Ball Jointed Dolls
You slide open a hidden door behind the cabinet and find a miniature replica of the manor, with furniture ranging from 1/6 to 1/3 scale.
Welcome to the dollhouse.
I've loved BJDs for years, and was finally able to create my own in early 2022 when I 3d printed Lark. My favorite part of the hobby is the creation: 3d modelling or modifying existing models, doing faceups, sewing clothes, etc. Although there are a toooon of sculpts out there that are beautiful and I really covet, I mostly own 3d printed dolls for financial reasons, and to challenge myself to learn how to make whatever I need. I've since slowed down in the hobby (due to the usual space/time/money constraints), but I still love looking at other people's creations and collections!
When I was active, I posted my dolls on instagram and carrd (which is no longer being updated).
![Fun fact! The star shaped marks on her face are decorative, and a way for me to hide I messed up her blushing. I like how it turned out! Profile picture of a ball jointed doll](images/dolls/lark2.jpg)
Name: Lark
Pronouns: She/her
Date: April 5, 2022
Pronouns: She/her
Credits:
Sculpt is Alternate Polaris Bjd by black.hole.entropy
Notes:
Lark is a human girl who wandered into a fairy realm. She loves fashion and dresses in a variety of styles. Her companion is a white rabbit.
This girl is my first doll- 1/3 3d printed (yes I know, she used a lot of resin) with no modifications to the sculpt. I learned a LOT making her and her wardrobe (How to string a doll! How to clean MSC off a window! How hand sewing doll clothes is a pain even if they're small!) I posted about her early creation/progress on this Den of Angels thread.
![Lark originally had a punk look! Also those jeans are my pride and joy and were also hell to make Lark wearing an outfit of red, black leather, and jeans](images/dolls/lark1.jpg)
![I'm obsessed with this top. It doesn't fit 100% but you can't tell hopefully Lark wewaring a cottagecore yellow top](images/dolls/lark3.jpg)
![This is what she looked like right after her first stringing, before anything else! Blank doll with no eyes, wig, makeup, etc](images/dolls/lark4.jpg)
![Profile picture of a purple ball jointed doll with a unicorn horn](images/dolls/elsi2.jpg)
Name: Elsinore
Pronouns: She/her
Date: April 21, 2022
Pronouns: She/her
Credits:
Sculpt is Alternate Polaris Bjd by black.hole.entropy. Horn is this model.
Notes:
Elsinore is an immortal unicorn. She's calm, mysterious, and is Lark's guide and big sister figure in the fairy realm. Her companion is a green dragon.
I went into Elsinore wanting to modify Polaris a bit after learning a lot from Lark. She's now 1/4 (lighter and easier posing), has purple skin whose color I mixed myself (and is way easier to photograph than white skin), slightly different expression, shorter proportions (shortened legs), has a unicorn horn, and a hole in her chest I stuck flowers and a 3d printed sword in sometimes for photoshoots. I am so delighted with how she came out!
![This outfit is made out of all thrifted fabric and buttons! Elsinore wearing a white top and blue skirt](images/dolls/elsi4.jpg)
![Elsinore's wig took a long time to arrive so I have a lot of bald pics of her, to the point where I kind of started ignoring her no hair?? Also this was her original dress. Elsinore without a wig, wearing a pink dress and veil](images/dolls/elsi3.jpg)
![Here's the sword flower chest thing I mentioned! A blank Elsinore (no wig, eyes, makeup, clothes) with a resin sword and flowers in her chest](images/dolls/elsi1.jpg)
![A doll wearing black leather with black bat wings](images/dolls/trinity2.jpg)
Name: Trinity
Pronouns: She/her
Date: July 20, 2022
Pronouns: She/her
Credits:
Wig is by Dollecette.
Notes:
Trinity is a mischevious and somewhat cranky imp who accompanies Lark on her journey. She was given Elsinore's sword to wield.
Trinity is the first doll I sculpted myself! She's 1/6 (with non-standard proportions hence the custom wig and homemade eyes), and was built around the fact that I 1) wanted a doll that could at least somewhat stand up, at the expense of posability and 2) wanted her to have four wings!
![What she looks like right now on my shelf Trinity sitting and holding a resin sword](images/dolls/trinity1.jpg)
![Faceup WIP! Closeup of Trinity's goth makeup](images/dolls/trinity3.jpg)
![Trinity's prototype model, which I also still own A blank grey doll standing on a table](images/dolls/trinity4.jpg)
![A green ball jointed dragon](images/dolls/dragonbjd.jpg)
Name: Currently unnamed
Date: June 23, 2023
Credits: The Braq model on Thingiverse
Notes: Completely 3d printed and painted by me. This is actually the third time I attempted to print Braq- first in 2019 when I was super new to 3d printing and thought shrinking down a bjd model without widening it's strining channels was an idea that made sense, second in 2021-ish when I just lost steam since it has so many parts, and now finally a success!
![A chibi centaur doll](images/dolls/pennybox.jpg)
Name: Currently unnamed
Date: December 26, 2023
Notes: My only purchased doll! She's from the Penny's Box "Dreamlike Tea Party" series, and is a doll I've wanted ever since I laid my eyes on her. I got two boxes (one for a friend) for Christmas, and we both got exactly the one we wanted :)