I got increasingly curious about the Parabox 40 cm body after seeing this flickr group discussion, and the 伝達戦士コクチバンＲ (Galaxy Police) blog’s cute P-chan custom doll didn’t help the temptation…
Today a head, body and wig arrived…
Warning: Doll nudity ahead, probably NSFW.
Asked Mokotan to help document :P
Box contained a clear plastic box which held the body in a plastic bag, wrapped with a sheet of bubble wrap. head is as we can see in a plastic bag, wig as well ^^
Dunno where Mokotan’s taking pictures of LOL, the black round item is a metal plate as this body has magnetic feet. ^^
Got Tsuntsun Taiga out to compare ^^; The white skin colour is slightly lighter than the DD skin tone. But I believe it is a closer match compare to the “normal” skin of the Obitsu/Parabox series.
I was quite tempted to let Taiga have the body at first… But then I felt hmmm the colour difference would bother me :P
Bottom left, Taiga head, Bottom right P-chan head. P-chan head is slightly smaller than the DD head.
Below you might see the colour difference a bit more.
P-chan head (white skin) has some light guidelines to help people customise the head a bit more easily
I wanted to make something like a larger scale Mokotan ^^; Which was why I purchased the P-chan head — as informed by the blogger of 達戦士コクチバンＲ (Galaxy Police)
Took picture of Mokotan (she’s a Mamachapp doll) and had her close by for reference.
I’m glad I only bought one wig from Parabox, as after I tried to put it on the head, I decided I probably don’t want to buy anymore of their wigs ^^; The wig sheds a lot of hair, and is quite difficult to pull over the head as it is rather tight. I tied twin tails on it at the end :)
Below I already carved and sanded the mouth off, also had to carefully sand around the nose a bit to get the desired shape. I find that sanding this head feels a bit easier than the Volks head? I seem to feel that this head is slightly softer.
I used a pencil to roughly sketch out where I want to work on.
Gotta do it really carefully and slowly, one eye hole first, then try to match the other eye…
I actually think I made the holes too big (oops), used whitetack to temporarily stick the eyes on to check and fine tune.
After I was done with the eyeholes, the next step is a coat (or 2) of Mr. Super Clear matt. Then painting…
After another coat of Mr. Super Clear matt, and sticking the eyes on (I used low heat glue gun), we’re ready to attach head to body ^^/
With the help of this pretty awesome and clear mimiwoo tutorial, ^o^ discovered thru this flickr discussion.
I would highly recommend putting the screw thru this part first, unless your screw driver is magnetic, this will make it a lot easier to do the screwing after the next step.
Pushing the stick thru the neck hole need a lot of strength, the metal coil is very strong ^^; (Please refer to step 5 of the mimiwoo tutorial)
Complete! Putting the wig on Newbie chan took a lot of time LOL
I may call her Moto chan or Pi chan ^^; may be Pi chan since Moto chan sounds too close to Mokotan — confusing desu~
I hope Taiga is not too mad, she has company close to her size now too :P
Omake: Puchi Nendoroid Popura chan… SO SO CUTE, she’s smaller than Taiga a little lol
Do I have mini con? ^^;;;;;; But I don’t like Sea-monkeys….
Also a local dolly collector also gotten one of these Parabox 40 cm girls too! Check out the poseability! ^o^
She’s very cute X3
I heard that Obitsu’s vinyl is a bit softer than Volks, so i guess it’s true.
On another note she reminds me of Moe to some degree ^^”
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chun Reply:
May 10th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
Thank you :D And Obitsu vinyl is definitely a bit softer :)the vinyl they use for the bust and bum, feels even softer than the head/arms/legs ^^
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OMG! You work so fast 0.o Didn’t you just get this like today or something???
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 12:04 am
I just felt like trying it out after it arrived ^^; it’s easier to carve than the Volks head also, but I think I made the eyehole a little too big LOL
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hee hee so this was what you were talking about XD I LOVE! kyaa~~~~
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 12:39 am
haha yes lol btw she can wear unoa size pants ;)
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You make this look so easy. Moto/Pi Chan is a cutey! One of these days I’ll buy a blank DD head… and maybe I should just get you to do it :P
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 12:40 am
Hmmm it’s kinda troublesome, so there are times I really don’t wanna do it, I don’t like having to spray and wait for it to dry etc… if I do it it’ll cost you a lot of money :P
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Hello~ :) I was wondering what is the difference with a Volks body & Obitsu body? Is it by chance very soft? >__< I mean like soft plastic? Or is it a bit harder? They seem to facinate me for some reason xD The joints looks flexible 0.o
Oh and great job on the custom ^_^ She's a cutie <3
-Sammie
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 10:52 am
If you’re talking in general (for my personal observation thus far), the 40cm/50cm Obitsu(/parabox) head, arms, legs feels harder than the bust, and torso/hips/bum. Hands feels like it’s in between hardness. The obitsu joints feel stiffer, sometimes the legs/hips squeak when I bend them to position, they hold the poses well, but aesthetics wise I am leaning towards Volks?
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She looks really cute. I don’t think her eyes are too big, though. They are big and round just like little Mokotan’s eyes.
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 10:54 am
Thank you :) I was going to use a round animetic eye, but it showed too much eye whites that was why I said I made the holes too big XD I may adjust the eyes a bit later too, depending on my schedule =_=
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cgivisionary Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
You’re welcome. Ok. I understand, then. :D
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Hey, I got a mention! Hmm, I should set up a blog of my own or something. (You’d think given I’m a professional WordPress guru that this would already have happened.)
Big!Mokotan is so cute. You did an amazing job in such a short time! Hopefully our girls can meet soon?
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 10:56 am
Hehe I believe you got mentioned in my other BJD meet posts too haha! And yes you may wanna consider setting up a blog :D Lemme know when you do, will link up :3 I hope our girls can meet soon too! I want to see how they are like — seems that your girl’s head maybe a smidge smaller than mine
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Flamebyrd Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Re: Head size, I think so – I believe P-chan uses 8″ wigs, whereas Sleeping Princess is 7″ (all my 7-8 wigs are a tiny bit too big!)
I took apart my girl’s left knee tonight to adjust the screws. Kind of funny, given we’re on day 3 of ownership, whereas I’ve had my resin boy a year now and am still too scared to disassemble him. XD
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Woo what happened? why did you need to adjust the screws? And yeah, I’m still not comfortable adjusting the stringed type BJD ^^;
Flamebyrd Reply:
May 12th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Oh, one of her knees was really, really tight. Far more than was reasonable even given how firm their joints are supposed to be. On the bright side it was pretty easy to adjust!
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chun Reply:
May 12th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Ahh I see I see, I guess due to that these assembly still need to be done by human, there are times when they do make it too tight/loose :P My girl is looking forward to meet yours XD
Eee, she’s so cute! I love the pics of her in progress. I wish I had the talent to “sculpt” a custom girl. It sounds really difficult.
Maybe one day I will own a Puppy52 head . . .
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 10:58 am
Thank you :) I thought I should document, even tho I was unable to do so for every step. I would say it’s more difficult than drawing on a flat surface, if you look at her painted face, you can tell that the brows are a bit misaligned, it’s quite impossible to get it exact by hand painting XD, sometimes if I feel the urge, I gotta do it, or I will just leave it for a long time– probably why I’m not doing it “professionally” ^^;;
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Oh wow, just looking at these pictures and reading about it kinda makes it seem like doing a face up is quite easy. I like it, love the idea of a bigger Moko-tan.
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 11:02 am
oh it’s not that easy ^^; But this head felt a bit easier than Volks head surprisingly, I was expecting it to be harder, but I DID make the eyeholes a bit bigger than I prefer to so… lol Thank you! :)
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wow.. a new member.. she’s very cute as well.. hope taiga wouldn’t give her a hard time XD
and the WIP pictures are very educational too.. good job (^^)b
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chun Reply:
May 11th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Thank you ^^; I have a “growing population” problem ne… LOL Taiga’s okay so far, she’s probably envious that Pi-chan has more posesablity than she does XD I hope you find the pictures helpful :)
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可愛い！
初めて使ったヘッドでこの完成度は素晴らしいです(^^)
Cute!
This perfection is great for the first time with the head (^^)
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chun Reply:
May 12th, 2011 at 9:33 am
いえいえ (*^ . ^*)> Thank you for your kind comment!
どうも ありがとうございます! 私は少しの変更後になる I will make a little changes later :D
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yay congrats~ a new doll! she is a cutie XD can’t wait to meet her~
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chun Reply:
May 13th, 2011 at 9:39 am
hehehe yeah you’ll see her very soon XD
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Good God… Teh cuteness… I need insulin.. XD
Pi-chan’s eyes look fine by the way.
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chun Reply:
May 13th, 2011 at 9:39 am
lol thanks :) I actually tweaked the painting a bit ^^
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Chun what kind of sand paper did you use to sand off her mouth? I’m planning to sand off my dollfie mouth a bit and customize her more! Your doll is adorable! Well done! ^^
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chun Reply:
June 23rd, 2011 at 8:26 pm
I actually use a penknife (new clean blade) to carve off some parts (the parts which sticks out) first then use a few different grade of sandpaper coarse at first then finer types as you get closer to finishing, have a damp cloth to sand the head on and wear a mask so you won’t breathe in too much of the dust. Good luck!
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Mio Mio Reply:
June 25th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Okay! Thank you so much! (^o^)/
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booah so sweet <3
where did you buy the head and the obitsu body?
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chun Reply:
August 15th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
from http://parabox.jp/eng/index.html ^^
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did you have to cut the top of the head to put her eyes in or its already removeable?
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chun Reply:
August 27th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I don’t have to cut her head open :) I only needed to cut eyeholes as I did not want to paint the eyes :3
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ohh I ment because I didnt know if it had a removeable head cap XD.
thats good to know. I was about to get a P-chan head but I got the 2nd default head.
the misuzu one >w<. I have been looking at obitsu and dollfie dreams for the past days lol.
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chun Reply:
August 31st, 2011 at 8:47 pm
oh which is the misuzu one? have a link?
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oreocookie Reply:
September 1st, 2011 at 8:54 pm
http://botton.exblog.jp/13125185/
I got her head. :3 my doll came today she’s adorable,
her head is blank. I want to do her face. i tried and failed before I could even get far with it.. ;A; ) freaking sealer is still on her face, and I cant find my windsor&newton brush cleaner to take it off. how do you make your faceups look so cute and nice?
I think I tried to make it look fancy but now I like how simple most obitsu and DDs have their faceup/makeup.
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chun Reply:
September 1st, 2011 at 10:50 pm
oic, and do it little by little, test the brush stroke on paper, use lighter colour and slowly build it up.