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🍎 About the making of Clara 🍏

There are some imperfections & design oversights- but ultimately I’m very happy with how she turned out.

Learnings...

With the model- I wish I had extended the neck a bit deeper into the head so that she could looks further up/down without gapping showing. And I accidentally totally hollowed out the limbs instead of creating a spherical cavity- so that made stringing this together a nightmare.

I learned that inserted pieces (the tusks) should not be an EXACT fit. There's probably some micro warping in the physical print, and resin is rigid/inflexible. So the insert pieces didn't fit! Luckily that was easy to fix- I just filed the holes to be a little bigger.

The next biggest issue was cracking in the clear coat. I had to redo all of the limbs because of this. We found that simply doing several very light layers (over the course of 48 hours) prevented cracking.

I’m also having paint chipping at the joints. This is the only doll where I’ve had this issue. The only different factors in this project were the type of spray paint, & that I didn’t do much hand painting. Parts getting a bit beat up at joints is common in BJDs so it is what it is IMO.

New Mole Release!

Japan September 12, 2026. Being winners of the 2025 Global Favorite Family finally gave this family a new makeover and release! This special gift box is in an advent calendar style. It says to open the box in numerical order to discover a fun story with potential treasures?? Set also includes 2 shovels, a dirt patch, and a potato. The outfits are GORGEOUS. Fingers crossed for a global release, though the buttons make me nervous for the current import restrictions for the US.

How it feels wanting toys with 0 supplemental material but great social media word of mouth.