The Doll Forum

dolldream wrote:are you going to sell these?

I don't believe MannequinFan is manufacturing these dolls for sale. This is a free download to print your own doll if you have a 3D printer.
Now it may be possible to hire someone to print the doll parts for you and offer it to you as a kit or completed doll? That would be something that you, MannequinFan and the hired printer would have to discuss.

(MannequinFan "Which one(s) are squashed?")
Not sure why they came out squashed? Maybe I accidentally did this when messing with the scale buttons :p Noob Mistake. I hope the metal ball will still work?
The top-part came out fine. I assume it is the rotating part for the Pelvis. I think. One question, Does the "Pelvis" top ring go between the Pelvis and Rotating Ring? or leave it off?
Second attempt at printing the Pelvis the correct way. Unfortunately I received allot of stringing and a BIG ol'Crack. Maybe I could Bondo this to fix.

CR-10 was giving me problems. Don't buy unless you are a handy person, the printer needs allot of tweaking

I really want to move on to the torso using ManuelBastion. I think the "Rotating Ring" connects to the bottom of the body. So I modeled the body bottom to match the "Rotating Ring" and added your arm attachments in the shoulders.

Also, I was hoping I could make a taller project in the future. the size of an women. With two Fleshlight holders. in the Pelvis and One in the Mouth. But that is a long term project.

Hi Dollmoon,

If your parts came out distorted then you are probably going to have problems with assembly, so I would recommend reprinting.

To print larger parts in ABS without a lot of cracking and warping you'll need an enclosure for your printer and a heated bed, or you'll probably have to stick to using PLA.

Not sure where you are located, but I found a great place to get filament here in U.S..
Very reasonable prices and prints great on my machines.
I found the Terra Cotta color is nice for a more tan skin.
I'm using that color for the foot screw covers.
https://www.paramount-3d.com/abs

Wow! Barbie never looked so good! Can’t wait to see how Ariel turns out!

Just finishing up Marilyn Monroe version of MSB - hair style done, just working on the make-up. New high heel sandal foot with her Salvatore Ferragamo high heel sandals, looking pretty good! Also working on the "Subway Vent" dress from SYI, have to scale down the Simplistic pattern so a bit of work there also.

I will post pics later as things get nearer to completion...

Can't wait to see the stuff you're making.

This round of printing worked great. Man don't get a CR-10, or any Chinese printer, unless you can tinker and diagnose problems.

The whole pelvis is done, now waiting on the steel balls. Printed in PLA. Now printing a upper body I made from pictures of the My Size Barbie, but I shaped the body around the already made pieces, so everything matches.

Fingers crossed on this Day long print.

amazing bro! that Barbie looks awesome and propably easier and better to use than lots of the high end dolls as well as not breaking down like they do cuz of the tpe skin they have. Incredible work. You sir, are an artist and should manufacture and sell these dolls. I would be your first customer.

With how much is left of the original doll have you considered designing your own Mannequin Fan printable doll line? As you can see there are a few interested here already might be worth some big $$ the reworked barbie looks amazing and although it's not something I had ever really considered doing myself it does look like a lot of fun for a bit of a project and with the bonus of being quite rewarding in the end

Baito

Thanks Joker and Baito.

Baito, I actually realized that a few years ago and started working on a completely 3d printed doll, so I decided to post some of the early MSB mod files in this thread.
Unfortunately I just haven't had any time to work on my Abby project lately.
You can see the whole story from the beginning here (39 pages)...
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=46436

This is the current state of Abby...

That's the cutest piece of solidified oil I've seen in a long time!

RK

Progress report:

So the next subject I wanted to try was recreating Marilyn Monroe.
Here's the original (fortunately it was the platinum blonde version)
And this is the revised head with Marilyn hairstyle and make-up
I'm very pleased on how she turned out and can't wait to have the rest finished (more to come)...

Wow!
She looks FANTASTIC!

Here are the high heel sandals that I made based on the following reference pic from "The Seven Year Itch"
Here are the shoes by themselves, wasn't too bad to make once I got the underlying 3D printed sole working (had a lot
of broken heels / slipped prints until I added some removable supports)

rubherkitty wrote:Wow!
She looks FANTASTIC!

Thanks RK!