by landwhale » Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:22 pm
nope. Similar but garage kits are unpainted resin or vinyl statuettes. Often they come in several pieces that the hobbyist sands, assembles with glue and pins , then paints. Some hobbyist enjoy modding the design to their preference. At first most garage kit hobbyists were male, but these days a lot of girls are into it too. Volks started out in scale kits and garge kits, and moved into BJDs to try to garner more female interest. BJDs could be seen as the female version of the garage kit. I do agree that the hobbies are quite similar but these days the mobility and customizability of BJDs interest me a lot more.
Ah, as for the garage kit history, they are named as such since they were first produced in the garage's of fans who wanted to make reproducible statuettes for other fans....yeah...i'm a bit dorky.
EDIT: BTW OT, but I am trying to produce my own garage kit. The sculpt is of Montblanc from FFXII. You can find pics of him on my blog.
Obitsu 27cm Meryl, Lilly, Rhea, Stacey, Llywen, Lara, Aili
BJD Peyton (Non-official sculpt Happy D.I.M.), Un-named FL Chicline Lishe
RS/BBB Li(Ziili), Wu(Ba'ul), Yao. DikaDoll Rena(Lael)
CH Bisou Pepe (Charlie), CH Junior Ren (Allen), Obitsu 60cm Gretel (Cerise)
http://invie-alamode.blogspot.com/