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It's an Ultramarine from the Warhammer 40K universe! Made as a commission for Mr. Bradley Hyden.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Let me present a new kind of doll: this is a ball-jointed amigurumi doll. Madness! He contains fifteen wooden beads which are attached to wire spindles from which each piece is crocheted. For pictures that might help you work out what the hell I am talking about, you can check the SadDays Crochet Facebook Fanpage ([link]) where I just uploaded all the WIP pictures I took. (There are also about thirty additional shots of the finished doll!) He is completely pose-able, although the joints aren't as firm as I had hoped. I wanted him to stand alone, he doesn't, but he is great seated!

I've been kicking around the idea for a ball-jointed amigurumi doll in my head for a while, and when Brad commissioned a dude wearing power armor, I knew I had the perfect opportunity to try it out! He was a champion for letting me experiment on his commission, and even more of a champion to not mind that this guy took me a whole month to make! You're my hero Brad!

I did not time the making of this guy because I wanted to leave plenty of time to experiment and re-do parts without stressing myself out. It certainly took a long time though- I'd estimate at least 40 hours. He is 1 1/2 feet tall though, which is significantly bigger than my usual dolls and might account for part of it. If I make more I'll probably go smaller. I might create a new category of custom dolls like this guy with a different price bracket- contact me if you're interested!

I might edit to include more crochet geek-ery later if anyone asks for it!
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~Steelrata Apr 7, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
cool work would love one or the pattern .......great stuff
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*SadDaysCrochet Apr 7, 2013  Professional Artisan Crafter
If I end up making a pattern I'll let you know! I have decided not to make patterns for other people's creative property though, so if I make a pattern it would be for a jointed armored doll of my own design and not for an Ultramarine. (Unless Games Workshop gives me a call and commissions an official pattern...) =D
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Mood: Joy ~MirthaAmigurumis Mar 16, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Great work!
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*SadDaysCrochet Mar 18, 2013  Professional Artisan Crafter
Thank you so much!
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~JMWJewelry Feb 8, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
This is amazing... Especially that he has ball joints! Wow!
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*SadDaysCrochet Feb 8, 2013  Professional Artisan Crafter
Thank you so much! I feel like the ball joints are the beginning of a good idea- his didn't work out as well as I'd like, but I have a better design in mind to try for next time. :XD:
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~britishgreenworm Dec 21, 2012
Just amazing. Good job. You should open a store and sell your things! Seriously. I'd buy this in a heartbeat
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*SadDaysCrochet Dec 21, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
I do have a store! [link] And actually I made this particular piece for money (although I admit I sold it to a friend). However it is very difficult to make minimum wage on crochet due to the number of hours go into it, so I am hoping that by spending some time getting really good and not taking commissions I might be able to get a job doing crochet for a studio where they pay me by the hour. :D :D
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Mood: Wow! ~mechagunbunny Nov 7, 2012
A month!! It only took a month to make. YOU are my new hero! It is awesome :)
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*SadDaysCrochet Nov 8, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
Haha- it's a lot longer if you take into account the percentage of that month I spent on it. I'm actually getting really fast now, so hopefully future crazy projects will take even less time! Also thank you thank you!
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