Friday, May 16, 2014

How To Make A BJD Doll

By Arline Bradley


One would probably see some beautiful dolls when he visits the houses of his friends. Now the dolls that one would usually see is known as a BJD doll and it is a doll that uses balls and joints in order to connect the body parts. Now if one is into collecting these kinds of figures and having them as decorations, then he might as well make some of them at home in order to save money.

Now just like any creative endeavor, the first thing to do would be to create and conceptualize. Now in this part, it is best that one would first put down all his ideas in a notebook or a paper. So the very first step here would be to draw the doll and design it already before even starting the entire process.

Once he has already made the design, then the very next step would be to buy the necessary materials for the project. Now the best thing that one could use for this type of endeavor would be Super Sculpey. Super Sculpey is a mold or clay like material that is very sturdy and can be used to make the figure.

Now before touching the Super Sculpey, it is important that one would first create the skeleton of the doll using some wires or materials like that. The thing that one has to do here would be to get some hard wires and create parts from these hard wires like the arms, the torso, the head, and the other parts. Do remember that these wires are hard to manipulate which means that one may need pliers.

Once this is done, then the next thing to do would be to put some masking tape on the edges of the pieces like the arms, legs, head etc. Now take note that the masking tape has to be put there so that a ball will form. When that is already done, then one has to now wrap the wire with some foil.

When he has already done that, then the next step is to add some of the Sculpey to the figure. Now the first thing he should do would be to put just a thin layer of Sculpey first on the parts. Just a thin layer of Sculpey will do for now.

Now this is the part that gets rather interesting. In this part, one may now mold the body, the head, and the other parts by adding and reducing the amount of Super Sculpey. Of course he may also start carving out the face by adding some holes and putting some accessories in places that need them.

The last step would be to now stick all the parts together. Now do take note that at the edge of the segments, there should be a ball where the masking tape was placed and a joint that it will connect to. Connect these pieces and bake them in the oven for a few minutes before taking it out and putting on the clothes.




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