O_o

I haven't even had time to repaint Nesha (as her sealer never set properly.... >_> Why does this always happen to me?! I never had a problem with that sealer before) and seal her with some satin sculpey glaze that I KNOW will not scratch and will dry. (I didn't do this the first time cause I was rushing to get her painted in time for class.) She’s not as bad as Nixie tho, luckily. My friends keep trying to steal her / are scared of her, and now my friend Kat wants one too. X33

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But In the meantime, how about those who are SERIOUSLY interested parties send me a PM, and what head you are looking forward to (As I plan to have a tiger head and the Tokala head this summer). First five to do so will be put at the top of the orders list when I start getting casting. I won't be taking more than 5 body orders this summer I think, also I doubt I'll get more than 10-20 good castings from the molds anyway. We'll have to see. I'm free through August so I may become more productive then I think. (I'm just swamped this June and July. XD ) This IS a one girl operation remember. ^^; I plan to do a one off or two as well if I can.

For those in the know:

STATS:

This first run of my dolls are made with Smooth-On 300 series of snow-white resin, it is durable, strong, drillable / sandable, lightweight (but not too light I find Nesha has a good weight), and is NOT noted as being UV-resistant in a raw, un-dyed state (may yellow over time if exposed to lots of direct sun). This could be helped by using a UV-protective sealer I guess.

PLEASE NOTE I am just one person, and I have NO vaccum machine. These are artists dolls, and I am not perfect. X3 There may be a bubble or dirt bits here or there, but I'd never sell anything with defects that I feel is not of an acceptable level or something I myself would not accept.

-All parts come with their seams sanded as best to my ability.
-Headcaps of the heads are MAGNET fit.
-Feet / wrists are S-HOOK attached for easy stringing / posing

These are the prices I've calculated:

Body: $420 (Assembled/strung, comes with two homemade doll body pillows you can easily stick in a carying bag for protection. BY REQUEST tail assembly comes with with basic blank ultrasuede tail that you can easily paint to your liking. It is no extra tho, but only if you want it.)

Head: $80

(So then full doll = $500)

Extra stuff:

*Extra tail assembly end (so you can change out the tail easier for want alt. tails): 50 cents
*Special tails: $10-25
*REAL tails: (like made from coyote or fox tail) $12-20
*Face-ups: $10-25
*Body paint jobs: $20-60 (This is for markings and general blush type stuff, I wouldn’t recommend a FULL on new body paint, that can chip heavily over time.)
*Wool wig: +$25 (I’ll have to see if I have time to offer some) They will be specially made to fit whichever head you choose and done on ultrasuede head caps.

Shipping in the USA will be by priority mail and will be about $12-$18 dollars (for a full doll, heads alone would be less cause they are lighter). Payment by money order is PERFERRED but I’ll have to see if I can set up my paypal account to take bank transfers, I’m not good with GETTING money on paypal just using it to pay FOR stuff. XD

Alright, so that’s it for now. Back to work on cosplays! I hope to hear from people!

 

And why not: Some more cute pics!

Nesha with the dollie family:



Nesha on Critique day in class:



With the other projects:








The ride home from Savannah:


Pointing at....something... XD



I got bored at a rest stop so I took a little video of me posing her a bit : http://www.geocities.com/the_fider/BJD/NeshaMovie.wmv

And last but not least: The box we stuffed all her molds into! O_O (And other casting stuff):

 

HEY FOLKS! X33 Just got back from Animenext! And now we are scrambling to finnish costumes for Otakon...hence why casting can't be worked on till August. I am glad to have heard from some interested parties! I really want to make sure she goes to good homes, this is like sending off my babies... ^^; !

I had to make a little change to the cost of the body:

Please note it is 420 now (from 400) and comes with two doll body pillows (like most dolls come with) but nobag. The mateirals for making the bags was too much and I really don't have any time (they were taking longer than I thought). Also, one other change is I will send her with the basic tiger tail attached to the assembly on REQUEST, no extra charge, but only if you want it (cause I don't want to send her with it if you will just take it off and not use it). Any tail you make can be easily glued to the tail assembly, so you don't NEED my made one, but if you want it, no problem.

Sorry for the inconvience. *bow*

*WAVE*! I loved the doll panel and the meet! Thanks for checking out my girl, I can't wait to repaint her she will look much nicer! I am glad you liked her and she idneed took a lot of love and work... *huggles her*

*laugh* why thank you *blush* ! I am even cosplaying as his father at Otakon, I hope I can make a good Shibi too (if I can be a good Shino)!

 

Hey everyone! I am indeed alive! I come back to see a busy Artist BJD section, it warms my heart to see all the new projects!

Summer anime con hecticness ate my life, and it was the most HUMID summer EVER....so I couldn't do any casting. Hence why I didn't come back to post, I was so depressed I couldn't cast I felt awful about coming back with the bad news to those wishing for one of my girls.

Then this past quarter at college I began my senior project and took Stop Motion animation (DAMN awesome stuff! )! I could not bring my molds back to college with me tho anyway...

So, now that I'm home for winter break I FINALLY can cast cause it's winter and obviously not humid. (Just have to work in the shop with heaters on.) If I'm going to cast more of my first Tier-in-Mir I gotta do it NOW as I won't be home again till Summer and Ooomoo only has a shelf life of about a year. X3

And YES I do plan on making a mold for Tokala. So she'll be an option head hopefully.

I'll get back on if I get successful castings. I have two-three people lined up who had PM'ed me months ago about having one, they have first dibs. I'll most likely put one or two painted up girls in the Marketplace as one-offs for bidding (aka on ebay, but linked to in the Marketplace).

Let's see how well this goes! I hope to be ablw to send some of my girls off to good loving homes to fund my next quadruped BJD project!

 

Well, casting is underway! I haven’t used the molds since I completed her in May. Things are going good, it's just a big undertaking being this IS a 60cm doll and she has 18 molds, 4 of which must be duplicated twice to make a full doll (As the knee, arms 1 + 2, and foot plate are the same both sides).

My friend Kat, also known as ~A Kat with wings~ here on DoA, helped me out with casting the first batch. She was interested in learning about molds / casting (she wants to make her own dolls too) so she is like my apprentice of sorts. X33 Hehe! That and she’s earning a doll for herself, she really wants a Tier-in-Mir to make a Doberman hellhound head for! Sounds cool to me.

Here she is applying some baby powder with a brush to molds for me (I use it as mold release and to give the resin a powdery finish). Sporting a sexy fun respirator and nitrile gloves (I had one on too). Safety first!!



Here is the (UBER cleaned up than usual XD) shop where I've set up my stuff at home. I’m borrowing it from my dad (note all the woodworking stuff). We get cross ventilation from the stairwell window out the side window (and a fan too, why not? :P ). We have 3 heaters going to keep it 72 degrees in there, perfect casting temperature (as in NJ where I live it's like 30 degrees out now , but dry, so great for casting if you keep it warm inside.).


The leg molds laid put and some other smaller molds


From working yesterday with Kat and today, I have one full doll all cast, and another about half done. With wasting some from spills, pour cups, etc, I think I'll be able to get 3 dolls plus some extra parts + heads from my two gallon kit. (It took about 50 oz to make one doll, that includes spills and waste.) Maybe four. People were asking how much resin a doll took, so there’s my answer. X3

Maybe for my next batch of resin I'll try some dyes and clear resin *really wants French resin look* !!

 

OMG more stuff! XD

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Here are some pics of Tokala, remember her? She is a fox mask who came to life. She is almost ready for moldmaking. I worked very hard on her and fixed her up a lot since you saw her last. She looks stellar on a body and really comes alive then. ^__^

I got some nice mold max brush on silicone to make her mold with, it should be very durable. I hope to sell heads of her as standalones, perhaps someone would want her for other bodies too?



Here is the Tigeress head in progress. She will have poofy furry tiger cheeks when done! And will have a light fur texture all over, I am going for semi realistic on this one, or as realistic as possible while still being practical. In this pic you can see the bottom half is baked (I baked that part then continued work on top, so it wouldn’t squish on me as I worked).



I am also making a new set of hands. I am unhappy with the pointy finger mold, it has an air bubble void where her nails point up (the ones against her palm) and they never come out well even with tipping. Easy to fix with some epoxy, but I want to make a new hand anyway.

The new right hand is still in progress. I dunno what pose to do. XD I was thinking a middle finger pose *snicker… XD;; * But that seems impractical for everyday wear. Maybe a relaxed fist? I dunno. o__o

So original hands and the other ones I'm making:


The ‘rar’ hand as it has been called:



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I already have some parties lined up, I’ll have to see if they are still interested before I take any more, but yes, I am going to be sending some girls to new homes *will miss them!* However many my molds will make till they die, which should be about 30 castings each….maybe? I dunno. I will be auctioning one off I hope too, that will be in the marketplace (maybe ebay?), but I'll tell about it here when I do.

Ooomoo is not the strongest of silicones, it doesn’t have a long shelf life or durability to casting. I used it cause it’s cheaper and forgiving to mix ratio. I was new to casting and it is good for beginners. ^_^ XD

 

Hey everyone! I'm in my last quarter of college! My life is my animation, but I can't wait to get home for summer and do some dollie work! I'll be making molds for Tokala and the new hands when I get home.

A bit of an update, we was able to get 5 full Tier-in-mir bodies from our casting session, as well as 4 Nyssa heads (aka "the Nesha head") and 10 Larxene kunai (lol not doll related). They still are un-cleaned up but I left that for when I get home.

One of the five is a 'junk doll' (made from the 'junky' cast parts, IE any with dirt, obvious bubble, etc) who I'll paint fully into something cool for a Tokala head ^^ , one is to be Nesha's new body, and one is for Kat's boy Knives. Two bodies are avaiable for new homes, as well as the four heads.

Sadly, DoA deleted all my PM's.... so I lost a LOT of info about people who had PM'ed me. I had a list in word but it wasn't complete I think. I'll be PMing those I do have...

I really hope my molds are still okay this summer when I get back. Then I'll try casting some more of my first Tier-in-mir, and of course do the new hands and Tokala head. It can help fund the Tier-in-imir Zauberin and Freunde (The MSD 'fairy' Tier-in-mir fox girl and new quadruped animal BJD I designed).

I'll be posting a thread in the Marketplace for SERIOUS preorders once I am home and working on casting the Tokala head, new hands, and possibly more Tier-in-Mir bodies. Until then this is still a news thread cause I'm not done with those things yet. Most likely this thread will close when that time comes cause of new forum rules, cause my work on the 60" Tier-in-Mir outside of new heads will be complete, and I'll be onto new projects.
Questions! ^^

I could I guess, if people wanted them. ^_^ They are kinda standard sized wirst-ball-wise...I'd need to test them in some of my friend's doll wrists.

I SHOULD make some kybuki masks cast in resin. That may be cool....but I dunno how well they'd fit over all doll faces cause of the shape and sizes differences...

Hehe yea! It's been so long but she SHALL be done *fist of fury* And you could if the wig was made special with holes or slits for the ears. ^^ I'm interested to see what visions people have for her, she seems very mysterious O_O !

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I'm asking $80 for heads and $420 for a body. That includes stringing, pillows, and major seam sanding (she comes out of the molds pretty seamless mostly anyway). Headcaps are magnet close. Body's come with a white base tiger tail on the tail assembly UPON REQUEST, it's no extra charge but if you're going to put your own tail on it and don't want it I won't make it. XD Things like special paint jobs, faceups, wigs, special tails, etc can be done for extra. Heads sent alone come in their own box.

It took a little less than 4 gallons, that includes small spills, loss in mixing, and whatnot.

And yes you are Sent you a PM in fact!