Mistakes... I've made a few Part 2

Note:in the lower portion of this page contains doll nudity....if you are easily offended by Doll nudity please don't venture further...

That sounded very silly.

 Now back to this....in my last blog I said I made mistakes...first mistake was

buying a wig that I thought would be perrrfect.....but

once I had it on her it looked so big and puffy

you know too Jersey Shore.

It was not going to work. So I was going to have to make a wig or reroot.

Rerooting is tedious! OMg.. so tedious!

But if you've ever worked on one of the Cam kit Monster highs you know

it could only be a partial reroot because the top of the head is a hard plastic.

SO... it's gonna have to be half reroot 

and half applied/glue.

But this way I could also add a few different shades of color.

 I started with painting the scalp.

(Most dolls have this,makes the hair look fuller)

Then the rooting and applying... it added a whole extra day to this doll

and it was I think 95 degrees that day and I was sitting under a 

Super bright light

but the results were favorable.

There are Great hair rooting tutorials on youtube

This one is from Mylittlecustoms <-----

.. And then I noticed THIS...

the paint on the legs was peeling and scraping off!!!!!!!!

UGH!... NOooooo.. make it stop!.. :(

I had used a layer of Mr. Super Clear for the base

But it wasn't working...

maybe it was the humidity?

I took a deep breath wiped the sweat off my brow

and said Lets do this again!!

this time I put a layer of Liquitex Matte Medium down

it's for non-porous surfaces to make to paint stick!

and BACK to the drawing board!

This also let me try a new technique I saw on Youtube

where you spray a light mist of water and then lay a coat of airbrush paint on top

while it's still wet.It creates the illusion of water droplets!

Meanwhile back in Modor

I had added more shading and Veins to the face and took her outside for another coat of sealer

At this point

I was pretty darn Happy with the results...

SEE, Never give up!

I wanted the legs to look murky,like she had been standing in water

for a  very Long period of time.

So what have we learned ..

• Firstly have a plan 'B'...things might work fabulously in your head ...but in real life not so much.
• Know your product . What works on one thing might not work on another...... So Mr. Super clear works great for the base on faces..but maybe not so much on plastics :/
• Try again.. always try again!.........The second time might even come out better then the first!

I've never known of anyone who got congratulated for throwing 

in the towel.

And Here is the Finished piece ....Sigh of relief :)

And if you've read this far , I Thank You!

Mistakes.. I've made a few. Part 1

In a kingdom of mistakes he who holds an eraser is King!
Of you have made some customizing boo boos this blog might help you out
I've been working on this Rusalka doll. and between the Heat and my new cankles I made crazy mistakes... but I'll get to that later
Lets start from where things were going peachy keen

 This is what I was going for

Well she's undead so I picked a gray skin-tone.

First a coat of Mr. Super Clear matte

Once it's dried ( like 5-10 mins)I lay down the first of the shading

{A little note about Mr.Super Clear.As with all chemicals, PLEASE use CAUTION, Use a Mask,Use Gloves!! We really don't know what's in there. Only in a Highly ventilated area .These are Your Lungs!} 

Back to this Bog....

first shading

The key to a good repaint I believe is Layers. Like everyone else I want to jump in but there's much to be said about the art of restraint.

Pretty much how I normally start a doll

But I knew something had to be different about the eyes this time.

Rusalkas are known to NOT have pupils.. so I said 'Hey lets try something new!'

med,light,dark glitter for the eyes

I wanted the eyes to be vacant... but with a spark of something

So I used some fine milled glitter to paint with rather than .. well Paint!

before adding definition

(At first you won't see a difference , the glitter is from dark to light starting at the top.)

Around this point I did a coat of Mr. Super Clear so that all the touching I was doing was not going to rub off the base of green

Eye brows and Lips start to form

Now besides being.... Um well Dead...she has to be alluring and beautiful..so I gave her a smokey eye and Lashes.... Lonnng lashes

Lashes

I do this by glueing and embedding the lashes into the rubber... after much trial and error I always do it this way now.. and once it's done it's Not budging! No sir!

You can make lashes out of any hair you chose.. they don't actually have to be false lashes ( for humans)

End of part one

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ZOMBIE mermaids

Right now I have so many things floating around in my head ...Whoot SO many!
I normally thrive in chaos as you can see by most of the pics of my desk. That's usually once I have an Idea screaming at me to get done.... but this time.. Ermergurd!!
, But
So my missions are right now Rusalka,cyclops and Will-o-wisp All very different!
but lets just talk about Rusalka
 Here is what it is Rusalka

 this is the Wiki pic

Basically what a Rusalka is, is  a woman (or child) that died wrongfully and now dwells on the bottom of a lake or river and if you happen upon her (mostly at night) she will lore you to a watery death.

Now, I love this!

 There is SO many directions to go......but unfortunately .. there are So many directions to go!

They are all Creepy stories

Some of the stories claim they are spirits. Some claim they are the Undead and others say that are similar to Mermaids. .. and remember this has to become a doll in the end.

Normally I would jump at the fish route,Mermaids are fun and beautiful.

But no,there is something much more creepy about a Rusalka , something  from a dark place.

I think it's also Not knowing exactly WHAT it is that fascinating.

It also looks just like US... how else would it lore you into the water... you trust her.....

Now this sexy Rusalka was the first one I ever saw in the * Quest for Glory* PC game... and even back then with her nakedness she was creepy!

Rusalka in most of the stories also has green hair that's perpetually wet even when standing out of the water for long periods of time

THIS is my version

 I drew this to help me sort it out.

I want her to be almost normal looking ( well as normal as the UNDEAD can look)

and at the same time you know something is not right. and underlying darkness that has been there all along.

Tonight I think we should stay away from any lakes or rivers,wont stop her from haunting our dreams though.....I will try not to dream of water tonight.... but the chances are slim