Character:
Lina Inverse, of Slayers fame.
Construction:
I decided to do Lina because I spotted this doll:
and I thought, look at those huge 'anime' eyes on Ariel. Ariel is from the Shimmer Princess line, as is the Mulan I used here.
She has an entirely new hand-made costume. Her accents which are not cloth are Kneadatite. All costume pieces are removable except the earrings, headband (sewn to her head), and the gloves (painted to her hands). This includes 3 optional gem pieces, so she can be displayed as she appeared at the beginning or the end of Slayers Next.
The gems are just rhinestones set in Kneadatite. Her boots are Kneadatite on top of a pair of high Barbie boots that used to have flowers on the sides.
Her eyes, lips, and eyebrows are recolored, and I removed the ugly glitter eyeshadow she used to have. I also removed the ends of her eyelashes, which makes her look a little more excited and awake. I'm very pleased with the final effect. Completed Dec 2008
Construction:
A deceptively simple project, I took a Sleeping Beauty Ornament from the Disney Store, removed the ugly Mickey Mouse head she was holding, removed all the glitter with acetone, and repainted her dress in blue. There are, unfortunately, still pink spots behind where Phillip's legs are closest to her dress, but mortal paintbrushes can only do so much. Done as a gift.
Before:
Completed Dec 2008
Character:
Maleficent, probably the most awesome Disney villain ever. Famous for invoking "All the powers of Hell", which they tried to drown out with sound effects when rebroadcasting that clip on the Disney Channel. From Sleeping Beauty, as if you didn't know.
Construction:
Maleficent started out as a Mulan Shimmer Princess doll.
I constructed her a new outfit from scratch, and molded her headdress out of Kneadatite. The headdress is removable, and she does have hair underneath, although I had to thin and shorten Mulan's thick tresses for this to work.
The green skin tone was actually created with a new technique: I colored on a wad of paper towel with a Sharpie, blotted the ink on a piece on paper and blended the color gently into her skin. I then painted on new eyes, lips and fingernails.
Her ring is Kneadatite, and her staff Kneadatite, a skewer, and a handle taken off a wand from another doll.
I painted Mulan's original shoes black, and finished her off with a gift box, covering the Princess logos and art with a screenshot from the internet (behind the doll) and a color copy of the front of the DVD.
Created as a gift. Completed Dec 2008
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