Yet Another Tutorial to Fix a Broken Otaku Hip (Many Pics)

feeds@yuku.com (Kinster) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:15:24 GMT

Some months ago, my Otaku's right leg broke off. Bitchin/Callous helped me fix it. Last week, her left leg broke! Well, I managed to fix it too. And I took some pics while I was fixing it. Here are the pics for those of you who may want to attempt the same fix.

First, look at the sole of your Otaku's foot. You'll see a circle at the heel. Pry it out with a sharp object. I used an X-acto knife. Needless to say, be careful not to cut yourself. It's actually a...

Calling all hairstylists...

feeds@yuku.com (rriker) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:52:48 GMT

I recently purchased 5 of the series 1 TTL heads from Viking Playground, including two of the heads with long wavy brown hair (order # TTA002)
When I got the heads out of their packaging, one of the long wavy brown haired heads had such outrageous curl in it that it looked like...well...a VERY bad case of "zero gravity hair". I mean, seriously big hair...

So, out came the big stockpot, a long wooden dowel and I proceeded with a standard "dunk-n-boil" job to...

Shut 'er up already! OR How to make a ballgagged doll. ;)

feeds@yuku.com (wolfmammy) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:31:34 GMT

This is the first(and only) doll I made with a ballgag about 6 years ago. I used a red glass bead an earring wire component and black electrical tape sewn into a harness for her head. Next time I make one, it'll probably be with leather.

If you look close you can see the 'drool' coming from the sides of her mouth.

Broken Otaku Wrist Pin Repair For The Obsessive Compulsive

feeds@yuku.com (cbgorby) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:07:32 GMT

A simple repair , using simple tools , greatly enhanced if you have a mental disorder such as obsessively collecting very small components from ANYTHING that breaks !!
In this instance , little tiny screws salvaged from a broken camera .

You will need : A Dremel Moto Tool with an engraving bit ( to start a pilot hole in the broken wrist pins that are still stuck...

1.0 vs 1.5 vs 2.0

feeds@yuku.com (Doctor) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:16:11 GMT

OK... How about some help on clarifying some basics for me...and maybe for some others as well. Would someone please provide a listing, or the location of said listing, for the differences in the various versions of BBI, Cy Girl, Cool Girl Otaku, ZC, PB and any other gals out there? I have lost track of some and never knew the others. This would be of immense help and would be greatly appreciated for your time and effort.

Doctor

Nipples 101

feeds@yuku.com (bratzman) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:42:18 GMT

Here's how I make quick and ez nipples for my girls. It works pretty well and no casting or sculpting is required. For this demo I used a Babs
Model Muse body I had laying around. It will work on any hard plastic figure, don't know about soft busted ones.

"Our victim"

Make Eye Wear For Your Dollies !!

feeds@yuku.com (cbgorby) — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:38:12 GMT

By popular request , here is how I made the nebbish spectacles for Lola . More info may be found at Geeb-O-Rama ( but really not MUCH more than what you see here . )
Simple Eyewear For Dollies .

Removing a Neck Post from a Head

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:24:38 GMT

If you fitted a PB or a FemBasix head to a ZC body and try to remove it again, the neck post could pop out of the neck instead of the head.
This is because these heads have a smaller neck hole than regular CG or ZC heads have. On top of that the ZC neck is rather slim which makes it more prone to splitting open.

You might be tempted to pry the post out of the head using a pair of pliers, but that will ruin the post and might also damage the head....

Tightening up Lady's/Girl's Mission/Armoury feet

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:20:16 GMT

I only have one Girl's Mission figure (a tall slim bodied one) but that one does not have ball & peg type ankles (nor have any of the LM bodies I know of).
Instead it has ankles like these:

The ankle pivots around a fixed peg coming out of the leg.
To firm up this pivot joint you can work a bit of thin cotton thread into the horizontal seam between the leg and...

ToyBiz to Cy Girl head swap tutorial

feeds@yuku.com (Jendini) — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:23:28 GMT

Xena! Yay! OK, I've got a ToyBiz to Cy Girl head swap tutorial just for you. I've done this a couple of times.

The Toy Biz heads are made for a skinnier neck, they won't sit right on a CG neck. You have to enlarge the neck opening a lot to get it to sit low enough on the neck. Once you've done that, the hole will be too large to grab onto the neck post. The pink line shows about where I cut them with an X-Acto knife.

These small two degrees, improvement in the neck of the ZCGirls

feeds@yuku.com (Gonzoxt) — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:36:21 GMT

Even though the joints on ZCgirls are good, I think their failure is the neck, very short and very straight.

For this Reason I look for ways to improve ... looking to have a better ability for them to say yes with their heads.

I notice with Catwoman and Otaku body, how they have that perfect movement on neck, the only that you need to do is to sand the interior circle on the neck, to do that you need to take out the screws on back, and take out the neck pin.

When...

New DIY Ankle Cup Tutorial for T and T section and Selena says 'Hi !'

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:34:24 GMT

There's a new step-by-step tutorial on making ankle cups with a lot of new pictures, I planned to post it in the Tips and Tricks Archive section but had no posting access there so for now it is in General Junque.

In the meantime I finally found a nice spot for my custom painted Catwoman, I bought her last december from japanese...

Make your own ankle cup, a step-by-step guide (lots of pics!)

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:16:26 GMT

This guide replaces the old one in the General Junque section, I've added lots of pics to illustrate the process.

Tools and materials needed:

Motor tool
2.3mm (0.0906in) ball shaped cutter head (a.k.a. dentist drill bit) or a small round file
6mm (0.236in) ball shaped cutter head
diamond (or sapphire) surfaced nail file

Real skin on a Cy Girl or any female action figure aka Body Sanding 101

feeds@yuku.com (Kal El Klarc) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:01:28 GMT

Sorry have to post it in here as for some weird reason I can't post a new topic cause and I quote "You are not authorised to post on a new topic" work that out for me.

Anyway here is my sanding tutorial.

Real skin on a Cy Girl or any female action figure aka Body Sanding 101

What you will need:

...

Improving Stiletto Boot Feet Shape

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:33:46 GMT

The shape of the stiletto boot feet of Takara and Triad looks a bit bulky to me, here's an easy fix.

Tools and materials needed:

diamond (or sapphire) nail file
small Philips ('+'-head) screwdriver

Left: original stiletto boot foot. Right:...

Cutting down ZC ankle cups

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:17:27 GMT

ZC offers spare ankle cups with its Eve figures, these won't fit Cool Girls without modification but can be useful anyway.
One problem is that the spare ankles are 20mm tall, CG ankles are 15mm tall and so are the regular ZC ankles. 20mm ankles don't look right on either CG or ZC girls, so it would be nice to cut these tall spare ankles down.
However, cutting the ZC ankles down looks...

Repairing a broken ankle peg

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:51:27 GMT

I tried various ways of repairing a broken ankle peg, a fairly easy way would be to use a piece of threaded wire to fit the ball back on to its peg (similar to my knee repair), unfortunately the material is not strong enough and the ball will work loose after removing and inserting the foot into an ankle cup a couple of times.
The ball and peg need to be a single piece and need to be solidly anchored in the foot.
...

Removing a broken-off ankle ball

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:40:21 GMT

Here's a way to remove the ball from an ankle cup after the ankle peg (aka ankle post) has broken.

Tools and materials needed:

Drill bit with straight shaft, size about 2mm (0.08in)
Pin vise

Left to right: drill bit with tapered shaft, drill bit...

Body Modification and Repair quick reference list

feeds@yuku.com (Island Of Toys) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:26:23 GMT

We've begun compiling lists of the various body mod tutorials here (as well as lists later on for sewing, painting, sculpting, etc). If you have some favorites not on this list, please reply here with the link and I'll be sure to add them to this list.

This forum is for archives only. If you want to pots a new tutorial, please post it in General Junque. If you'd like the thread moved here or linked here in the list, just reply to this thread. Thanks!

With...

Adapting hands for CG v2 wrists

feeds@yuku.com (erix700) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:27:43 GMT

Here's a way to modify a CG v1 hand (or a LM hand) to accept a CG v2 wrist.

Please note that this is a destructive procedure, if something goes wrong, the v1 hand can not be restored and is likely to be unusable.

Tools and materials needed:

v1 hand to be converted
spare v2 hand for donating the v2 wrist
Sharp X-Acto or similar hobby knife