Ball Jointed Doll #3

The first BJD was a fun experiment, the second one I thought I knew more or less what I was doing and the third one.... piece of cake... right? And NOT...!!! It was (still is) hell!
I decided to "upgrade" to using polymer clay. I bought a large packet of Sculpey in skin color. Too reddish skin for me so I mixed it with translucent Fimo. I sculpted a pretty nice body. I was pleased with it until I baked it and I burned the upper back and the neck! I mean, BLACK-BURNT!! Argh!
I scraped, sanded, added, re-baked... still not perfect but better.
I made a head and took more care in baking.
Up to here it was OK, some veining and slight crackling, not easy to sand like Paperclay but I could live with it.

The problems came when I started sculpting the arms. This doll is about 12" (more or less like a Barbie) and the arms are thin and hollow. I had to sand and file for fitting the joints in and I kept breaking the joint. I added and re-baked and it looked awful. I made new arms. Cracked again and again... I lost my patience!!!
I dumped Sculpey in a drawer and went on working with Paperclay. I made a bi-color BJD doll! LOL

Over here you see just the upper body and some posing experiments. This doll has double elbow joints so her movements are very natural. This is still in prototype version and to be refined.

Here below you see the temporarily strung doll with all the extra pieces I made for her. What a headache! LOL

I don't know who gives me the patience for this. I really have NO TIME for playing.....
Anyway, now it's not done yet........ she is in pieces again and I'm sculpting her body and new head in Paperclay. I really couldn't match Sculpey and Paperclay and the difference would have always been evident.
I will test Sculpey again after I'm done with the Paperclay version so I can use her body and head that are not so bad to throw away.

(Click on photos to see a larger version if you wish)

Stay tuned for the final version..... I started making this doll on March 28th...... this gives you an idea of how little play time I have in my life!!!!