/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>48345398
>body suit
having the option is not bad, you may expand her wardrobe to higher risk clothes. im looking at childrens gymnastic suits as i havent found any for purpose

Mizuka will get a late birthday wig cleaning soon, her hairs a mess. New matching outfits from dollhearts for her and Umi.

>>48365984
Kawaiiiiii~~ :)

>>48364076
Ah thank you for baking anon! I'm under the weather and fell asleep, my bad. That was the exact image I wanted to use for the OP, too!

>>48366701
take care, anon! on that note, does anyone have any favorite nurse-style outfits that they would recommend for either 1/3 or 1/4?

leg

>>48368403
IMO we should have a whole thread about doll's feet and legs.

>>48364076
Hello, newfag here. I recently got a doll and went through the guide, but I have a question. I understand that in order to apply a hairstyle I have to wash the hair first and fix it when it's still wet (Currently the hair has some kind of weird waviness). My question is, how do I give a faint curling to the hair?

>>48369531
footfags plz go

>>48369531
Not even 10 posts in and we're already uploading scandalous imagery.

>>48370024
I know those are her default eyes, but the heart irises make this shot much more provocative than circular ones.

>>48369936
You can use a styling heat iron if the hair is heat resistant, but I would not do that while the hair is wet, because it will damage it. Just like with real hair. Honestly, I've never gotten any of my wigs wet to style them.

>>48369531

Update on the Ikea skubb. The back and sides are reinforced with a thin sheet of foamboard. It's a bit flimsy but should be fine as a transport bag for outdoor shoots. Just gotta add another small compartment to the bottom, line the inside with a white towel and add a shoulder strap.

>>48368403
Cute dolls
>jill nendo
Cute
>kirby
Cute

>>48371926
This does seem pretty viable. Nice!

>>48371926
What size is this

Forgot to post this when it got here but, here it is.

>>48364076
i have a copy of the old sewing mega
OP, can i get your email address to send you the link so you can make your own copy and host it? convoluted but i dont want to be responsible for maintaining it. a throwaway email is fine

>>48374672
one1crab@gmail.com should work, thank you so much anon.

>>48374790
check your sea mail

>>48374850
Thanks anon. I'll have these downloaded and mirrored somewhere in no time at all. I don't mind taking over this archive, and this way, I can add to it as well.

>>48373714
90 by 30 by 15 cm.

>>48374672
>>48375138
hope this works out, have been slowly assembling the materials to learn sewing for my doll's wardrobe

Thank you to the anons who told me about the wig being too far back. I bought a cheap stand on Amazon and it's a piece of shit. Looking forward to the volks one coming in.

This one will be good for taking outdoors, I guess.

>>48374850
>>48382319
Have downloaded and am reuploading everything in one centralized location + some other things I have laying around. Look forward to new patterns soon, anon.

>>48383089
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1okG9fyy7mciwiZUEsQYGNKQNnz1rv59J?usp=sharing
New Gdrive link, +some new stuff.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14mU3s2U2jyj0IR-cJ42UhqPDduCE400YX-hwYdt-6gQ/
New /bjd/ Sewing Resources guide, an offshoot of the QnA guide. Please feel free to suggest additions! (It has already been added to the QnA guide.)

Thank you very much to the anon that provided the original mirror. You were a huge help!

Are there eny resources on 3D Printing doll parts? I'm specifically looking for heads, but what few I've found are not the style I'm looking for. I think I'll have to buy a head and scan it myself

>>48383980
If you're already buying the head, why not just use the head you now own?

>>48383980
The smartdoll website has stl files for some of their older heads and there are a few bjd projects on thingiverse.
Or grab blender and make your own.

Just tried focus stacking for the first time and it feels like space magic.

>need to buy doll socks again
>I will spend the absolute minimum
>$200
Heh, I don't wanna brag too much but it looks like I've mastered doll economy.

>>48387078
To resize and modify according to what I need

>>48387103
Thanks, I'll start with those
I do want to learn how to sculpt, but right not I am more familiar with CAD design over free sculpting

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>>48389290
This has such a nostalgic energy.

>>48383017
Is that a signed photo of Princess Leia? That's pretty neat

>>48389392
Yes, though I won't post it because it's off topic. Star Wars autographs are my primary hobby.

>>48389532
Washing machine maintenance is off topic, but when a doll is helping with the maintenance, then it's definitely on topic

I recently used a sewing machine for the first time. It was a simple job and yet I did quite poorly which of course is expected and normal for a first timer, just humorous to note. I can now better appreciate the pieces that you all produce on doll scales!
>>48366701
I hope you feel better now that it's been a couple days.
Great minds think alike heh, it's the perfect picture to capture the spirit of the month that is December. I realized that I could have changed the order form link out but ah well, at least it provides a link to the calendar files eh?
>>48389324
I just got this a bit ago, very...interesting change

>>48388290
Lovely sweater

>>48388465
And this is why I learned to make stockings for my girls myself. For the cost of a basic sewing kit and a few old t-shirts I have all the socks they'll ever need.

hello anons, I hope you dont mind the question, but /jp/ has a football team and BJD was asked if you guys wanted a player on the team which turned out to be a Shinku doll. Our question is whether or not you guys wanted to keep Shinku on the team or perhaps come up with a different player to represent BJD threads

>>48397484
I vote for Shinku personally

>>48397484
I think Shinku is a fine representative!

>>48397518
>>48397573
I greatly appreciate the replies, anons. Shinku had a splendid performance this 2024 and we are happy to have her on team as the BDJ rep for 2025.

>>48397484
I would have nominated creepy miku

>>48397657
this, though I'm a newfag who is just lurking so I should count as half a vote.

>>48397657
>>48397716
I hear you anons, unfortunately creepy Miku is already a player for /toy/ and we try to avoid players clashes. We also have Shiteyanyo as the Miku rep who is also quite uncanny

>>48397484
I'd also support shinku

>>48400312
forgot to upload

>>48397484
>shinku
>>48397518
>>48397573
>>48397630
>>48400312
>>48401257
ジュンクにしてあげる！

Shinku, more like Stinku.

Does anyone keep or have any advice on keeping a dolfie in a detolf without adjusting the shelves? Kneeling? Chair? I can't seem to find a chair that would fit.

I can't adjust my shelves because I have lighting that doesn't allow it.

>>48405157
thank you for reminding me to investigate cocoa butter, strawberry, and lychee oils. however, i still love the resin smell so the intended homemade perfume may never get used

>>48400312
>>48401257
thanks for the input, anons

>>48382319
i reccommend looking at the dollybird and doll coordinate zips in particular, some real gems in there
i'd love to see if you make anything

>>48383358
Thank you so much for this anon

>>48405344
You can't just take a shelf off? Even sitting, they would barely fit.

>>48413040
Just why does the nail-bat have a garter belt.

Who's a character you want to see get an official DD? Fan-made picrel, but I'd love for anyone from the Atelier franchise to get an official doll.

>>48418720
Obligatory Marin Kitagawa. Other than that, there's too many.
Holo from Spice & Wolf, Emi from Devil is a Part-Timer, any character from Trigun, Erza or Lisa from Fairy Tail, some of the Gundam characters would be cool (especially from Witch From Mercury), Tubaki and/or Maka from Soul Eater, Panty and Stocking, and this might get some flack but some of the MHA characters would actually be kinda cool.
Those are just my wishes from some of the more popular anime franchises. There's some western media I'd like to have official DDs, like Cortana from Halo or some of the LoL characters, but those are even more of a pipe dream.

>>48418720
I'd wish they'd collab with more obscure franchises like back in the day. It all feels kind of corporate now.

>>48418720
More square enix stuff since they were able to secure Y'shota and 2B licenses. Fate grand order still has tons of material for Volks to make. They also haven't completed all of the Rozen maiden super dollfies.

>>48420154
>obscure franchises
I think the problem is they hate sitting on inventory of unsold limited models. Some dolls are still shelf warming on volks website for years now. But I thought pic related was a pretty obscure series they made recently.

>>48418720
>>48421350
i’d love to see more Nier characters than it’s even reasonable to ask for, and then Drakengard characters would be a whole other thing. if Volks ever does more FF, i would want Kain and Cecil from IV because the dragoon and dark knight armors are my favorites, and i’m curious how they’d make them. so, uh, glory to dollkind!

A wild package approaches. Debating on opening it right now, or putting it under the tree for Christmas.

>>48421854
Free them

>>48418720
Draw joints on Totori and she's already a MDD.

>>48421854
depending on what it is, you might want the peace of mind of checking sooner rather than later that everything arrived in good condition, especially if it is something where replacement stock could run low

>>48421970
Nooooo
I need the extra bit of time to decide on a name and birthday for her (not in december since three girls have that month).

>>48422418
I did a quick check for any damages and/or defects before adding to the present pile.

>>48421854
Cute bellossom
>rika neso
My yohane neso is chomping at the bit.
Nothing feels better after the big day arriving after a long wait.

took some pics awhile ago but I broke my phone the same day and I just finally put my sd card in my new phone.

>>48424623

>>48424623
>>48424629
That's a very big hat, as it should.

>>48418720
Honestly, I've gotten so used to every doll being pretty much an original character and to building my own to my tastes that character-based dolls feel a bit lame, so there isn't any I want.

Is it fine to leave these dolls in a hot car for a bit while shopping or something? I want to take my dolls on a day trip to photograph but am worried about leaving them in hot or cold temps when I have to leave them in the car.

>>48427178
I'd be more concerned with someone stealing them than what heat or cold would do. Unless your dolls are rapidly and repeatedly temperature cycling they should be fine. At worst higher temps might make dye transfer more readily. Most of our dolls came to us as cargo and that's definitely not climate controlled.

If I ever did have to leave them in the car, I usually put them in a bag and the bag in the footwell behind the front seats with few things draped over to conceal everything. Even with it blast furnace hot in the car the bag was insulated enough that the inside was room temp. Park out of the sun if you can.

>>48427178
Depends on temperature, material (vinyl will bend quicker than resin), thickness, string tightness (if any), and time. I've seen some dolls get bent legs from baking in a car during summer. I personally wouldn't, but I don't take risks with my doll.
>>48418720
Similar to >>48424998 in that it doesn't excite me. I mostly take note of accessories to potentially harvest.

>>48422870
Anon... you don't get to choose the birthday.
Doll has the same rules as a baby: the delivery date is the birthday.

Any anons have plans with their dolls for the holidays? Special photo shoots or anything?

>>48429194
The delivery date of the body, the face, the eyes or the wig?

My calendar finally arrived.
Thank you to everyone involved!

>>48439907
Glad it arrived safe!

With that, all the calendars have arrived. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope that we can do this again next year.

>>48441500
Thank you for all your hard work anon, I'm sure we can make this a tradition.

>>48437199
Mine are when I completed the majority of the faceup.

>>48437199
When the doll is complete silly

Re-release when?

>>48437199
The delivery date of the soul, of course. You'll know in your heart when it arrives

>>48420154
>I'd wish they'd collab with more obscure franchises like back in the day. It all feels kind of corporate now.
Obscure franchises are still "corporate", though.

Does anyone here have a doll with a Volks DDH-29 head, and if so, do they know what the head circumference is? I was trying to look this up online but really couldn't figure it out.

Page 9 already?

Setting up this couple blurry photos was plenty fun. I should travel somewhere and bring them with me.

I did bring them to another con though. This time in a smaller, cuter, more manageable bag.

>>48451967
Spent a day readjusting the witch hat and in the end I lost the diadem instead. I held up the hat in place by sticking a hairpin bigger than the hat's inner circumference inside.

>>48452082
And this is the first time I use the optional hood part. Now that her braids are so messy I need to redo them (still need to learn to do that), I'm less scared of doing stuff like this.
That hood was much cuter than expected.

>>48452132
Setting up these shots earned me some weird looks from the staff.

did a shot, got to include doll

>>48453776
I like her skin tone but why does she look so surprized?

>>48453834
Wouldn't you be?

>>48454022
fair point...

I'm trying to practice braiding hair on a spare 1/6 wig but this shit won't behave, hair strands will just shoot off in random directions. I hope wetting it can make it... not do that.

>>48456914
if you have some water wax and a tiny comb, those might help smooth things out a bit as you go. if strands are shooting off because the hair is ending at deferent lengths though, there might not be much you can do

>>48383980
>>48387078
>>48387103
outsider here. planning to buy a resin printer..but i have no experience with BJD stuff. what materials do they normally use for the head of these dolls anyway?

I don't have any Holiday Christmas clothes, but I took a few photos.

>>48460985

>>48460991
Last one. I know that Duffy is more in focus, but I still like it.

>>48452082
love this pic

>>48421701
Nice group pic.

>>48451902
Your dolls must have been freezing out there.
>>48452082
Cute, too bad about the headband.

>>48460985
>>48461010
She looks deeply lost in her thoughts, probably wondering what she'll get for Christmas. Duffy picked it up but did you anon?

just a quick preview because I haven't been able to get this shoot to turn out how I wanted (mostly trouble with eye movers)

>>48464517
maximum grump

Do you guys fuck these
-f/a/ggot

>>48465253
No, that would be /ona/'s specialty.

Keep on walk'n, this is a 1/12 street.

>>48459749
The head is usually made from the same material as the body, so vinyl for vinyl dolls and resin for resin dolls.

Yushina is here. Her faceup was done on the 29 but her mouth needed to be redone but I ran out of msc. Might give her bangs as a small trim still.

>>48448451
8.5 inches, measured both around the cap split & forehead-to-back

Christmas is coming.

Janny is being a powertripping nigger so I'll ask here. How will Trump tariffs affect buyfaggotry?

>>48472718
https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/11/economy/trump-japan-economy/
Sounds like it's gonna be a bad time for everyone tbdesu.

>>48472718
Enjoy everything getting more expensive.

>>48472844
I mean based on this article this economist thinks the yen will weaken more. Which will probably offset the purchase price of dolls for tariff markup, at least. No more cheap taobao clothes though

>>48472971
Oh, yeah, I suppose that the cost of clothes will be hit more than dolls for the most part, unless you're going for some of the chinese resin dolls or tinyfoxes.
>>48467841
Nice. Did you dye those parts the same way you did momoko? QRD on Yushina?

>>48463899
omg migu!!!

>>48472718
Would tariffs affect you if you buy through a proxy? The merchant sees a domestic purchase. No indication there's anything international about it.

>>48473781
Then the proxy or courier will charge you. They aren't going to just eat the added cost

>>48473637
Yes, I used ritdye synthetic again. Used an entire bottle just to do her limbs and abdomen. I used one bottle of dye for everything with Momoko. There was some staining around her crotch from her sitting on the shelf. Havent noticed anymore, might've sat her too early. Her head is ddh-28. Dunno how much info you want with a QRD so heres her doll lore I guess.
Yushina is an android. I was using Nier Automata, A2 specifically, as the main design inspiration. Her blocky "whiskers" are the closest design element I could come up with for Megaman Zero reference. I had Mizuka find her in the trash and recruit Momoko and Kikyo to bring her inside. Basically did the beginning of chobits by accident. She's an older model with no memory of her past household, have a vague idea of it and its the reason she has no memory and thus only a inkling of a soul. She builds a soul/consciousness gradually and Kikyo notices it and helps nurture that aspect. They get into their own adventures while Mizuka and Momoko are in school.
So what I consider the main 4 of my 6 total is done and the last one will be Umi's partner.

>>48467841
>>48474898
I wonder if I can dye my own tan doll... Any special tools required?

>>48472718
Serious answer: it won't for Japan to USA, because of existing very stable and complex treaties where we sell them raw materials (cotton, food) and they export items at a lower yen price.
For everyone else however, it might suck. China will get hit with tariffs, however it may be category based (sort of like the car tariff, which I suggest people look into for an example of how these work)
The more concerning thing I find for the Euros is the GDPR which I expect to disrupt business for them for at least a year until they get their shit together.

>>48480856
As is common for Europe in the modern era, their politicians were so eager to virtue signal that they got the short end of the stick on multiple geo-political happenings this year between the USA, Russia, and China. They economically got fucked as they found that neither Russia or America really gave a fuck about them when the chips were down, making their dependence on Russian oil dumb, but also making their inability to at least be a middle man/ref for America and Russia equally as impossible.

>>48480125
Synthetic dyes. A pot large enough to fit the each individual part of the doll. Get a couple sets of hands as test pieces. I used floral wire and leftover carryout chopsticks to both rig up my parts and stir the mix with, I always do each set of limbs as a pair together to get an even coat between both arms/legs. I also bent the joints to what would show most often, you might know what I mean once you start taking one apart and see the frame. I take out every ball joint hardware as well.
Theres a dyeing guide in the QnA that I started with. My only real deviation from it is I don't take notes of dye and water amounts with time in. I was constantly adding dye and varying the times in depending on the parts and heat. Its a lot of guess work and feeling shit out. Yushina's dye took forever to take.
Do the head first and match everything to it. Dyeing it past the point you like is huge. Momoko was really dark when I did her because I saw how light my test hands got and I approximated her new bust that I did later to how dark I made her body before and its really close to the rest of her. Momoko's joints are slightly darker than her body now. If I do another full body color I'd do the joints slightly lighter compared to vinyl, I did not know how much the joints would or would not lighten when I did her.
I found grey made a pretty nice tan on semi-white so you might want to start there, and test semi-white and flesh colored hands to achieve what tan you want. >>47608884

>>48481606
Also I kept a large tin foil pan full of water to the side that I would swish the parts inbetween dunks. To make sure dye didnt sit on them and cool them down some

Have your dolls been naughty or nice this year? Also legs >>48369531

>>48475237
I like this hair. Big luscious hair

>>48453776
>how doll owners photograph objects they want to show you

I had a dream I was trying to find a prop for a doll photo but every single thing I tried went wrong somehow. I found the right kiddie pool but it was too expensive. I found a Sterilite bin that worked but someone stole it. I found the right stick-on tile in the crafts aisle to make the new bin look like pool tile, but the power went out because it was closing time and then the store become a Purge-like PvP zone where people communicate exclusively by howling and instead of murdering me, people kept yoinking the shit in my cart while I fought to gather the things I need and escape in this completely pitch-black rendition of my local Wal-Mart.

Has anyone else ever had a dollfie dream?

>>48487924
CUTE!

>>48495390
Lily looks beautiful as always.

>>48485614
What a funny nightmare. I dreamed about taking mine outside once, which I hadn't attempted at the time. I believe everything was fine though I don't remember well what happened except walking in the park. Had two weird nightmares too and probably others I've forgotten.

>>48495390
Very nice, I love those little stars on the edge. This is a witch hat right? I sure would like to see it completely. Where did you get it?

>>48498878
An anon linked them previously, I think the red version. It's super cute. https://www.ebay.com/itm/116117838279?var=416300002617

>>48481710
Definitely naughty.
Just the way I like them.

>>48500296
What spell is she casting?

>>48484660
>>48472383
>>48460985
I demand more xmas photos of anons dolls

>>48502106
Not really Xmas but she's wearing her winter clothes. Hope it's good enough.

>>48502106
not mine, but one from the doll folder

>>48492783
I like the lighting in this
>>48500296
>tin foil
did you get the idea from >>>/p/4386304

>>48506253
Not quite tin foil, it's my big photography reflector. I looked through my fabric collection for a backdrop but couldn't find something that came off as casting a spell. Took many more attempts at flash placement and intensity adjustments to get what i wanted then I expected.
>>48502106
Spell of summoning hangers

>>48503226
i like all the textures you have going on! i 100% dropped the ball on holiday outfits. maybe next year…

>>48495390
>>48500296
>>48506311
cute!!

>>48503226
Cute!

goodnight, dollanons

>>48508596
You could get them whenever. Remember, there are no rules to what clothes you can put on them!

>>48510623
that’s correct; i only have myself to blame!

>>48482085
Thank you! I thought it was a bit much when I first put it on but I feel it's really come to suit her.

>>48501046
anyone know who made this particular pipe?

Just got my first dollbot! Her clothes are taking longer to get here, so i made her a bathrobe.

>>48516181
Cute! Nice wig

>>48515143
>>48516181
Very cute, do they have names?

Have any of you attended a non-Tokyo I-Doll before? How did you like it?

>>48516542
>>48516748
Thanks, i just cut her wig today. Her name is Amber.

Christmas dolls!
I did a theme of family gatherings this time around.

>>48517896

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>>48517903
Those glasses look great, where did you get them? Do they leave marks on the head at all?

>>48517903

>>48517909
>>48517908
I got them 4 years ago on etsy from ETdolls, they don't leave marks, they don't touch the face at all, they're held up on the ears tucked under the wig.

>>48517929

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>>48517958
last one, Merry Christmas doll friends

>>48517965
It's been amazing watching your doll family grow over the years anon. Merry Christmas to you as well.

>>48517900
>>48517909
>>48517929
Those three are so lovely, you always find pretty outfits that still look natural.
>>48517943
She has a beautiful dress too. Maybe her hand could hold the saucepan better?
>>48517965
Good, but you should adjust Samus' dress.

>>48517958
peek

>>48518039
Thank you for saying so, it's been a joy to share them and I feel the same way about everyone else's dolls I love how much I've gotten out of this hobby.
>>48518351
Yeah, I didn't notice, I should've adjust her dress more. That dress is getting near the end of it's life. That's the liner peeking out, I had to shop it out last year and forgot to do it this year. I had to do some repairs before I put it on her this year. It's 6 years old and she wears it a month at a time every year, which puts stress on the adjustable loops and hardware. I'm going to be devastated when she can't wear it anymore, but I'll keep repairing it as long as I can.

>>48517958
I love how the Christmas lights are shining off her hair.

>>48516748
Still no name for her lol. I'm terrible at that sort of thing and currently trying to decide on one.