How to make sofa for a ball jointed doll MSD size. Recycled craft project

How to make sofa or large chair for a ball jointed doll MSD size?

Easy-peasy!

You will need:

-An empty tub of Celebrations chocolates
-Stretchy fabric in two contrast colours
-Hot glue gun
-Fabric glue (optional), can still use hot glue gun
-Ribbons
-Needle and thread, but with sewing machine the process will be less painful :D
-craft foam
-scrap A4 paper
-sellotape
-4 small plastic lids of the same height (optional)
-acrylic paint (for the sofa legs if using lids)
-wadding or foam or cotton wool

 Link to my video tutorial below:

Some pics of the finished product and my ResinSoul MSD ladies as models together with BJD kitten

Customised Chicaloca Hujoo BJD MSD doll. Lolita style.

Face up-ed my Chicaloca (Hujoo ABS MSD) girl today, applied very basic make up eyes wise, as eyes are already exaggerated, but made accent on the lips (hello lip liner, hello 80-s). Blushed her hands and nails (her hands are not very pretty). I am pleased that this horrific parabox wig that no my other BJD can wear (as they look absolutely ridiculous) fits perfectly and suit Chicaloca. 

Chicaloca has now been sold. I am still in love with her ways but she does not fit into my collection. 

Furniture for BJD dolls MSD size handmade from recycled materials

I have recycled a big stash of cardboard and crafted MSD size furniture and sculpted accessories for the table. The project has not been totally completed yet, as I got very busy with my new ragdoll kitten.

Obitsu MSD and DollLove male MSD doll

Souldoll Lester is a tall MSD doll (52 cm tall), but I think this furniture is still ok for him.

I think my next step is to recycle wooden play blocks I have purchased from charity shop.

3D printed kitten and Iplehouse puppy BJD dolls

These adorable BJD pets (4.5 cm tall) are simply amazing. Kitten pose-ability is outstanding and magnetic face plates are so easy to change. Iplehouse puppy is slightly more limited in movements, but still offers great pose opportunity for photography. Iplehouse puppy has got a magnetic tale, his "face up" is generic by the company. Both of these BJD pets are full of character and are suitable for 2 scales as pets: YoSD and MSD.

With MSD girls:

With Obitsu 1/6 girl:

The puppy can stand like this by using his tail, whereas the kitten can do it tail free. Kitten has got excellent pose-ability "skills"!

With MSD again:

awwww....

3D printed BJD doll creature

Here is a short story about the mother of the dragons monster (no, its definitely not the game of thrones  ;D)

Anyhow, the creature is a bjd 3D printed doll. I have bought the disassembled kit (in colour red) from the Etsy artist (DollArtbyJulie). The creature is small (~13cm tall), the mother (obitsu) is MSD size doll (42cm tall). The creature was very easy to paint, but it was difficult to erase mistakes off. I have tried to erase it with a pure acetone and got white marks, so I had to paint these marks with red acrylics  ;D The magic eraser does not work very well on the doll.

Obitsu MSD size arrival and brief comparison to double jointed resinsoul

One of my highly desired dolls arrived today - Obitsu MSD size 42 cm tall. She was ordered directly from Japan (Parabox) and even with the custom charges (£27) she was much cheaper than ordering from the dealers. 


I am an owner of five 1/6 scale obitsu dolls and was very curious whether the bigger version will offer the same posability.

I have ordered 2 heads for this doll and both of them were so easy to attach. I did not need to heat or boil the heads in order to fit them.  

The first impression is positive, especially the magnetic plate (same as for smaller obitsu) gives a doll instant stability, however does not allow a one leg stand pose, like in 1/6 scale. The MSD size obitsu is too heavy for this trick.

I thought a brief comparison between resin BJD and Obitsu would be interesting.


ResinSoul Rong (double-jointed) on the left:

ResinSoul can't lift her head up whilst in this position (perhaps she strung too tightly):

Important thing for me that Obitsu can act as a support for other dolls when I need to pose them together! This is a helpful feature I will be definitely using during photo-shoots.

These two are very different dolls, but I am very pleased to have Obitsu of that size now. I need to find a suitable masculine male candidate for my new arrival... Any suggestions welcome.