#sphinx doll

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.

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.