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DIY: character dolls for dollhouses, room boxes, and dioramas

 

See also character dolls,, hair,

 

 

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Miniature Character Doll  Supplies for sale

Coban Elastic Sports Wrap - Dollar Tree and in the $1 section at Target, but mostly in the first aid supplies at drug stores like CVS and Walgreens. What you find in the first aid section is usually flesh colored, but the more brightly colored varieties are out there.

Creative Kits - by Jill Bennett (UK)

Draping Pins - from MiniKitz

Giselles Miniatures - full service store for dolls

House of Caron - Jackie Caron Doll Supplies

Minidolls

Minikitz Tools

Minipatterns

 

Miniature Character Doll Molds

Doll Molds - Sue Heaser

Doll Molds - Patricia Rose

 

Miniature Character Doll Eyes

Glassworks - by John Rizzi , glass eyes

Lampwork Glass Buttons and Beads - by Mavis, glass eyes

Miniature Doll Eyes

 

Miniature Character Doll Feet

The Foot by Laurie Sisson - make your dolls stand independently without a doll stand! 

 

Character Doll Books

Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy  - Christopher Hart

Drawing The Head and Figure - Jack Hamm

 

 

Instructions for miniature character dolls

 

Miniature Character Doll Links

Art of Doll-making

Dollmakers Dream

Frills and Fancy E-zine

Minidoll List Tutorials

Miniature Art Tutorials and Gallery - Dana Burton

CDHM

Enchanted Hearts - sculpting, fairies, landscaping, photography and clay tuts by Deb Wood

Reference sheet - printout for sizing dolls according to scale from About.com

Hoffman Miniatures - by Stacy Hoffman

How to measure for your Doll - from Audrey's Doll Gallery - wigs, eyes, shoes, stockings, doll stands

 

Painting Faces for Miniature Character dolls (also see painting_miniatures for techniques on washes, shading, etc.)

Brow Painting -  from Air Dry Clay

CDHM Painting Faces and Eyes - on a Miniature Doll or Fairy by Eneida Rosa

Eyes - from Reaper Miniatures

Face Painting Part 1 - Frills and Fancy E-zine

Face Painting Part 2 - Frills and Fancy E-zine

China Painting Basics - Cynthia Howe

Genesis Heat Set Oils

Genesis Heat Set Paint TUT - from Morezmore

Genesis Heat Set Color Chart - from Clay Alley, for when you want to make lots of colors from only 5 of the Genesis
paints

Genesis Heat Set Paint Color Chart - from Home Craft Express

Painting Eyes - from Reaper Miniatures

Painting a Face  - from Vallejo blogs 

Painting on Porcelain with Acrylics - Terri Davis

 

Sculpting Miniature Character Dolls

6 Steps for Modelling Cute Characters - from Squires Kitchen Blog

Armatures - from Squidoo

Build your own Armature Stage and Armature Jig - from the New Clay News

Armatures for Small Dolls - from the Polka Dot Pixie

Armatures: How to wrap - from Air Dry Clay Tutorials

Carvve a Realistic Pumpkin Face - from Instructables. 

Creative Place - online art class, sculpting

Sculpting Tools - CDHM Tutorial by Tony Rice

Faces and Body  - Aging characters - from Majnouna.com (click on the image to enlarge)

Faces - by Wayne the Dane

Faces - from Dollmakers Dream

Face and Head - CDHM Tutorial by Tony Rice

Face and Head - Youtube Videos by Twinessence

Faces - Emotions and Facial Expressions - from Majnouna.com (click on Image to enlarge)

Fairy Head - by Hannie Sarris

Basic Rules for sculpting a 1/12 Head - by Nicky CC

Male vs Female Portraits - from Design Tuts Plus

Mini Head -  from Robins Ragamuffins

Body - by MSAT Minidolls

Doll Hands - CDHM Tutorial by Tony Rice

Hand Armatures - from Doll Art by Julie

Hands - by Jenna Zadymov from the Clay Store

Hands - from Desiree's Desired Creations

Detailed Hand-sculpting - CDHM Tutorial by Julie Campbell

Hands - from Cold Porcelain Cuties

Hands and Feet - an album full of pictures and drawings

Hands and Feet - fingers and toes, (cloth Dolls) from Deanna's Bog

Doll Feet.html - CDHM Tutorial by Tony Rice

Feet - from Desiree's Desired Creations

Claymation Eyes - from Instructables

Eyes - from Much ado about Art Dolls

Glass Eyes - by Antoinette Cely

Miniature Eyes - from Polymer Clay Express

Paperclay Eyes - from BJD Collectasy

Realistic Eyeballs - from Halloween Forum

Baby - by Annie's Minis

Baby - from Dollmakers Dream

Baby Proportions - by Laura R

Baby Tutorial - by Stephanie Sullivan

Child - by Nicky CC

Child Proportions - includes adults as well

Doll Tutorial - Victoria Miniland

Elvenworks Tips and Techniques - by Katherine Dewey

Majnouna - Tutorial section is wonderful! Ethnic characteristics, body mechanics, body types, breast shapes  - a great resource. (Click on the image to enlarge)

Sculpting Melissa - Gina Bellous

Sculpting Tools - make your own

Height to Weight Charts - for boys and girls, newborn to teens. Scroll down for printable charts.

Ideal Proportions at Various Ages

Proportions - a simple technique by the Mad Sculptor

Posemaniacs - pose that doll realistically

Magic Sculpture - there is a free section,  but you must register. A paid membership gets you more services

Make Miniature Dolls - from About.com

Make Miniature People with Darwi or Paperclay - from the New Clay News - makes very animated characters - an unusual method

Poseable Polyclay Doll - from Dollshouse Miniatures Club

Paperclay Dolls - from The Polka Dot Pixie

Penny Dolls - calendar babies

Sculpting and Painting Tutorials - from Doll Essence

Video Tutorials - by Nicky CC

Wet Canvas - body proportions, posing

ZBrush Central - sculpting reference gallery

 

Molds for Miniature Character Dolls

Casting your Miniature Doll Molds- by Cynthia Howe

Casting Molds - by Cynthia Howe

Cleaning Greenware - wet method - by Cynthia Howe

Cleaning and Preparing Greenware - by Cynthia Howe

Li-Que-Ché Tips - air drying polymer clay

Using Flumo and Fimo in Molds -Swallowhill Miniatures

Using Push Molds- from New Clay News

Working with Flumo - Magic Miniatures

 

Dressing the Miniature Character Doll

see also clothes

Assembling the Doll - Cynthia Howe Miniatures

Assembling a Doll - Swallowhill Miniatures

Assemble a doll - Miniatureart Tutorial, showing how to alter a doll for more realistic poses

Assembling a Doll - using the string method - by Stacy Hoffmam

Assembling the doll - by Sammy Smith of Happiness is Miniatures

Create or Modify Fabrics for Small Scale Doll Clothing or Upholstery - from About.coma

Doll Stand - by Reflections by Ice from Deviant Art

Dollshouse Dolls - series of articles by Leslie Shepherd in About.com

Dress a Doll - Laurie Sisson

Needle Tool Tutorial - by Kathi Mendenhall

Scale - rules of thumb by Kathi Mendenhall

Syd's Tool - by Kathi Mendenhall

Tips for Making Hair and Wigs for Miniature Dolls- from About.com

 

 

Miniature Character Doll Videos

Mini Tutes from Orr Lake - several Utube tuts, face, sculpting a baby, etc.

Sculpting a head - parts 1, 2, 3, 4 by Stacy Hoffman

Justin Beiber Doll - by Gentleman Bunny

 

 

Character Doll Research/ Inspiration

 

Miniature Character Doll Tips/Hints

 

Miniature Character Doll Proportions - Child

 

Ideas about what is needed for miniature character doll projects

Characters in Miniature - by Cornelia Koehler - do a search for Miss Marple or just browse through this gallery. Great stuff here!

Doll Empire

Dollmaker's Journey -  An interesting site that does cloth dolls - all sizes - with some great free tutorials from mermaids, fairy wings to Raggetty Anne type dolls, some in 1-12, others would need to be reduced also a tutorial on making fairy wings,

Dolls - Pinterest board by Paola Ragonesi. Some beauties here!

Dolls and Such - Pinterest board by Jacki Poulson

Drawing or Sculpting - Pinterest Album

Hello Dolly - stunning collection of ethnic, art and fashion dolls, a Pinterest album by Rosie Sobiesiak

Fabric Sculptures - by Lisa Lichtenfels

Fine Art Dolls - by Diane Keeler

Making Dolls all mediums - Pinterest board by Dawn Smith

Munecas - dolls Pinterest board by Nila Cn. Wonderful art dolls, sculpting info

Original Art Dolls - by Lex

Wonderful Dolls - Pinterest board by Laurence Bergeot Vereb

Sculpting Demonstration Videos - by Phillipe Faraut. Simply awesome - not mini, but the techniques! Expressions change magically from one extreme to another.

 

 

 

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