Taiga Aisaka Dollfie
Sat 2009/08/22 08:13 JST
It had been a long drawn project ^^; All clothes are not new, not much time to sew at moment (argh) they either belong to my older (Neglected :P) dolls or figure (the mini tiger) ^^; Gotta schedule some time to sew a bit somehow ^^;;;/
My art blog will have some process pix, the doll blog will have some completed doll pix :3 but here are some previews ;3!
Oooh how tall is she compared to other Dollfies? I guess it won't be long before you get a picture of all of them together :) Too bad about the floppy knees... Gonna sew up the uniform? Or the sukumizu? :D
From the hands I can tell it's an MDD, so she's about 38cm. ^^
Probably not the sukumizu coz will show too much joints ^^;;
Kawaii!
The cat looks like a mouse that size ^^;
Lol yes the scale is off XD!
That looks very impressive, I think it's the face which really gives it the Taiga look to it.
Hope something like this didn't set you back too much. Would love to see school uniform + bokken set.
The body did set me back a bit ^^;;
Wow.. really bang up job, Chun! I'm impressed, very much looks like Taiga with her hair down ^_^
Good job!
Thanks! Glad you think so!
Cute! Nice work with the face of Taiga "chun", really like it with the her hair. ^^ Now you need the school uniform and bamboo blade for her... or this one - http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Toradora!/Toradora!%20-%2013%20-%20Large%2007.jpg ^^
Oooh that dress!
Taiga Cospre~ Cute~
^o^!
Too cute! Is she smaller than a regular DD?
Yup! Like Chibichibiusa said she's 38cm tall :)
she looks so cute ^^
i didnt know you were actually working on a custom Taiga!
Little by little ^^;!
didn't see your post here at the first place XD
the last pic is the cutest ^^
Thanks!
T-T-TAIGAA~AAH!!! Holy crap!!! Must now double efforts. >_<
Awww she looks quite cute! Very brave of you to attempt and paint the eyes, you did a good job! I'm curious which head you used? It looks like a Volks basic head DDH-01 but there's no lips shape. Did you sand it off? *so curious*
MDD knees are floppy like that. I tightened the screws on the inside frame and it helped a bit but it's still floppy. I read someone tried to put in volks kips disk inside on the frame knee joint and it helped a lot, but I haven't tried it myself yet, I've been lazy and just let my Mini girls sit all the time ^^"
Oh I did sand the lips off, thanks to seeing your attempt I felt braver :) it's not perfect tho the painting and sanding ^^; I forgot to mention that on my blog XD I feel like trying to put a stick or something on the back of her leg to see if it helps or not :3 what is a kips disc by the way?
So...MDD's have floppy knees? Do continue this line of conversation. I haven't started on dolls and hope I won't for while yet, but I'm far more interested in the MDD line than I am in the DDs. Still am in terms or looks, but if the knees are difficult to deal with I'll have to reconsider.
The knees are definitely a bit of a problem, but I guess it doesn't bother me too much right now since I have many dolls to play with ^^. I guess I would "play" more with my MDD girls if they could stand better tough. Will try the solution below and let you know my opinion afterwards.
The plus side with mdd is that they have more range of movement, they can touch their face and they can do a cute sitting pose like this : http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2786708784_b1c44dc608_o.jpg
DDII body and DDdy body cannot touch their face (unless you force the elbow joint to pop out...) and cannot sit with their legs like that.
Ohoho...so basically, if the kips solution works, we basically end up with a MDD that can hold their pose, even as they have more range of movement? I can live with that. ^^
These are kips, something Volks invented : http://www.volksusa.com/kips.html
Looks nothing special, but supposedly helps a lot with resin doll posing.
There was a long thread of the Den of Angels doll forum about how everyone's MDD has floppy legs and a member (AreeElf) came up with this solution :
"I have the same problem with my girl's knee so I ended up unscrewing the knee and wedging a kip disk in and then rescrew. The skeleton at that point doesn't disassemble I had to lift he part just enough to wedge that kip in. I also tucked a kip to her loose hip joint and that seems to have worked. SO I ended up Kipping both knees and one hip.
Here's a photo of the kipped knee
http://images35.fotki.com/v1208/photos/4/41847/5795748/kippedknee-vi.jpg
The kip adds more friction so the joint moves but does not buckle so the knee stays posed. The kip in the hip just keep it from being loose"
I really need to try this sometimes, I already bought the kips long time ago too!! *procrastinator*
Wow thank you so much o_o! I should have gotten the kips disk when I ordered her body *facepalm* I am assuming it comes with all those disks shown in the pix?
Tried it today. There's 6 small kips and 2 big kips in 1 pack, so it was enough for my 3 MDDs. I'll do a post about it when I get the time.
Oh yes pretty please!!!
I think I'm going to have to try that with Illya.. since she's MDD and her legs don't much of anything. I had considered gluing some light grit sandpaper in there.. but Kips looks far better choice!
Whoa,Nice JOb!!
Thanks!
Very cute!! I like her optical eyes and mini tiger figure. Good job! She came out great.
Thank you XD!
Oh wow she's adorable! I think I know where to get the uniform but your already great at making doll clothes chun i dont think you'll need it xD
I'm actually not sure if I will make her school uniform as it's made of colours which if not careful can stain the doll ^^; I do like some of Taiga's regular clothes tho, so hopefully can make some for her when I have time ^^;
Hey! She turned out very cute. I can almost she her trying to hit me.
it would hurt LOL
hoho.. now to find a good scaled bokken for her =P
Lol unfortunately I do not have the "grab" hand for her ^^;
WOW~!! Amazing Chun!! Perfect faceup and even cuter modifications and expression!! ^o^ Super cute!
Thanks you! You and chibichibiusa are my inspiration!
*feeling flattered* ^__________^
Wow...It's not a commercial Dollfie! JEALOUS!! XD
thanks ^^ lol
I want her BAD. Awesome job. The first time I saw her, I was like, "Where can I buy this?!" LOL