The Resurrection Of Lucie DollEarlier, I posted the top photo of a size 0 Gaultier fashion doll name
The Resurrection Of Lucie DollEarlier, I posted the top photo of a size 0 Gaultier fashion doll named Lucie who’d fallen on very hard times. My boss was generous enough to let me have her (head, shoulder plate, and neck articulation mechanism) when I noticed her sitting on a workbench, separated from the body she’d been purchased for. Armed with epoxy, a round file, sandpaper, and admittedly vague knowledge of what I was doing, I set to work.The first method I tried involved making a mold using Sculpey and self-hardening Alley Goop silicon mold clay. I must have done something wrong, because the silicon never hardened and I had to scrap that method altogether. I instead just worked with the epoxy (Apoxie Sculpt, recommended by a friend/lifelong restoration artist) sans mold- freehand, I guess? As you can see, the result is generally correct but somewhat clumsy, which I’m attempting to remedy as best I can by sanding.In several 20-minute periods.Because the hardware store doesn’t stock size small respirator masks and the larger one makes me lightheaded if I wear it too long. #petiteproblemsOnce the arduous task of sanding is done, the equally arduous airbrushing begins. Have I mentioned I’ve never used an airbrush before? This is going to be…interesting.(That being said, I do flatter myself that I’ve done pretty well for a first try. Having an intact French fashion doll as a model helped immensely in the sculpting phase. Otherwise it seems largely a matter of forcing myself to slow down and take as long as necessary to get things right.) -- source link
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