5th time's a charm

bjd talk

Re-doing my BJD project's knees for the 5th time. Yes, the fifth time. First I did a single joint as instructed by the my Ryo Yoshida book then decided to do a rough sketch of what I call the "armor cap" knee as Marina Bychkova of enchanted doll popularly uses. The aesthetics of the armor cap knee bothered me at first so I experimented other knee methods. All failed. Scrapped. But a great learning process. Because of these growing pains I'll never re-wonder if there is a better way. Ironically enough, the miniature Spider-Man action figure I keep around uses the armor cap knee system and so did all the double jointed knees of all the action figures I found in toy stores and comic book store shelves. So in resolute frustration, it is the armor knee cap I will make. Fifth time's a charm.

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Or 6th time. The armor knee cap look bothers me. Finding a way to hide the knee altogether again. Using the golden rule of ball shapes for jointing.