I just carved a way a little bit of her inner elbow here.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Just whittling down some joints.
After seeing Smidge House's Liv joint surgery, I was inspired to try it for myself. I've only done one arm on this doll, but much like Smidge says, just a little bit of carving away of the joints makes gives them a better range of motion.
I just carved a way a little bit of her inner elbow here.
And a bit of her inner wrist here.
And here you can see that the arm closest to the camera, the one that has been cut away at the elbow and wrist, can get her hand much closer to her face than the untouched arm further from the camera. I'm about to have a go at the legs.
I just carved a way a little bit of her inner elbow here.
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Awesome! I'm so glad you gave it a try! :) Now the poor girl can finally reach her mouth to eat, lol! ;)
ReplyDeleteI was really amazed at how little needed to be whittled down to give her that much more movement.
DeleteThanks for sharing! I have to do some surgery with necks. Hmm ... maybe I'll share that in a post. Shrug. Thanks again for the encouragement!
ReplyDeleteOoh, please do. I'm still working on a neck surgery to make a barbie head fit a Dora Links dolls.
DeleteAnd in any other context, that sentence would be creepy. But among doll people, makes total sense.
She can properly yawn and hold a phone now!
ReplyDeleteShe can also pick her nose. Sometimes it's the little things that matter the most, you know?
DeleteGood post Miss Lola 77! I have to try this. Thanks! I love it when the dolls are really able to have a "what" moment as they cover their mouth and clutch their pearls (lol).
ReplyDeleteArm/hand articulation is so important for this reason, I think. I can tolerate bad leg articulation because if they can't sit naturally, at least they can usually stand naturally. But hands need to be expressive!
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