#sphinx bjd

I strung my sphinx prototype yesterday! She needs many revisions, which I'm sad about because that means my printers will once again be occupied by her rather than by printing more of hers to later sell at Resin Rose, but, it is what it is.

I think she looks pretty good in photos, but I'm not gonna lie, posing her was very frustrating, as her front "shoulder" pieces don't want to stay in the torso right now (they are basically held together strung side-to-side and that needs to be changed to going upright into the head, I think, but I also have to change the sculpt for that). Her legs are otherwise perfect though which I'm happy with. There were several things on this doll that were uncharted territory engineering-wise (both for me and as far as I could tell in my research), so I'm making things up as I go and revisions aren't that surprising--just a bit disappointing.

The wing I test printed was good, but the part where it connects to the body had basically no mobility, so I'm going to revise that as well.

Pose testing le sphinx

A comparison photo showing the sphinx prototype with my 68cm human Violet (on the 68cm Impldoll Idol body). She's the size of an actual irl cat! Like I said in the last post, I have some revisions to do, which will take some time, but I think I can make her great.

I'm merging joints for my sphinx. I still need to finish the tail and also figure out a mechanism for the removable wings, but I hope I can prototype it later this month (maybe sooner but some external things are getting in the way).

I am still printing werewolves (on the second order of an ultra white one, but she's a couple days away from having all her parts). I will be working on first fulfilling those two PIF orders, and will then do a mix of the other orders and convention dolls, as the other four Were-Violets have longer layaways than my convention sched.

For NYC con in April I'm planning on bringing some 1/4 Violets (the sculpt is called Violetta), and some sphinxes if I can. I have to travel there and will need to figure out what can fit in suitcases. I have a bit more flexibility for Resin Rose in August, since that is a day trip for me.

Hey yall, I have started on my sphinx bjd sculpt! I'm sharing the very early stages here because they make me laugh, especially when she is oops all cylinders

I plan to have different neck size options for those who want to put another head on it (this current one is for a 10.5cm neck, and the head sculpt will also be 10.5), but basically 9cm and 10.5cm are the sizes I'm planning.

Lions' ribs are very compressed vertically but I did intend to have different chest options for femme or non-femme, but idk if I can fit that in there. I have only worked on this for one day so we will see.

I'm hoping to string my sphinx prototype today! The wing needs revisions (specifically, the "shoulder" part needs to be split into two pieces for better mobility), but the rest is okay enough that I can get a working prototype. I have a few minor revisions to do to certain pieces, but overall she's looking as expected. I have a sort of unusual stringing method for her and hope it works out the way I want. It might be more work for me to string because there are sharp angles and stuff but I hope it pays off in better functionality.