Building a doll from scratch
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 5:38 pm
Hi everyone.
Well, I've decided to give a try a designing and building a doll from scratch. Needless to say this will be a long, drawn-out process and I expect it will take a year to two years to complete. But it's something I've been thinking about for a long time and there are a number of reasons why I want to do this. Right now I already have a beautiful doll I purchased (after I sold my Sinthetics doll recently) from the fine people at Oriental Rose dolls - I'll put up some photos of her eventually.
I've been tinkering around for a long time to try and figure out exactly how I'm going to approach the arduous task of building a sex doll. Here are what I have in mind to include with this doll when it's completed:
1. This doll will be made of Platinum-cured silicone. I would much, much prefer to use TPE but that is way out of my league as it takes, I presume, an entire factory full of the right kind of equipment to handle it. If anyone out there who is reading this has experience working with TPE at home in your garage or basement, I would LOVE to hear from you!
2. The doll will have eyelids that can open and close.
3. The doll will have an internal heating system throughout the doll, not just in the genital area.
4. The doll's head will be fully integrated with the body. That, of course, means there will only be one head. The reason for this is I never liked the "removeable head" concept and I would like to be able to snuggle with a doll that is as realistic as possible.
5. The fingers will be fully articulated with internal hand skeletons - no wires for bending the fingers. I want the fingers to be totally realistic in their movement and positions - just like what I'm looking at right now at my own fingers.
6. She will have a fully articulate mouth with a nice long tongue. The tongue will not be removable, it will be permanently secured in the mouth. I'm hoping I can install some type of mechanism to be able to extend the tongue just like a real human tongue. Using a very soft silicone would work for this.
7. In conjunction with step six above, the doll's head will have an internal skull with upper and lower teeth in the mouth - again, as realistic as possible. Having the skull would give me, also, the ability to introduce a mechanism to open and close the eyelids.
8. I will have a number of soft foam fillers inside the body to keep it as light as possible. I have a bad back so this is important for me to keep the doll's weight down.
9. Of course, the doll will have a fully articulated skeleton with all the normal movements expected in a realistic doll.
I'm sure there will be other ideas I hope to have in mind as the project moves along.
So how am I going to build the primary sculpture of the doll from which to make a mold for casting? 3D printing!
The biggest problem with sculpting the doll with a 3D printer is, of course, the overall size of the doll. To have a 3D printer capable of printing the sculpture in one piece would be, to say the least, far, far out of my ability to pay for one - if there is even a huge printer that can do it. I did find a very good and affordable 3D printer by which I can print the doll, though - in pieces!
Here's an image of the doll which I came up with by using high-end digital sculpting software. On the left is what, exactly, the doll will look like and on the right are the parts I will be printing to achieve the result I'm looking for:
I've already starting printing the parts as you can see here:
The printer I have produces very high-quality prints but I will still have a lot of sanding to do on all the parts to get a completely smooth result. You can see the layers of printing in the head. Fortunately, the PLA plasic I'm using to print the parts is extremely durable and sands very well. It's just going to take time. The four little "pins" there at the bottom of the photo will be used to pin the body parts together. You can also see them in the hands. The placement of the pins and "sockets" for the pins were included in the parts when sculpting the body in the software I used. That way the parts will perfectly join together when I'm ready to assemble the doll.
So that's what I have in mind! I will continue to post photos of my progress with this project and, like I mentioned above, this will be a very long endeavor. At times there will be long "gaps" in showing my progress but I will keep you all posted as to how things are going.
I forgot to mention that once the sculpture is fully completed I then want to make a fiberglass mold of the doll just like the big doll-makers use. Although I have no desire to get into the doll-making business, I might still be willing to make an occasional doll for someone who might have interest in one of these.
By the way, I'm very open to any suggestions you might have, especially with the mechanics of what I want to achieve with this doll.
That's it!
Mike
Well, I've decided to give a try a designing and building a doll from scratch. Needless to say this will be a long, drawn-out process and I expect it will take a year to two years to complete. But it's something I've been thinking about for a long time and there are a number of reasons why I want to do this. Right now I already have a beautiful doll I purchased (after I sold my Sinthetics doll recently) from the fine people at Oriental Rose dolls - I'll put up some photos of her eventually.
I've been tinkering around for a long time to try and figure out exactly how I'm going to approach the arduous task of building a sex doll. Here are what I have in mind to include with this doll when it's completed:
1. This doll will be made of Platinum-cured silicone. I would much, much prefer to use TPE but that is way out of my league as it takes, I presume, an entire factory full of the right kind of equipment to handle it. If anyone out there who is reading this has experience working with TPE at home in your garage or basement, I would LOVE to hear from you!
2. The doll will have eyelids that can open and close.
3. The doll will have an internal heating system throughout the doll, not just in the genital area.
4. The doll's head will be fully integrated with the body. That, of course, means there will only be one head. The reason for this is I never liked the "removeable head" concept and I would like to be able to snuggle with a doll that is as realistic as possible.
5. The fingers will be fully articulated with internal hand skeletons - no wires for bending the fingers. I want the fingers to be totally realistic in their movement and positions - just like what I'm looking at right now at my own fingers.
6. She will have a fully articulate mouth with a nice long tongue. The tongue will not be removable, it will be permanently secured in the mouth. I'm hoping I can install some type of mechanism to be able to extend the tongue just like a real human tongue. Using a very soft silicone would work for this.
7. In conjunction with step six above, the doll's head will have an internal skull with upper and lower teeth in the mouth - again, as realistic as possible. Having the skull would give me, also, the ability to introduce a mechanism to open and close the eyelids.
8. I will have a number of soft foam fillers inside the body to keep it as light as possible. I have a bad back so this is important for me to keep the doll's weight down.
9. Of course, the doll will have a fully articulated skeleton with all the normal movements expected in a realistic doll.
I'm sure there will be other ideas I hope to have in mind as the project moves along.
So how am I going to build the primary sculpture of the doll from which to make a mold for casting? 3D printing!
The biggest problem with sculpting the doll with a 3D printer is, of course, the overall size of the doll. To have a 3D printer capable of printing the sculpture in one piece would be, to say the least, far, far out of my ability to pay for one - if there is even a huge printer that can do it. I did find a very good and affordable 3D printer by which I can print the doll, though - in pieces!
Here's an image of the doll which I came up with by using high-end digital sculpting software. On the left is what, exactly, the doll will look like and on the right are the parts I will be printing to achieve the result I'm looking for:
I've already starting printing the parts as you can see here:
The printer I have produces very high-quality prints but I will still have a lot of sanding to do on all the parts to get a completely smooth result. You can see the layers of printing in the head. Fortunately, the PLA plasic I'm using to print the parts is extremely durable and sands very well. It's just going to take time. The four little "pins" there at the bottom of the photo will be used to pin the body parts together. You can also see them in the hands. The placement of the pins and "sockets" for the pins were included in the parts when sculpting the body in the software I used. That way the parts will perfectly join together when I'm ready to assemble the doll.
So that's what I have in mind! I will continue to post photos of my progress with this project and, like I mentioned above, this will be a very long endeavor. At times there will be long "gaps" in showing my progress but I will keep you all posted as to how things are going.
I forgot to mention that once the sculpture is fully completed I then want to make a fiberglass mold of the doll just like the big doll-makers use. Although I have no desire to get into the doll-making business, I might still be willing to make an occasional doll for someone who might have interest in one of these.
By the way, I'm very open to any suggestions you might have, especially with the mechanics of what I want to achieve with this doll.
That's it!
Mike