Sculpting at 1/6 scale NSFW

Bit of a disclaimer, I think I'm deviating further away from action figure and more toward ball joint doll territory but I still feel this is relevant to post here since I wanted to stick to a 1/6 scale/proportions because I want to mix the best of both mediums. If it's not welcome I totally understand and won't take it personally.

I own a few 1/6 action figures/dolls including Tbleauge and was ultimately disappointed with various aspects each figure/doll did poorly. Tbleague: shoulder issues/sticky skin even with cornstarch, VeryCool Female 3.0: Horrible seamless waist that did not hold poses at all, Barbie MTM Curvy: Cartoony proportioned hands/feet/head and lack of waist mobility.

So that led me to ask my self what is it that I want from 1/6? Ideally I want to capure the soul of a person. Something that is as beautiful as it is a technical work of art. I want it to beable to capture human emotion, mobility, detail, and likeness. After being disappointed in my journey and getting over my procrastination I've finally had a Thanos moment to make something myself and do the way I dream of. I could have modified one of my existing figures I had and improve what was there but decided to fully commit and start from scratch so I could call it my own. Making a 1/6 airdry clay bjd prototype was the best way to achieve my mission.

It's very work in process but this is how far I've gotten. I'm very happy so far, and even my girlfriend and family have been blown away by what I was able to do. I'll eventually get to the stage where the body is how I want it and then cut it apart to sculpt all the joints making sure it fits together. Here's two pictures, I'm thinking about increasing the size of the breasts to match the rest if the body but still staying on the small side. Everything here took me about a week of editing and drying.

It would be interesting to see how this develops. There is always room for improvement with any body out there on the market today.

Yes, indeed. This looks like a cool project. To be honest, I like the proportions you currently have, seems realistic to me — that’s just my opinion, others, including yours, may vary.

That is one beautiful torso! For my taste the breasts wouldn't need to be bigger, but it also wouldn't hurt if that's what you prefer.
Thank you for sharing your progress. I'm looking forward to seeing how this develops!

Definitely curious to see what you do with this project. Good luck!

I feel relieved by the positive comments, thanks all! It seems family and people here do prefer the current bust size, so I think it's just a matter or refining them. I'm most excited to mess around with adding joints, it's gonna be as challenging as it is interesting designing what kind of movement I want while balancing the look I'm trying to achieve. I'll post more when I work on the more harder areas like hands and head.

Looks like a very natural body shape, great job and good luck on the rest of the sculpting and the joints too.

Alittle piece of art. Thanks for showing. Like the body more than the TBL models

Oooh she looks fantastic so far!

I think I did end up making the boobs bigger slightly, mostly I gave them a much more natural squish.

I decided to tackle the hip joint next, it's probably the hardest joint out of all the others I have to do. I do not like most
ball joint doll hips, the new norm is having double-jointed hips usually with one at the hip and another at the thigh which
I personally hate it since it looks like they broke their legs. This is why I'm choosing to do a single jointed leg and I'm going
to have to do a lot of extra work to make it have the movement I want. While I'm trying really hard to make sure the ball
and sockets blend into the body there are some sacrifices I have to make but for the most, I feel I'm getting some of the
very important silhouettes nailed down.

The first picture shows the first attempt on the left where I realized making a socket first was proving to be way more
difficult to imagine where the ball would go, so I then filled the right side in to sculpt a ball where the leg would pivot.
I'm being very conscious of how much overhang the socket would have since overhangs would limit rotation.





You will notice that I had to carve in where the hips meet the leg, this is to allow more movement, otherwise I'm gonna
have to carve into the leg and I really want to avoid giving the front of the thighs a "butt" shadow





I like the silhouette here, I kept moving the ball further back until it matched the curve of the butt. It's really important
to me that I don't create a weird lump under the butt like a lot of ball joint dolls have.





Again the silhouette looks about as close to reference as I can get without messing other things up. It might look a little
wonky but it's because the thigh is not attached at the moment. The goal is when she stands or sits the shadows should look like
how a butt would in that position.






I ordered a Dremel stylo which will arrive this week and it will help speed up work tremendously. I don't mind feedback, however certain design decisions were carefully made as the best compromise to avoid certain pitfalls other ball joint dolls have, so I'll do my best when I can. Till next update!

A little update for anybody interested.

I'm still fine-tuning movement, haven't mirrored the legs yet, and not sure if the torso needs to be raised a bit,
the neck is also a little too thick, but down below is a size comparison with a Barbie Curvy and a Tbleague s29.
It's very rough and I'll always be able to make it pretty after I make sure symmetry and mobility are correct
foremost. I'm Basically sticking with Barbie Curvy size except making it more anatomically correct but still
having to make cuts here and there for mobility. I want the legs to be able to move higher just a tad, but I don't
need to go too far since the torso has excellent movement already imo. Another thing I'm happy with is that it
sits flat on the bum, no awkward floating ball under the cheek. Anyway, until the next update!

NSFW https://i.servimg.com/u/f11/20/31/97/69/sculpt10.jpg

Looks like good progress, Suchsneak. I like the sculpt, but please note the forum's policy on adult images and themes -- please apply digital censorship stickers to the image or use links clearly labeled NSFW, just in case.

GubernatorFan wrote:Looks like good progress, Suchsneak. I like the sculpt, but please note the forum's policy on adult images and themes -- please apply digital censorship stickers to the image or use links clearly labeled NSFW, just in case.

My deepest apologies, in the back of my mind I was thinking I should probably do something with the phicen to hide the private bits but at the same time, I'm so used to working with it on my desk that for me didn't seem explicit.

I'll be much more mindful from now on, sorry again!

Suchsneak wrote:My deepest apologies, in the back of my mind I was thinking I should probably do something with the phicen to hide the private bits but at the same time, I'm so used to working with it on my desk that for me didn't seem explicit.

I'll be much more mindful from now on, sorry again!

No problem. I appreciate this, we just have to comply with Forumotion and forum policies. People's sensibilities vary and we are trying to be respecful of as many as possible. Thank you.

I'm gonna post a safe for work version of my previous post just so it's easy to see for anybody who's new since the others had to be hidden

Thanks for sharing your progress! Kudos to you for embarking on this project to create your own ideal doll! Bjd's are rather beyond my scope, but they are undeniably pretty, and yours seems to be shaping up well.

Funny censorship stickers, too.

I've been thinking about trying to sculpt my own bodies too, since I don't necessarily think that the bodies that are available reflect the body types I'm after accurately...with males you have either very fit or very fat bodies, not much in between, and females seem to either be totally unrealistic or have room for organs but too much breast. I keep wondering about the possibility of making silicone 'skins' to go over them.

I am definitely going to make at least 1 BJD style body...he won't be human, though.