Making winter boots for BJD 1/3 scale SD or Smart doll. UGG boots inspired!

For this tutorial I used fake suede, knitted back fur fabric with a stretch. You can use felt too, its easier to handle and mold. You can also use felt as a fur trim if you have not got the real thing.

The pattern is suitable for the doll foot: 6.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. 

The ruler scale is given on the pattern 10cm. Print or copy off screen accordingly.

You can try to shrink the pattern to fit other doll feet.

For the step-by-step tutorial please visit my YouTube chanel

If you would like to purchase the soles from the tutorial please visit my Etsy shop. 

Her last dawn

She is saying a forever good bye to the dawn. 

He is the one to blame.

Medieval BJD doll diorama. Getting there.

Well, my insufferable medieval diorama is almost there, though still need to fill it in with furniture and props. Obviously, I had to do a trial run with a couple of my BJDs from the Souldoll (Fairy story Paw (52 cm tall and Yeon Bee (42cm tall).

The base for the diorama walls is foam board, I have glued every single cardboard "stone" on the walls for texture. The fireplace is made from layers and layers of card board. The fireplace "insert" actually are gravel from my yard.

The diorama is "mobile" and walls can be swapped.

Patterns for the windows were harvested from my gothic/medieval chair tutorial (just used the back part of the chair).








The spinning wheel was a complete bargain from the eBay (originally was a room thermometer!)

The brass miniatures were bought for £1 from a car boot.

Animated BJD doll faces made easy

These days technology is getting fancy.  I still remember the Polaroid camera and the pure joy of getting a picture there and then. Now I hardly even print pictures and entrust my memories to digital photo albums. 

But, hey, what am I am on about? Ah, yes, how to make your ball jointed doll smile?Well, it is extremely easy! (thanks to the technological advances). Literally press of a button.

Please note, that I do not advertise any services, I am not paid to do so (my hourly rate is on expensive side :D

Smile!

A wink for you!

WHAT?!

And here is the link to have fun with your doll's pictures:  http://cartoon.pho.to/

How to make medieval Gothic chair or throne for MSD BJD doll

I was mulling over the idea of medieval/gothic furniture for my BJD dolls. I like the style but could not find anything to my taste to buy, thus I have decided to make it with a 5mm foam board.

I have never worked with the wood before (apart from Balsa wood), but I have made miniature furniture with the foam board in the past and rather successfully. The reason why I could not use the Balsa wood for this project is that I could not find the right width and length to fit the extended back for the medieval chair.

Anyways, the original template was taken from a human version of the chair and here is a link to it: http://www.greydragon.org/furniture/chairs/

And my adjusted/adapted to BJD template can be seen below. Please note it is not to scale and you have to build the pattern yourself using the measurements I gave on the picture or you can resize on the PC the original template and make the necessary adjustments.

My template is for 40-45cm tall BJD doll (MSD, 1/4 scale)

YouTube tutorial is available here:

How to make a backpack for BJD or other dolls

Easy fun project. Suitable for beginners.

No sewing machine is required. Hand stitches would look more realistic.

Video demonstration is available here

Pattern of the backpack (rucksack)

Resinsoul Lu with custom ears and face up. Short motion picture. Резинсоул кукла БЖД Лу

My latest arrival from Resinsoul Lu - MSD size ball jointed doll. She was a special order, i.e. human ears instead of huge ears as in its original sculpt. I have paid only $10 extra for swapping the ears. Also Resinsoul was able to fulfill my custom face up for extra $25.

Lu's head is smaller than other MSD size heads. She is really unique sculpt and I am very happy the way she turned out. If you are interested to see her box opening and quick comparison with the other MSD resinsoul please watch this video:

I have ordered Lu in single jointed body. On her arrival I have hot glue sueded her, re-strung and "wired". She poses now better than my other double jointed bodies.

Here is a very short motion picture featuring my Lu:

Here she is in handmade wig:

Lu with other MSD size doll (artist made head Lazuli)