12 november 2015

Bought stuff ':3

Its really annoying not having any money. XD
I'd love to buy new dolls all the time, but by now my funds are exhausted and I'm really feeling the sad life of being a student on a tough budget >_<"
That didn't keep me from ordering lots of cool stuff from Taobao though. Now, you might think I've ordered more clothes or stuff like that...but I didn't ^^"
For some time now, I've been wanting to try my hand at sculpting, so I've bought lots of cool sculpting stuff :D
I don't know if I'll ever be able to make anything nice, but I'd love to try and see if I could make props and eventually dolls myself. Just for fun. I'm not planning on making stuff to sell ^^
It would be a nice creative outlet for me I think, especially when I start my internship next semester. Then I won't have homework or boring stuff like that - My spare time will be my own! Muhahahaaa >;D
I found a really neat seller on Taobao: store link
They carry all sorts of awesome DIY stuff, also for doll making :D
This time I ordered using bhiner.com as an agent, because I read Alejandra had tried it and their fee seems lower than taobaotrends.com ^^
Its a nice page to use and pretty easy. I didn't quite understand the quote thing to begin with, but I found out. I let myself be confused by the word "quote" XD
I ended up having to bargain for a SAL shipping, because the package ended up weighing 4kg which was pretty pricey in shipping. So SAL was the least expensive option where tracking was still included. ^^"

I'll just show you guys what I bought:
 I've read somewhere that these are good to use for making joints and sockets, so I thought I'd try a set. They might also work as eye-sizers?! XD

 These things annoyed me in the past, but I've watched sculptors on YouTube use these to smoothe the clay on fine details and such. ^^ Needed those ;D

 String for 1/3 dolls. I've wanted some for some time, since its always nice to have around. And IF I try to sculpt a full doll, I'd probably want to see it all strung anyway ;P

 I honestly thought I was buying one single of these tiny screw/hook thingeys (those you sometimes see screwed in feet and such for the S-hooks), but they came in sets...I'm getting a lot of those then XD'
 
 It was cheap so I just upped and bought this saw. I felt a bit ridiculous doing it though. XD
I'm thinking, if I'm making a head I'd want to saw the headcap off, and if I'm making arms or legs I'd probably sculpt those in one and then saw them over where I want the joints?

 Lots of faceprotection!

 Small thingeys with little balls at the tips. Not really sure when and if to use these normally, but I thought they might do well for dimples, ears, eyes, nose and other such details ^^

 Carving tools, because you can carve La Doll clay *___*

 The clay of cause ;D Very important!
After consulting with my dear friend Anne, I decided to try this blue version.

 I got this set. I've read that people find these dentist tools amazingly helpful when sculpting, so I bought a set.

Last but not least; a mechanical drill machine thing. :D
I hope it works decently. It was not very expensive, so I'm a bit afraid the quality might be bad. Hope not though ^^

So, that was it for this time. It all became around $80 which I think is very neat. These pictures are those I've gotten from bhiner.com after they received it all, and I'm pretty confident it is all nice stuff.

Well, that is it for now I think. This weekend I'll try to paint Freyah's body for the PW photo competition in December. :D Hope to be able to share some photos with you guys soon. <3

7 kommentarer:

  1. Oh yay! Let's enter the PW Christmas competition~ I am also planning to do that :D Good luck!!! The prize is so amazing!

    Wonderful stuff, Ladoll is really nice to work with, you can smooth or stick it with water and it's so soft. I've used it too for some sculpting project that was given up quickly XD It is fun to try your hand at sculpting and I can't wait to see what you plan to do :3

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Yeah! Lets show off some dollies *^^*
      Can't wait to see what you come up with. Good luck to you as well. Diamond grey Dlight is gorgeous! I'd love to have one with that amazing faceup *___*

      Thank you for the tip! My fingers are itching to start, so I just hope I won't be too disappointed when it probably won't work out to begin with XD
      I want to try making some weapons for my crew, and a smiling girls face with dimples ^__~

      Slet
  2. Nooo between you and Irene I won't have any chance at winning the PW contest XD!!! Plus I'm so lazy I'll remember the last day and it will be too late (that's what happened last time xD). But I can't wait to see your contest order :D!

    80usd for all that seems like a good deal! I also was a bit confused by the word quote at bhiner ahahaha, hope you get your stuff soon and show us what you do :D

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. I'm sure you'll have as good a chance as any of us! You take great photos so don't you worry *^^*
      I'll try to remind you then ;P
      It'll be fun to see all the entrances. I'm suspecting there'll be a lot this time with all the new owners around *___*

      Yeah. I just got really surprised when they told me to pay 70USD for shipping at first. Yikes XD
      The clay itself is 2kg so it's a heavy parcel.
      Yeah, the quote part was so confusing, but I remembered I'd heard about it in school back when I studied fashion. But the name isn't really intuitive XD

      I'll be sure to show you what I make. I can't, however promise that it'll look like anything XD

      Slet
  3. Thank you! It'll probably take a month before its here, but I also hope I get a chance to play with it then ^^

    SvarSlet
  4. Oh, how exciting! I've always wanted to try making props and other small things for the dolls, but I get so confused by the many different types of clay. xD
    I'm looking forward to see the things you'll make when you get your items. ^^

    SvarSlet
    Svar
    1. Thank you! :D I hope I can actually make something useful and that I won't give up easily. XD
      Yeah, would be so cool to be able to make props and such *___*

      Slet