Doll making diaries: 3D sculpting fantasy parts for a BJD

[@sarahlongshore2605]

Wow. This was cool to watch!!! So strange watching people sculpt on computers now instead of clay pieces!! My how fast things are going!!!

[@LomisPlayground]

It's been a big adjustment, but oh, it's so nice for the days I have trouble with my joints!

[@HalcyonStraits]

Large wrist balls should have good range of motion! These look great!

[@LomisPlayground]

That's very true! He can bend his wrists pretty nicely.

[@brokenwings7860]

So awesome to see this. I think you did a great job. Thank you for sharing.

[@danieladownie6087]

Very cool to watch. Makes it seem less scary when I'd like to try this myself

[@RoseWaltz]

this was very interesting to learn! thanks for sharing!

[@LinniAngel]

I am curently sculpting a tiny bjd i blender so this video couldn't come at a better time! People safe guard so many of the tips you give behind pay walls so thanks for sharing.

[@LomisPlayground]

I made the wrist and socket about the same size--I think the wrist ended up a shade bigger, actually, because I miscalculated finger length and my first print turned out the wrong size. But it still fits very snugly into the joint. I didn't leave any space--I've found my FDM printer is extremely precise with measurements, it doesn't warp unless something with my bed heating/cooling is off. I made the wrist wall on these 1mm thick--it could have been thinner without any risk, but I was more concerned with making sure I had a sturdy wall with a flat end so I'd have excellent bed adhesion for printing. 99% of my prints that fail happen in the first 10 minutes because it came off the print bed, so giving myself a decent lip that could have a wide brim attached was important for me here. Since I printed with 1mm outer walls all the way around, that part of the wrist is solid, so I could always shave it down thinner if it bothers me later!

[@LinniAngel]

@@LomisPlayground thanks! That was really helpful ☺️

[@lauraleecreations3217]

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[@kairon156]

Huh. There are loads of fantasy characters with different feet and head accessories like horns, antlers and the like but that's a good point about characters with different hands. From my experience if a race has different hands than humans it's usually in sci-fi rather than fantasy. Great video by the way. Side note: I tend to think about things from a world builder perspective so my first thought wasn't that the hand was odd but more on what it would feel like to use a 4 fingered hand.

[@LomisPlayground]

That's a good point about the sci-fi versus fantasy! I do remember an argument being made for the fantasy nature of the Dragonriders of Pern books being overridden by that they were clearly sci-fi because all the fauna of Pern had six limbs as opposed to four. I wonder who decides on these rules?

[@kairon156]

@@LomisPlayground By the sounds of it some people think alternate biology branches is sci-fi... I guess it would be a type of science but by the tittle I imagine it has a very fantasy feel to it. Personally I enjoy seeing fantasy and sci-fi being mixed, but there aren't a lot of examples outside of Star Wars or War-hammer 40K.

[@Grenadreams]

Wow, that was mainly blender? It makes me want to pick up blender again. These turned out really well Lomi

[@refreshingwaves2792]

Did you sand down all the parts by hand?

[@LomisPlayground]

I did sand them, but I kinda cheated by using sandable filler primer meant for automotive painting :) Much less work!