Adara's Dollies

Khorae is finally complete and put together! I've had her home, but was waiting on the pictures Rosslyn took of her before and after so I could have a detailed post for you all! Now, we begin with the modwork. To begin with, we posed her as she was before, posing as best she could. She could not even sit properly. This is as far up as she could sit and would fall backwards at the slightest provocation--or lack thereof. The pic below illustrates how far forward she could sit before the mods. Thew torso joint has no lock and the position is awkward.   Her face had it's own share of issues. The faceup itself was too painted on looking and now Rosslyn felt she could do much better and make the face more natural. Also, Khorae's eyelashes had gotten very crumpled and needed to be replaced. I'd already had her nose filed down, as you can see in the next two pictures. She has a second head now, which is still in the process of getting it's eyes closed, ears pierc...

If you were wondering how Khorae is doing, as I sit here typing, Rosslyn is sitting and blushing her body. Her face has been partially blushed in but not yet finished. She still needs eyebrows, lashes, and lips filled in more. I am entirely too excited to see her finished. ^__^ We kinda need to finish her while the weather is still dry--which leaves us maybe a couple weeks until nothing more can be done until Spring. I went to Great Western War 2011 . While there I took a class on dolls and, specifically jointed dolls, was able to sculpt (out of sculpy), bake, and string together my own clay doll! The teacher was hilarious and once I can get the full article she found in pdf (have to email her for it), I'll post the link or something here. She's jointed in an interesting way--string runs through her joints, which fit together, not like ball joints, but more like hinges. I need to put beads or something into her eye sockets still, so she can have, ya know, eyes. I haven't ...