grumble gripe grumble grrrrrrr

[lovetriangle]

Ok, if I plan to spend an evening hollowing out a head to make room for a ball of foil, and start a second head wrapped around a ball of foil, it might help if I HAD SOME FRIKKIN' FOIL IN THE HOUSE!!!!!

What a waste of an evening. I tried to make a pair of shoes but this doll has cankles so I'll need to make fabric shoes and cinch in the cankles when I attach them. I did make a semi-successful pair of hands out of sculpey. If you read the web page on the doll you know my first attempts at fabric hands resulted in fingers too small to turn and getting flipped off by my unfinished doll (no wonder I hate this thing). My mom wasn't even able to turn them and she knows how to do this stuff. She made me an extra pair of hands but they're too big.

*sigh* So, this is how I feel about this doll again and I can feel my resolve crumbling and my desire ebbing away... sorry mom.

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

That doll hand flipping the bird is freakin' hillarious! I think you should put that hand on your doll and just be done with it!

Sorry you are having so many problems though. But you did a really good job with the sculpting... is there any way you could make the hands out of clay and just stuff the arms and body?

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was SOOOO tempted just to have the ultimate Doll With Attitude, especially since it IS supposed to be the Queen of the Night, who has more attitude than any Opera character. Ever. She might flip you off before plunging in the knife... ahhh, I miss playing the old biddy. :-)

I am pretty happy with the hands and the fact that I can't work on the head has forced me to work on the clothes - much more my speed. I have grooved the wrists so I can attach them to cloth arms. I'd really be pushing my luck if I thought I could sculpt nice, elegant arms. OOOOOHHH I just remembered I have the PERFECT tiny dagger! It was an earring made by a pro swordmaker - it's sharp and everthing. Tee Hee!

Hey Jen, do you know how long to bake little hands for? LOL!

[goth-twiglet.livejournal.com]

You inspired me to have a go myself (because I have sooooo much time. not.) and I stumbled across a whole set of tutorials here: http://members.home.nl/m.spijkers/dolls.htm. I thought that I might just be able to do it.....but watching you, i'm not so sure.

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Wow, cool tutorials on hands and feet. :-)

Go on, give it a try! Whatever you come up with can't be worse than my mutant Alpine Hiker! (now, so-named because it reminds me of the alpine hiker marionettes from the Sound of Music).

[goth-twiglet.livejournal.com]

I thought a bit of thorough research couldn't hurt, but I may have made things worse!
http://www2d.biglobe.ne.jp/~dhnoah/make_00.htm
It looks awfully ambitious doesn't it?

I may just have to have a go!

[sewphisticate.livejournal.com]

That'll teach you to be crafty... I say ditch the doll and go for the puff paint!

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Because you're eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil!

*muses* hmmmmm, can I make a doll head & hands out of puff paint?

C'mon, admit it... you have a whacky Christmas sweater somewhere... You can't fool me.