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  :

(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.