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My Dream Doll - DOD Kalix mod faceup with bonus questions

PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:43 pm
by gnomie
Hi.This is my third faceup. I had a lot of fun with it. It was the first time I got to use my airbrush on a doll too. I am trying with all my artistic might to create a DOD DOI Collection Black Luke. This is a test faceup to see if I could actually do a faceup for it. So now, I'm in the process of making a transaction to get a tan limited DOI body. Once that happens, I'll modify him to where I will elongate his ears and close his mouth with apoxie. If anyone has any advice for sculpting elf ears with apoxie and not having it droop, I would love to hear about it. I have seen people use masking tape as a form. That seems like an option. But, if you have heard any other methods in getting accuracy with elf ears, well, I'm all ears.
Thanks for looking. :3
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Re: My Dream Doll - DOD Kalix mod faceup with bonus question

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:16 am
by thisstrangeforest
I really love this boy~and I Hope you find some info on the elf ears.

Re: My Dream Doll - DOD Kalix mod faceup with bonus question

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:14 am
by Lexagon
I've never done it before but maybe you could put some kind of wire or structure inside the ear so it doesn't droop?

Re: My Dream Doll - DOD Kalix mod faceup with bonus question

PostPosted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:44 pm
by maywong
Great job and I love he has elf ears.

Re: My Dream Doll - DOD Kalix mod faceup with bonus question

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:08 pm
by gnomie
Thank you for the suggestions guys! I made ear cut outs with bristol board paper and had used masking tape to place where I wanted my extended ears to be. I left a little bit of a seam to overlap apoxie. It worked out pretty slick.
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Here he is so far. He just needs a little bit more smoothing out between the apoxie and resin. He also needs the "helix" part of of the ear. And then I can paint him. WOot! I have his tan DOD body. So, when I'm done I'll post his faceup. Thanks for looking. :geek:
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Re: My Dream Doll - DOD Kalix mod faceup with bonus question

PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:36 am
by Lexagon
Those are really great ears, he looks almost spot on! I can't wait to see when he's finished.