New sleepface faceup!

I was almost thinking about selling Felicity, my mnf Marcia (who was also my first doll). Yeah, I know, bad me. Sooo I finally go around to redoing her faceup and I love it. I'm thinking of it as her sad clown face AKA I finally had the guts to try everything I've ever wanted to regarding faceups. But yeah, this is her makeup for when she runs away to join the circus. I guess. Yeah. XD Also, I forgot how lovely the mnf bodies posing, loooove it.

You can't really see it but I did Tolkien's symbol in white watercolor pencil and glossed over it. You can't see it with the wig on, but I actually kind of like her bald now so it's all good. XD

She is complete now!

Sort of! XD I've pretty much decided to keep the argeia head, but the pink wig looks awful wit the style faceup I've done. Sooo I guess I'll try to sell it and get another one sometime soon. She also needs shoes. The gray leeke shirt I got her is long enough to be a tunic so she is ok in that department. Yay for getting things. :)

"Out For Delivery"

The UPS guy has usually come and gone by now. >_< He usually gets here about the same time as our regular mail dude. Sooooomebody is antsy to put her doll together today.

Package tomorrow :)

I should be getting my extra elastic and string puller from Volks tomorrow. Yay, I'll finally have a complete doll after several weeks! The eyes I have in the argeia head are too small but will do for now. I'm also reconsidering the pink wig. I love it, but it's so heavy and the pink isn't working with the dark red.

Argeia head painted

Holy crap I love gloss. Gloss gloss gloss. I like gloss. I want to gloss everything. I'll try to get a better shot later. I absolutely love how the lips turned out, and of course they are super-glossed. XD

WIP

There are still no batteries to be found, so this is the best picture I can get. After I painted the middle lip line much too dark I gave up on that part and just went ahead and glossed it. XD I just want to do a few more little details and spray the final coat and she will be done for now. I don't know if I want to sell her now. ;n;

Workinnn'

on a faceup for my Ligaya head, and I am back to really liking her. XD I think I will have to paint all of them to see which one to keep. Also, the string and stuff I ordered from Volks should ship today. They are super nice about me giving them the wrong billing info XD If I ever get a giant chunk of money again it will be hard to not order a doll that would only have shipping fees from California *shifty eyes* Anyway, pictures when Ligaya is done.

Well that was short XD

After a grumpy post I decided it was time to do something about it so I just ordered some more elastic and a string puller from the Volks USA site. They have them at Dollmore, and although I do want to get the 70cm sized hakam outfit they offer, I'd like to wait until I have sold one of the NotDoll heads so I have more money.

Also, Ligaya might be the head that goes. XD I'm doing a bit of the faceup outline and I'm pretty sure I like Belladonna better now. Fickle girl is fickle.

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Poor phone pictures of a rough faceup layout. The camera's batteries have apparently disappeared and I could only fine one in the junk drawer, so this is all you get for now. XD

Meh

The dolly part of my life has been on hold for a little while. At my job we finally hired two new people so we are not longer understaffed and I'm back to the hours I want. Classes are still sucking up my energy and I have to have a class this summer too, but it's online so it shouldn't be too bad.

My NotDoll situation is still the same. D: I have to buy more elastic and I will definitely need a string puller. Even after using the extra string they sent, it still isn't long enough to pull up through her head and tie a knot (without her being strung ridiculously tight, and I would probably need a hemostat for that). Anyway, I might try to pencil in a bit of a face for some of them with a watercolor pencil. In person I definitely favor Belladonna. Something about the little teeth just gets me that I didn't realize with just the company pictures. I'll post pictures if I get anything decent.

:(

Well, I'm frustrated. I have had to take my NotDoll girl completely apart, and the extra string they sent her with is still too short, so I will have to buy more string plus one of those things that looks like a crochet hook, and a hemostat would be helpful too. I will never unstring another doll for the rest of my life. I also emailed Notdoll for help a couple days ago but they never replied. I just want my girl all together. ;n;

Notdoll Box Opening

A little late to post, but I've been fiddling with her strings. It is a nightmare, but that can be for another post.

My assistants: Bubbles (the big one) and Pippin (the little one) help me open the box

The box is beautiful! It is giant, pink, and has a big bow tied around it.

The goodies inside:

These are like a magic eraser, and I'm glad they included them. There are pink lines where her seams are, I guess they are from when she was cast. Just a little rubbing and they came off.

The heads!  :)

Belladonna!

Ligaya!

Argeia!

I guess I didn't realize Belladonna has tiny sculpted teeth, I am so in love with them.