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xposted: Modding Double Jointed BBB bodies to sit.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:28 pm
by landwhale
Hey guys! So I'm not sure how many ppl on this forum owns a Yao, Li or Rong but they come on very cute skinny little Double jointed bodies. I like the aesthetic a lot but my one big problem is that they don't sit up by themselves!

Sooooo. I modded my Li. Here are a few pics to see the results. I have a short verbal process and tools list on my blog post but it's all pretty self explantory.

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Simple mod but makes me happy! I will do the same to Yao soon.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:38 pm
by Evelien
Cool!!
<newb mode>So how did you do it..? Sanding, or..?</newb mode>

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:42 pm
by landwhale
lol at the newb mode.

I have a foredom cause my awesome bf bought me one for my last birthday. It's like a dremel. If you don't have one you can use a craft knife and carefully shave off resin. Don't cut all the way to the pencil line because you don't want to accidentally cut too much. Use a gradation of sandpaper (220 - 800 grit) to wet sand all the way to the pencil line and smooth it out. That way the resin is nice ans smooth and there's no scar.

EDIT: and pls when modding resin in any way wear a good respirator. Not just a disposable dust mask. A good respirator is around 25-30 bucks for the cheapest half face kind.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:59 pm
by cirquemom
Supposedly the new RS girls come with a new lower torso that takes care of that problem, and I think you can order just that torso piece if you don't want to attempt the mod yourself.

I did the same thing to my 58 cm RS girl who had the same issues. Haven't done my Li or Rong yet, but I will at some point.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:32 pm
by Mary Kathryn
Hmmmm....this would probably help my 58 RS cm body, too.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:54 pm
by Biff
Awesome! If I get a RS body, I'll have to do this too XD

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:20 pm
by arrowchild
really well done mod!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:43 pm
by paladinari
cirquemom wrote:Supposedly the new RS girls come with a new lower torso that takes care of that problem, and I think you can order just that torso piece if you don't want to attempt the mod yourself.

I did the same thing to my 58 cm RS girl who had the same issues. Haven't done my Li or Rong yet, but I will at some point.


Do you know if they've taken care of this problem on the non double-jointed models, too? I would love for my girl to be able to sit straight and not have to hunch over.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:58 am
by landwhale
The single jointed bodies never had this problem so no worries there :)

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 9:20 am
by paladinari
landwhale wrote:The single jointed bodies never had this problem so no worries there :)


Hm... Ok, please forgive the noob! (still new to BJDs) Are BJDs ever able to sit up "straight"? If I want my Mei to sit, say, on a chair without a back, or on a shelf with her legs dangling over, she always needs to "hunch" over. Is this normal?