Daniel BJD – Resione

Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing
Final resin printed Daniel doll posing

04/2025 – I was never quite satisfied with the waxy looking Sunlu printed Daniel, but Resione released a new BJD resin that I really wanted to try. I went back to prototyping some more tweaks on my prototype – updated knees, neck, shoulders, and even some rough hands and feet. I took a week off from work and used most of it to print this guy out. Here’s what I wrote about the process:

I printed for 7 of the last 8 days, 10 completed prints total, 32 pieces – 1 whole MSD-sized doll, 2 extra heads, and print tests. I followed the given settings and instructions very closely, including using a kombucha band and space heater to keep my garage and the printer warm. Maybe recklessly, I never emptied the vat or removed/cleaned the built plate between prints.
I had 6 total part failures, annoyingly not until what would have been the last plate. One faceplate and the hands failed, I figured due to insufficient supports. I sliced them separately with more supports, and they failed again, really early that time. I restarted the print without changing anything and they printed just fine that time so I have no idea what they problem was there. Maybe USB issue? The resin does not like being paused. In the past I’ve usually paused an hour or two into long prints to make sure everything was sticking, and every few hours to stir the pigments, but when I paused this resin, supports failed at that point. From the third plate onward I didn’t pause anymore and only had the three parts at the end fail (twice).
I’m kind of exhausted from all the printing but I’m very happy with the results. The support settings do leave big bumps but the results are overall beautiful. It’s hard to capture the difference on camera, but in person the resin does look really crisp and opaque compared to the Sunlu/Siraya/white pigment mix I’d been using previously, and it was really nice not to have to stop and stir the resin constantly. The pieces feel harder and look more like cast resin or Siraya Mecha White. For my usage (mostly printing heads and parts to be compatible with existing BJD bodies/parts) this is definitely the best stuff I’ve used.

I’m finally satisfied with how he turned out. The only thing I miiiight adjust is the calves because the ankles are a bit unsteady, and to finish the hands and feet of course (even though I intend to continue using the Dollshe and Resinsoul hands that fit his shoes). I got him sanded pretty quickly, before I even took and other photos, and he looks and feels just like a casted doll for the most part.

Daniel BJD – Sunlu Resin Print

Comparison of old Daniel doll to new resin doll print
Resin print of new Daniel sitting

10/24 – After finishing the PLA prototype, I used up a holiday weekend printing him in resin. I hate resin printing! This is Sunlu Beige mixed with 10% Siraya Tech Tenacious and a bunch of white resin pigment. Unfortunately I don’t think I used enough pigment because he has a slightly translucent waxy quality that I don’t care for. I also accidentally printed two left thighs, oops. He does pose much better in resin than PLA, but he is heavy!

PLA Daniel BJD – Comparisons

Daniel prototype dressed
Daniel prototype dressed
Daniel prototype compared with old Daniel
Daniel prototype compared to Tennant and old Daniel

10/2024 – Just some comparisons of the new PLA Daniel prototype with the old one, clothed, and compared to Tennant. I wanted to keep him as similar in size to the old one as possible so that I don’t have to replace his whole wardrobe, but I did make him a little bit bigger overall after this.

Daniel BJD Sculpt – PLA Prototype

Oct 2024: After many months of testing and tweaking, this is the “final” PLA prototype for Daniel. I started this in 2022 but getting a new FDM printer (Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus) in 2024 made it so much easier to work on. All the joints have been iterated to balance my preferred aesthetics and functions so I’m pretty happy with him. No hands and feet yet, so these are from Dollshe and Resinsoul respectively.

GITS Gynoid

dollsonmain:

glaceleau:

Ghost in the Shell Innocence Gynoid Hadari doll I got off Mandarake. The lips seemed to me painted with enamel the same as the white coating, so I opted to just paint right over them. She’s a stunning sculpt! Although, I think it’s funny that her teeth are the only part not coated in white enamel.
The picture that shows the inside of her head gives you a good visual of how yellow 17-year-old resin might get. The inside of her head has never seen sunlight so this is 100% natural aging.

I keep coming back to this post when trying to find other owner’s photos of Hadari.

There aren’t many other than her left default. That last pic shows how nice the sculpt actually is with the sloppy lip paint hidden.

I’m pretty sure that’s deliberate and they intended Hadari dolls to look like old gofun dolls, but it might just be factory workers that weren’t too interested in what they were doing, too.

I do think she’s a genuinely gorgeous sculpt. I just with she had hip/wrist/ankle movement. I still haven’t finished her face but I took a new photo for you.

Olathe

Merry Doll Round Olathe very much needs a new faceup, but since she has SOME faceup it’s not at the top of my list, haha. She’s lovely though! I put her on an old Angel Philia body which matches surprisingly well, but fell over into 5 pieces immediately after taking this photo, haha.

Skull Woosoo

I was really jazzed about the skeleton event heads from Fairyland – older sculpts! But skeletons! I have wanted a Woosoo for a while and skeleton Woosoo is the coolest one possible. I bought the head off someone and was prepared to watch for a WS SD body for a while, but the head was actually shockingly small. I’ve heard people say that the F60 Lookback heads were small, but they weren’t kidding! With Woosoo’s already small face, this doll is in proportion with MSDs, not any of my other SDs. I put the head on the WS 50cm Dream Valley body I’ve had for a while and it looks surprisingly good.

Minifee Wrist Mod

 

You mentioned in one of your doll posts that you converted strung wrists into magnetic wrists. Can I ask how you did that?? I have an old Minifee that I would much prefer to have magnetic hands and feet.thanks for your time! 🙏

Hello! It wasn’t the most elegant job, I just cut the Resinsoul hands in half (right through the palm) and roughly carved the remainder to fit into the magnetic Minifee hands. Then I stuck some Milliput on there to set a magnet in and make for a tighter fit. They still don’t hold very strongly, so I usually use sticky-tac in there too. You could probably do it neater with more patience than me! But I don’t know how to do it without totally sacrificing the hand that will become the wrist. I didn’t mind doing it with the Resinsoul hands because I was not a fan of the sculpt and they are easy and inexpensive to replace.