TUTORIAL: TTL HIP MODIFICATION

Hey Everybody,

I love the TTL body. But with every body on the market it has it's pros and cons. The major con of the TTL body is the lack of range of motion in the hips. The TTL body can't close it's legs well and sit properly. This tutorial will will show you the amazing difference that the hip modification can do.

So to start we'll go over tools. Whilst a Rotary Tool helps, this can be done with an X Acto knife, it just will take a while. I use a Tungsten Carbide Cutting Bit in mine.



Next you will want your X Acto knife for some fine trimming work if needed, and of course sand paper. Sanding sponges work best IMHO, but aren't necessary.

So we'll start by showing off the body and the areas that we need to remove stock from.







The areas highlighted in red are the areas of stock removal. I usually start with the hip section removal. What you want to do is rotate the legs in such a way to give you room to get your cutting bit into the space and remove the stock. You will have to work the legs around as you do this. Just keep moving them around so that the opening is there for your bit. Once you have your areas of red removed from the hip sections, go in with your knife if need be to smooth some spots and then go in with your sand paper to smooth it out.





Then once you have the hips done, go in and using your tool remove the stock on the legs. You want to hollow out those areas marked. You are making the groove / channel larger for the crotch / hip section to fit into. Make sure to make the stock removal smooth, and try to maintain the smooth curves on the legs. Once the stock is removed sand your areas smooth. Then you should have this:



Do any further cleanup or stock removal as necessary until you are happy with the range of motion in the doll's legs. Why you are done you should have this:

Unmodified Body on the left, modified on the right.



Modified body on the left, Unmodified on the right.



With this modification, TTL bodies can close their legs and sit properly. You can see the gap and angle of bend the unmodified body has compared to the modified one.



Hope this helps some people,

Thanks for following.