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)

Box opening Souldoll Rail Vito MSD BJD doll with the event clothing

Hi folks,

I was waiting for that man for 6 months (instead of 3) and he is here today - Rail  (Vito range) from Souldoll.

Here is his box opening video.

I have noticed that the wig and assembly manual were not included. So, I will contact the responsible party. Seams line have killed me. I did not expect that as there was no option like "sanding service"  offered, so I have assumed that seams would be removed by default...

Otherwise, happy days!

P.S. I have ordered this doll via the UK dealer angelesque. I would NOT use her service again and in future will order directly from the company or via other dealers like Alice's collection who offered excellent customer service to me before. My experience with angelesque was not very good in one of my previous orders as well. I do not want to go deep into details, but I would rate Angelesque customer service as "NIL".

How to make a miniature dessert from polymer clay for BJD MSD doll or for american girl scale doll

Fancy a sweet chocolate box for your MSD dolly?

 If you are keen to have a go and make this easy dessert from clay please check out my video how to:

This is an easy project for beginners in polymer clay. All you need is clay in 4 colours (brown, vanilla, green and red), square cutter (2cm) or just a square paper pattern, blade, texture sheet (if not, then do it manually with a dotting tool), liquid clay, rolling pin or pasta machine.

I have used fimo soft and premo sculpey. Liquid clay was Fimo gel. 

Gloss with any polyurethane varnish.

The model is Resinsoul MSD size doll Rong

How to make 3 tier cupcake stand for dolls. BJD MSD size 1/4 or for american girl

How to make 3 tier cupcake stand for your doll. 

Nice as a photography prop.

For this project you will need: 

-cardboard 

-bamboo skewer 

-scissors 

-carving tool or thick needle 

-tacky glue (for the cardboard) and all purpose glue (or E-6000 instead of all purpose one for the beads). Do not use hot glue as it does not "soak" the cardboard well enough to keep the bond strong for long. 

-beads 

-wire 

-ribbon 

 Here we go:

In action with MSD size ball jointed doll: 

ResinSoul dragon BJD boy Sui in red

Man in red

I have purchased Sui a while ago, but I simply did not have time to do anything with him. Once I was even considering to sell him, but luckily I have decided against it and I took my time with my gorgeous fantasy dragon man. He is a stunning fella really, his sculpt is so different, but I think his features do not transfer well to the camera. I have blushed his whole body (very subtle brushing) and made an outfit, so at least he does not stand naked ( :P ::)) in front of my other dolls. I have paired him with ResinSoul Rong for now, but he is waiting for another (resin) soul mate that will hopefully arrive in a month time. All my adult dolls are paired (couples) and all are heterosexual :D That's just my preference in my little world where I am the GOD lol

Yeah, I do not think they get on very well :) :(