Since C asked in the previous post, I managed to snap a few quick shots of what Isha currently looks like (bodiless, paint-less, and semi bald). As usual click on the image for a bigger version.
In the process of taking the photos they’ve revealed that her original paintjob has left staining in her vinyl. xD
That is a bummer, although without the flash on her it is difficult to see the stains. It sucks for me because I like to paint eyebrows on my own, and often, I find that the eyebrows declare the character/personality of the doll. I’m not sure exactly what I’ll do about this….
Possibilities:
- try to paint her eyebrows over the old ones. (cop-out & unacceptable to me)
- give her eyeshadow à la the 80′s (you remember the big eyeshadow days, right?) Make the eyeshadow cover any original eyebrow.
- paint her eyebrows in my usual method and hope to skintone match where the originals show. Or Paint the eyebrows where I want and try to shade the areas where the originals are.
- Or…as a last resort: sculpt in a few ridges and give her some sort of Klingon name. That’d work well with the bald spot, and the brows wouldn’t be an issue once they got a couple of layers of flocking
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(The above are examples of Klingons from the Star Trek franchise)
I’d lean toward the Klingon Solution except that:
- I don’t have a single ST character/doll/action figure. She’d be lonely.
- Isha’s FR body is way too spindly to be beefy enough to be a Klingon chick.
- I doubt that Isha as a Klingon would blend in very well to the City of Quinlan where…eventually…she’ll be a businesswoman. *sigh* It seemed like a good idea!
As you can see, from the get-go Isha is proving to be problematic.
Perhaps that’s a good thing though. She’ll keep me busy at a time (now) when I am having a difficult time concentrating or working on anything.
