Jointed Hearts 2017
Jointed Hearts 2016 in Gothenburg was a convention really worth visiting. We will definitely be there this year as well with some nice doll stuff. The convention takes place 26-27 August. More information can be found here.
Hope to meet you there!
Etsy Shop Open
The Skyfall head is now available through my newly opened Etsy shop.
While the shop is primarily intended for the dolls themselves, sets of doll clothes and other accessories may pop up there from time to time.
Lillim BJD
May 2017 be a great doll year for you all!
Jointed Hearts 2016
I am happy to announce that I will attend the Swedish BJD convention Jointed Hearts, 03-04 September.
I will have a table in Artist Alley and I will be selling the Skyfall head as well as some doll outfits.
If you plan to attend, don’t hesitate to come and say hello.
First Order Period Open
I am happy to announce that the Skyfall head is now available to order.
Only a limited amount of heads will be released this time, the order period starts now and ends July 31, or when the heads are sold out, whichever is first.
To order, simply place an e-mail to dolly_dark@hotmail.com and tell the amount and skin color you wish to purchase and provide name, address and your Paypal information.
You will then receive a confirmation mail and a Paypal invoice. Pay the amount within 5 days to confirm your order. Your order is not complete until we have received the payment.
The head is available in a Normal Skin that is intended to match Volks Normal and in White Skin.
The cost of one head is 85 euro
Shipping cost will be 13 euro to most countries (more info about shipping at the end of the post*).
Skyfall takes 12mm or 14mm eyes and wigs in size 6-7. She fits S-hooks up to 13mm wide.
*This shipping option has tracking available to the following countries:
Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, Canada, Croatia, Latvia, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zeeland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, Hungary, Belarus, Austria.
If your country is not on the list and you want tracking, let me know in your order e-mail and I’ll get back to you with what other options are available. Please be aware that the shipping cost will likely be a bit higher.
More Hybrids
I’ve had the opportunity to try the head on two more bodies.
A big thank you goes to Lumerix for providing the bodies and to Magnus Clarén for taking the photos.
Doll Zone 42cm Girl Body (B45-008)
Impl 43cm Boy Body
Possible Hybrids
I have tried the prototype head on the bodies I have available.
Since this is still a prototype, these pictures don’t say anything about resin matches, but they can be useful to see size and proportions.
The head should fit nicely on any body with similar measurements. They all have a neck circumference of between 7 and 7,5 cm. The head has a decent range of movement on all of these bodies.
Doll Leaves Teenage Dream boy body
Luts Kid Delf Romantic body
Lati Blue girl body
The painted prototype
Here are a few pictures of the finished prototype Skyfall head. It has been cast in house, painted and mounted on two different bodies.
The girl is shown here on a Lati Blue Girl body.
The boy is shown here on a male Doll Leaves ¼ Teenage Dream body.
The beginning of a doll head.
Meet Skyfall
I use Super Sculpey for my original sculpt. It is a soft, high quality polymer clay.
Here is another image of the head, ready for casting.
I made a silicone mold and cast the head in polyurethane resin myself, even though the final cast will be done by a casting company.
This way I have heads in the right material to play with, paint and try on different bodies, ahead of time. It also means I don’t have to send my actual original sculpt to the casting company, so if something should go wrong and it is damaged or lost in shipping, it’s not the end of the world.
So, why not just casting the finished dolls in house and save the money from have it produced elsewhere? Well, honestly, I’m no professional caster. I work in my own home and don’t have the facilities or experience to safely produce a high quality product here. It is also a lot of work and that is work of a kind that I am neither very interested in nor very good at. This way I have more energy and time to put into the actual sculpting and marketing aspects and the customer will get a better product in the end.
So, this is it.
I’ve finally taken the plunge and decided to make a serious attempt at making and selling my own doll heads. This is kind of a big step for me and it’s both exiting and intimidating.
So, let’s see how it goes.