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Hiya, I'm new here. When I put out this question on tumblr it was suggested I tried these forums.
I only found out about the takara ponies (the Japaneses My Little Ponys produced in the 1980s) a few days ago but I really liked them. I decided to try 3D modeling them. I don't have a 3D printer but my local library does do 3D prints for a pretty low charge (the cost of materials basically) and I'm considering trying that. Given that this model is relatively simple I think it would be a good test: of course, it would be even simpler if I just 3D printed it as a statue all in one piece, but I have to make things complicated so I'm trying to give it joints. And to make things even more complicated, I want to make the joints relatively similar to the original takara pony joints, if possible.
Here she is, with my reference shots of pinky (found on wikipedia)
she looks extremely silly from the front
So, my question is joint-related. Does anyone know how the original takaras joints were assembled, or have sources on that? I've handmade ball-jointed dolls before (from clay) and so I know how to make a ball-jointed doll with elastics. BUT I don't know if this is the most efficient way to do a simple joint, especially for such a small doll with limited range of motion (in the pictures I've seen, the original takara ponys can sit with their legs in a V and have their arms move up and down, so it seems fairly limited). So the doll have a hollow middle and balls on its arms/legs with sockets in the body as such:
I've been trying to find pictures of disassembled Calico Critters to see how they're put together but I can't find any of those either. I found a few pictures of disassembled barbie bodies:
This is basically the opposite of how the BJD works, it looks like these have the ball inside the "hip" and the socket is in the leg. But it seems to me that this also might be do-able. One thing I noted is the sphere with a deep cut in it, I assume that is to make the plastic more flexible rather than having a solid sphere, and thus you can push these joints into the legs without either piece breaking from pressure.
I found at least one other 3D modelof a takara pony online, so I'm sure this has been done before but this is just a fun project for me to practice on. I'm pretty new to 3D modelling. If anyone has additional pictures of takara ponies I'd be interested to see them! I was also wondering if the body and head are separate pieces like in the old MLPs.
takara model says byeeee
I only found out about the takara ponies (the Japaneses My Little Ponys produced in the 1980s) a few days ago but I really liked them. I decided to try 3D modeling them. I don't have a 3D printer but my local library does do 3D prints for a pretty low charge (the cost of materials basically) and I'm considering trying that. Given that this model is relatively simple I think it would be a good test: of course, it would be even simpler if I just 3D printed it as a statue all in one piece, but I have to make things complicated so I'm trying to give it joints. And to make things even more complicated, I want to make the joints relatively similar to the original takara pony joints, if possible.
Here she is, with my reference shots of pinky (found on wikipedia)
So, my question is joint-related. Does anyone know how the original takaras joints were assembled, or have sources on that? I've handmade ball-jointed dolls before (from clay) and so I know how to make a ball-jointed doll with elastics. BUT I don't know if this is the most efficient way to do a simple joint, especially for such a small doll with limited range of motion (in the pictures I've seen, the original takara ponys can sit with their legs in a V and have their arms move up and down, so it seems fairly limited). So the doll have a hollow middle and balls on its arms/legs with sockets in the body as such:
I've been trying to find pictures of disassembled Calico Critters to see how they're put together but I can't find any of those either. I found a few pictures of disassembled barbie bodies:
This is basically the opposite of how the BJD works, it looks like these have the ball inside the "hip" and the socket is in the leg. But it seems to me that this also might be do-able. One thing I noted is the sphere with a deep cut in it, I assume that is to make the plastic more flexible rather than having a solid sphere, and thus you can push these joints into the legs without either piece breaking from pressure.
I found at least one other 3D modelof a takara pony online, so I'm sure this has been done before but this is just a fun project for me to practice on. I'm pretty new to 3D modelling. If anyone has additional pictures of takara ponies I'd be interested to see them! I was also wondering if the body and head are separate pieces like in the old MLPs.
takara model says byeeee