{"id":2871,"date":"2013-01-15T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2017-09-28T13:19:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:19:43","slug":"fat-doll-as-of-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2013\/01\/15\/fat-doll-as-of-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat doll as of tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight I restrung the torso and legs with thinner elastic and less tension. This made the doll a little floppy while greatly increasing poseability. I must admit that one of my favorite traits of BJDs is their stringing. It can be tight for standing and\/or holding long-term positions, or it can be looser for more naturalistic seated and lying postures.<\/p>\n<p>Then I gouged out the front of the ankle sockets so that the feet could point perpendicularly from the calves, rather than slightly down.<\/p>\n<p>I spent most of the time <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">mangling<\/span> working on the neck. A quick test revealed that, despite my earlier hopes, the 1:6 scale adult head on the 1:3 scale unadapted toddler neck did not work. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/dolls\/isabel\/fat1\/neck1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore I sanded down a bit of the neck socket on the underside of the head, then tapered the top 25% of the neck. After that, I hacked a few mm off and sanded it down so that it was approximately level, then tried the head again. Results were much more promising!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/dolls\/isabel\/fat1\/neck2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, finally, here&#8217;s a picture of Isabel with a more accurate body shape!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/dolls\/isabel\/fat1\/neck3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Future tasks include restringing the arms with thinner elastic and then wiring for better poseability, continuing to narrow [and possibly reduce length of] neck, putting on original hands and feet to see if they&#8217;re passable [they are quite small!] and, finally, seeing if anything in my vast hoard of 1:6 scale clothing will fit this body.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">This entry was originally posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1443421.html\">http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1443421.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I&#8217;d prefer it if you&#8217;d <a href=\"http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1443421.html?mode=reply\">comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight I restrung the torso and legs with thinner elastic and less tension. This made the doll a little floppy while greatly increasing poseability. I must admit that one of my favorite traits of BJDs is their stringing. It can be tight for standing and\/or holding long-term positions, or it can be looser for more&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2013\/01\/15\/fat-doll-as-of-tonight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fat doll as of tonight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[785],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-16-scale-plastic-body-mods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5167,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/5167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}