Modesty Studios

 /Dusts off Crafting Blog/ Well, it's been a few years hasn't it? I write almost constantly in my costume blog since that's where almost all of my effort has gone. But there are a few creative projects that I'm doing that don't fit and I want to write about them. So today, I'm writing about my early research into making 3D printed anime figurines and ball jointed dolls.  Why I wanted to do this It's a bit of shiny object syndrome. I saw and bought some stylized BJD parts from an Etsy artist. I thought these would be better than the free stuff I was finding on Thingiverse. It was highly customizable and new stuff is coming out all the time...so I joined their Patreon. The process for printing and finishing in various mediums was well documented!  I've also started collecting anime figurines. My collection varies in style and quality from cheap, clearance at a grocery store blind bag to rather nice official things. Everyone so far is under $80. Again, shin...

 Never know where these little inspirations come from but I had the sudden urge to 3D print some ball-jointed dolls to turn into my characters. I have resin BJD of some of my characters from My Shining Knight. Unfortunately, none of them really have proper clothes. They're all dressed but not in the costumes I hoped to make. I have a few other dolls too that I was modifying but never finished. I could now but the ship has sailed so to speak.  But I have a collection on Thingiverse full of doll related print files . So I've been having fun scouring for 3D models, combining a few things so I can make the characters from my visual novel.  The Allure I like the look of these dolls, although they also have a haunting quality to them that fashion dolls (like Monster High or Barbie) don't have. They're definitely more anime in appearance which works for a lot of my characters.  When I was collecting, I would purchase from companies with the lower-priced dolls. However, eve...