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REALLY RUBBISH LITTLE HOW-TO THING WITH REALLY RUBBISH LITTLE PHONE-CAMERA PHOTOSAnyway... working on learning to make clay/resin dolls from scratch. Thought I should start somewhere, and WV from homestuck is nice and simple, with all his insect joints soooo 8D
DOLL WV
He stands up and everything<3<3<3
I made a lot of mistakes (ignore his shoulders, PLEASE ignore his shoulders), and he still needs another coat, details (like teeth) and possibly a coat of varnish. Also I need to finish making serenity<3
Notes:
He's made with a random brand of air-dry clay, called DAS or something, and his body-parts are all hollowed-out in order to thread elastic through. I actually strung little WV up far too tight this time around... But suppose I can fix that when I take him apart for his repaint. 8P
Oh yeah, and he's painted with black indian ink. It's really handy because it's already shiny like a derse-carapace, and it's waterproof. :3
WV the dersian carapacemonster © Andrew Hussie.
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Fuck those awesomely resign made dolls ,cause this is my fave doll!!!!
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It has hooks in the neck, hands and feet to loop elastic through. The whole thing is a little tricky and nowhere as elegant as real bjds, but it works well enough X'3
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I wanna make a 3 foot one 
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Wowwwwwwwww! I really want to try this, ;w; But I'll probably fail miserably OTL
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haha, I think you'd do ok... I went into this with no practice or experience whatsoever XD
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Wowwww! It looks really good for a first time! I thought you had like a ton of practice xD;;;
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ever considered doing some stop motion animation? he's standing in front of your 'Blue Sky Bird' which I have never realised before could be considered an epic naruto reference
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This is so cool!
I'd like to try and make one myself, but I was wondering, how did you thread the elastic through him?
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thanks! :3
oh! Yeah I probably should have put that info in there :0 I'll explain best I can, sorry if I ramble on too much~
to thread him, first when I was making him I made sure all the body parts were hollow, or had space to pull elastic through them, and stuck little hoops I made out of wire into the clay in the hands, feet and head, so that where the neck ankles and wrists are, there were parts to thread the elastic through.
When he was dry, I just pulled most of the elastic through by hand (it was a bit like threading beads), but in the parts where it got really fiddly, I used a fairly large needle and even a bit of wire at one point XD
in terms of how the elastic went through the body, I basically put the string through the neck loop, and then thread both halves/sides of the elastic into the torso, with one half going into the right arm, back into the body, down into the hips, through the right leg, and back through up to the neck. The other side did the left, and I knotted them back together through the neck loop. That way I only needed one piece of elastic and didn't have loose ends poking out all over the place X3
oh, it's also better to use too much elastic than too little- you can always pull loose strings tighter and trim the ends, but if you have too little, you have to thread the whole darn thing again X'D
hope that helps?
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Oh! I also forgot to ask, what sort of elastic did you use?
Did you use like...an actual elastic band, or elastic string?
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good point! I used elastic string, I got it from a fabric shop :3
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Okay, sounds good!
I believe I have some of that.
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Definently!
I'm a visual learner, so it'll probably be crystal clear when I actually have the doll to work with, but this is pretty awesome, so thank you!
(Haha, I also wanted to say I really like your Midnight Crew art, I practically spent all of last night looking at it!/creepy It got me wanting to start reading Homestuck again, but I'm so far behind I doubt I'll ever catch up. D
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Oh my, this is awesome! Keep practicing this because it's so adorable and it fits well with carapacians already having ball-jointed doll-like bodies.
I hope to do something like with with Snowman one day though, either clay or leather.
Also, there are other clays more suited for this like La Doll and Premier, they might be most costly than DAS though. The Micheals craft store I go to now and then sells both, I dunno where you get your supplies though. The internets is an excellent place to find rarer craft materials.
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OMG YOU MADE A DOLLY 8DDD
you're officially pic 83
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I'm officially what? XD
but yeah! ... he looks a lot cooler now. I did some work to him, now it's less like he's leaning to one side XD I'll have to take new photos.
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YESS! MORE DOLLIES PLEASE OAO
(Am I starting to get creepy?)
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nono, you're fine! XD I'm sure I'll make/photo more in the future (I'm just trying to get round to making wv some clothes!)
I still don't understand what 'officially pic' means though XD
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thanks!
He actually looks tons better now X'D
I took him apart, repainted him (extra-shiny black, plus he now has a mouth), and took off those extra shoulder joints. He doesn't seem to want to stand up anymore, but in my opinion the change is worth it~
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Oh my god, I am going to have to try this <3 Beautiful.
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I've been wanting to do this, but my ball-joint sculpting skills leave something to be desired
This is fantastic!
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ahaha, I'm not that great trust me, there's only one joint in WV's whole body that could actually be considered a 'ball joint' at all! X'D
but anyway, thank you! 8'D
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Oh goodness he's so cute
I like your method of doll making! The elastic connection idea is a really good idea. O:
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Thank youu!
I got the idea from how people make those japanese ball-jointed dolls. I don't fully understand it yet, but it seems to be the elastic that allows them their pose-ability. It doesn't really work with WV, but at least he looks nice XD
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Welcome!
Ooooh, neat. O: (Hey, he can STAND UP. That is more than can be said for the dolls I make xD)
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neeeh wish I could make clay dolls D: then I could make kitical dollies >w<
anyways, nice job bud
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I'm sure you could! I just studied a couple of tutorials first and went for it!
In fact go for it! gogogo! 8D
and thank you~
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I've tried in the past, for some reason my brain doesn't want to catch on when it comes to making one XD haha.
anywho welcomes :3
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He's so cute! OMG I once wanted to do this, but I got super intimidated. This is brilliant though. <3
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yay! thankyou
I've always thought 'that would be a kickass skill, but I'll never do it'
Then I thought, actually, why the hell not? XD
lil' WV is really roughly made, but I feel like I learned a whole lot from the experience :3
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he's so cool! Now you've inspired me to give it a shot. @.@ We'll see if it ever happens though. xD How long did it take you? And how much did you end up spending on the clay?
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ahaha, I made him in a couple of hours, left him to dry overnight, and painted him/put him together in a couple of hours in the morning! XD
then again, like I said he is very roughly made, so if I was going to make him properly, sand him down, varnish him and stuff, it would probably take a second day. Might do some of that tonight. XD
and the clay is just fairly cheap craft-shop clay, it was probably less than two dollars!
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Hmmm It actually sounds like a fun project.
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yeah, although it was a different craft shop that focused more on fabric and sewing stuff. I got wire there too, although I didn't actually end up putting much in the doll (just as loops in the head/hands/feet), it really helped me with making the hollows and getting the elastic through after.
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Hmm the hollowing part sounds a little tricky. How did you do it?
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well the limbs were easiest, I moulded them to roughly the right shape, then punched through them with a darning needle, and did the last bits of neatening with the needle in so I didn't squash the hollows shut. Then just pulled the needle out when I was happy with them :3
bits like the torso I had to do by hand, and with a bit of help from whatever wires/sticks/needles ect were lying around XD.
I didn't really hollow the face like you're meant to, but if you wait till it's half-dry, the outside is more solid than the inside, so you can just puncture the head at the bottom and scoop out the brains clay. XD
I hollowed his head out, then put a small pink plastic heart inside, and filled it back up again (is a sentimental weirdo :'D)
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Aww Its good that you gave it a heart. <3 I'll have to give this a shot sometime soon then. It actually might not happen until spring break....
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