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batchix In reply to zweisteinJ [2014-02-12 07:27:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry but I never ended up doing any casts or completing the project. :S  I'm glad you like him!

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zweisteinJ In reply to batchix [2014-02-12 22:50:08 +0000 UTC]

oh that's too bad :/

i'd be crazy to even have the head model

Turians are sooo so awesome and GOOD custome creations are hard to find

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batchix In reply to AirshipFelicity [2012-09-28 05:18:09 +0000 UTC]

I actually sculpted his head out of super sculpey and apoxy sculpt. I usually use paperclay, but the way he's shaped, it was easier to use a much harder clay. Once I got him to the point that he was starting to get brittle I cast him and continued working on the new head with more apoxy sculpt. :3

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AirshipFelicity In reply to batchix [2012-09-28 06:11:46 +0000 UTC]

hmm, ive tried using sculpey for bjds, but i just never liked the outcome...i could never get them as smooth and perfect as you have done here >,< ill have to try apoxy sculpt, never tried it.
curiously, will you be selling parts of these guys when your done with them? because one i love turians, and two id love a 3d reffrence for sculpting (im making a full on turian suit, including an articulating mask) and i work better off of 3d reffrences than 2d ((totally pre-ordered the garrus figurine so i could have something amazingly sodlid details to go off of >,<))
either way, this guy is gorgeious!

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batchix In reply to AirshipFelicity [2012-09-28 18:04:29 +0000 UTC]

He's been sanded, that's why he's smooth. X3 I hate sanding SS, it takes forEVER. That's why I use paperclay most of the time. It sands super fast. Unfortunately I can't get a lot of the surface detail into it that I can with Super Sculpey- so for the turian I needed something that I could sculpt additively.

I have a few of the heads laying around if you'd like just the head. It's the first version seen here. The head isn't quite screen accurate(made the fringe/spines too short and the head isn't long enough from the side). Just send me a note. :3

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batchix In reply to obinaka [2011-11-20 03:03:03 +0000 UTC]

I will be! I actually have the head done, but I need to do the body armor, hands and feet yet. I'll post it here when I get them finished.

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obinaka In reply to batchix [2011-12-08 00:24:53 +0000 UTC]

Ok, that's awesome!

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batchix In reply to TheSkippyone [2011-10-02 06:02:10 +0000 UTC]

making it hollow? I make a cardboard box out of cereal board and then put super sculpey over it.

How I make that round divit for the magnet to sit in? I dremel out each half and put two pieces of fresh clay in(one on each side), then I put two magnets in it and squeeze it like a sandwich. I take the magnets out before i bake it. Then I do a hell of a lot of clean up that's just adding a little clay, pushing the parts together, and baking.

For the notches I take a round dremel part and drill out where I want the notch to be. Then i cover it in plastic, press a bit of clay there and put the other part against it... and hope for the best.

that probably doesn't make a lot of sense, but the engineering side of dolls is really hard to explain. >_<;

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TheSkippyone In reply to batchix [2011-10-02 06:13:56 +0000 UTC]

I imagine it would be complicated to explain over deviantart. XD
I can see how you'd make the head hollow and somewhat see the magnets part....I didn't even know you were using magnets. W-what's "dremel"? And a notch is....part of the joints?

I hope you don't mind my many questions.
I can be kind of a ditz. @n@
But I really wanna get to know this stuff. The making of toys is something that's always fascinated me.

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batchix In reply to TheSkippyone [2011-10-02 06:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Dremel is a rotary tool, you can get them in most hardware stores. :3 I have two... one that is adjustable speed plug-in(so it has more RPMs) and one is battery that's slower that i use for delicate work.

The notches are little places where the doll fits together and sort of locks. it helps keep the parts together. I usually make elbow and knee locks to keep the doll from snapping into a bent position.

Do you have a BJD? it's easier to understand the jointing on one if you've got one to poke at.

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TheSkippyone In reply to batchix [2011-10-14 01:46:15 +0000 UTC]

What sort of delicate work do you use the slower dremel for?

And I think I sorta understand what a notch is.
If I understand correctly, I think one of my dolls might have one.
I imagine it's the little nick that keeps the two torso halves from going in odd directions.

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batchix In reply to TheSkippyone [2011-10-14 02:46:03 +0000 UTC]

I use it for cleaning up faces, especially around eyewells... and for doing the lines on machina. less RPMs means i can hold it a little more steady.

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TheSkippyone In reply to batchix [2011-10-14 08:09:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh, okay. I see what you mean now.
I shall keep that in mind if I get to use a dremel. XD

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