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Post by Magda on Aug 28, 2015 18:35:46 GMT
Recently I've stumbled upon these figures:  www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5177/figma+archetype+she+flesh+color+ver.htmlFrom what I've read, they should be in perfect scale, and have an amazing range of movements. Plus the fact that they're blank makes them easy to customise! XD They're being re-released soon (first release was a few years ago). I'm tempted to pre-order the female and make from he a rider for my future Julips. I'll be honest, I'm looking for a rider figure which has good movement range (especially legs) and can be redressed  Any other suggestions? |
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Post by Manda on Aug 28, 2015 23:14:23 GMT
I use Heidi Ott dolls as my riders.
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Post by Dantelsh on Aug 29, 2015 10:59:47 GMT
I am rather gutted as sold my small BJD dolls and now they would of been perfect for my Julip SOB!
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Post by Magda on Aug 29, 2015 16:35:45 GMT
Ooh, I forgot about Heidi! How tall is she compared to Julips? How about her legs movement range?  |
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Post by EG on Aug 29, 2015 19:02:00 GMT
I only use the female Heidi Ott dolls with my Julips as the male figures are too tall compared to the other figures I use. They're very poseable, but I prefer figs with wire armatures as they're easier to sit nicely on a horse, especially with tack. I want to make a side saddle for this one as she doesn't sit astride as well. (Hips don't widen enough, lol)  Talisman by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr}  Talisman by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr}  Talisman and Pyro by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr} |
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Post by Manda on Aug 29, 2015 19:15:53 GMT
The HO girls work best with the slimmer models, Eventer, arabs etc, the boys suit the Hunters and my chunky cobs better.
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Post by Magda on Aug 29, 2015 20:23:14 GMT
What materials are Heidi Ott dolls made of? Maybe it would be possible to do a little carving to improve how she sits in the saddle? |
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Post by EG on Aug 29, 2015 20:29:28 GMT
They say it's 'resin' but I'm certain it's plastic.
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Post by Manda on Aug 29, 2015 20:39:44 GMT
Some kind of hard plasticy resiny stuff. Don't put soft squishy plastic things on them ( like rubbery boots etc) as it will make the resin plastic go all gooey. Quite scary! I have one rider who has had to retire to the dolls house because her ankle melted and I had to fix it with super glue.
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Post by Magda on Aug 29, 2015 21:00:50 GMT
All plastics are some kinds of resin - I've read that somewhere, at least. I might buy one HO doll eventually (I want to buy the Figma from the first post anyway, she'd make a great drawing mannequin!) |
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Post by EG on Aug 29, 2015 21:17:34 GMT
Some kind of hard plasticy resiny stuff. Don't put soft squishy plastic things on them ( like rubbery boots etc) as it will make the resin plastic go all gooey. Quite scary! I have one rider who has had to retire to the dolls house because her ankle melted and I had to fix it with super glue. Oooher, I didn't know that. I'll need to take my guy's boots off then! |
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Post by Manda on Aug 29, 2015 22:05:14 GMT
My boys either have genuine HO wellies, hard plastic boots thieved from Breyer dolls or leather boots made by me.
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Post by Manda on Aug 29, 2015 22:26:25 GMT
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Post by Magda on Oct 16, 2015 22:11:23 GMT
I don't want to start a new thread so I'm writing here. My Silverboy obviously needs a rider/handler I'm thinking of getting some porcelain dollhouse dolls and customise them using pipe cleaners to be more poseable. Now, the question is - HOW do I do that? I've tried to find some tutorials for creating pipe cleaners dolls, but haven't found anything useful... Any tips? EG? |
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Post by helen1983 on Oct 22, 2015 18:07:43 GMT
I tried this; but when I threaded pipe cleaner legs through her body they were really slack so she folds forward (my riding instructor would have loved her, I was always getting told off for not folding forward when jumping, heh) I've had better success just starting from scratch and making a stick man out of wire and then using sticky bandage to 'mummify' the wires and bulk him up, does that make sense? The arms on my porcelain model won't pose either, that's the problem as the arms and legs aren't in the riding position, they're moveable at the shoulder but not the elbow. So I'm going to try another wire model and just make a head from Fimo and paint it.
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Post by Magda on Oct 22, 2015 18:13:42 GMT
Thanks for tips! About arms - nothing a dremel wouldn't be helpful with, I hope |
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Post by EG on Oct 22, 2015 18:14:55 GMT
I thought I'd replied to this ages ago but apparently not, lol.
A lot of my riders are customised doll's house figures - I twist two pipecleaners together when making limbs as one is just too thin and liable to break. I've got a tutorial in varying degrees of progress that I'll need to finish eventually!
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Post by helen1983 on Oct 22, 2015 19:29:36 GMT
Ah two pipe cleaners! That would solve the problem!  I shall try that with another figure for Cariad, lol. |
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Post by astudyinscarlet on Oct 23, 2015 13:24:10 GMT
A lot of the cheap soft-bodied dolls house figures do have pipecleaners (usually poorly padded out with thin sheets of sponge) for the non-porcelain body parts but they're too floppy to do anything much and also very shapeless. I use green plastic coated garden wire for customising mine, I've found even two pipecleaners twisted together hasn't been stiff enough plus it's easier to insert the ends of the wires into the porcelain limbs. I padded the bodies/limbs out under the clothing by wrapping them around and around with cheap acrylic yarn (mostly as I couldn't afford to buy anything else to pad them with and had a ball of yarn I had no use for but it actually seems to work well).
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Post by Magda on Oct 23, 2015 16:00:00 GMT
Where I could possibly get a garden wire?
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Any other suggestions?
I shall try that with another figure for Cariad, lol.