Dollieh Sanctuary

Lol, I honestly didn't intend to even do this project but a few days ago I wanted to try learning how to make little doll accessories using polymer clay so I went to my craft store. Turns out they had this MASSIVE block of Living Doll Sculpey for half price so I figured since it was good value for money.

I’ve been toying around with the idea of copying Allan’s head for customizing cuz I don’t wanna keep customizing vintage ones. Initially I thought about using silicone and resin molding but it was so expensive tracking down a small amount.

I then realised I didn’t want an exact copy of his head since he has a smaller neck than most standard guy dolls and I just wanted to copy his facial features and mess around with other stuff.

So instead I went with a polymer clay push mold. I pressed my allan’s face into a wad of clay, cure the clay then press fresh clay into the cavity.





But then I really liked how the clay version of this sculpt turned out, but I felt really cheap on buying a whole new body just for this clay head. So I began sculpting a torso just to keep the head on temporarily... but then I really like it so I kept sculpting more and more and ended up with this:









I used to collect Ball Jointed Dolls for awhile so I was familiar with their jointing patterns and since I love 1/6th scale and experimenting with articulation it came rather easily for me. And I've always wanted a jointed merman doll, but alas I could never pay the money for the cost of one regardless.

I've begun painting it up after gluing felt between the tail joints and stuff, but he's far from complete.

WOW!

Wow KD, he's amazing! I love the idea of casting a favorite sculpt (we all know you love Allan). And his tail is so expressive. You have fabulous skills, I know anything I sculpted would not look that good.

Also, so happy to see a merman, we see so many mermaids, I'm happy to see a guy with a tail.

Thanks for sharing, you continue to inspire.

Eseme

Great job. I love his ears.

Holy crap, KD, that's awesome work! I wish there was some way you could manage to offer that torso and tail for sale, I think you'd make some money.

Thanks everyone! To be honest I felt like while making this doll I was groping around in the dark for answers since a lot of bjd tutorials were behind paywalls or they weren't clear enough for me lol.

However since making this doll I felt like I learnt SO much more that I'll probably make a even better and refined doll in the future that I would feel comfortable about casting and selling. It's baby steps for me but I'm proud of my own progress so far.

You are literally my 1:6 hero. This is amazing! Also going to do that for my dolls for sculpting unique faces.

That's so AWESOME!
I'm so looking foward to see more dolls from you in the future after this beauty *_*

Absolutely gorgeous! He's perfect! I especially love the arms and fins! So detailed and INCREDIBLE! Bravo!!!!

He is fantastic. It's really cool how you got his face.