I got a doll today at a thrift store to practice face painting on!!! Here she is:
The other dolls I found were either Barbie's, Bratz, or creepy non-brand names with ultra thin plastic for a body. I wanted doll with joints at the shoulders, legs, elbows, and knees minimum. This one has all those joints plus wrists, ankles, and her waist. The waist joint is sort of loose. I pulled her head off before I thought to take a few posing pics, so these are all headless. (Sorry, the head was herd enough to get off. Didn't want to put it back on, snap pics, then pull it off again) I didn't go all out posing her, just did whatever came to mind. Her knees are double jointed, but unless she sits with her legs wide apart, the leg joints will only come up to make a 90° with her torso.
So this doll has similarities and differences fro BJDs. I thought I'd list them:
Similarities:
Ball joints
Similar to human flexibility
Wig
Eyes are not part of the head mold
Differences:
More restricted movement
Wig uses peg to attach
Skull doesn't have opening
The doll is plastic
Panties are part of body mold
Those are the main ones. I shined a light in her head through the wig peg hole and looked up through her neck and found that her eyes look a little like these ones:
Similarities:
Ball joints
Similar to human flexibility
Wig
Eyes are not part of the head mold
Differences:
More restricted movement
Wig uses peg to attach
Skull doesn't have opening
The doll is plastic
Panties are part of body mold
Those are the main ones. I shined a light in her head through the wig peg hole and looked up through her neck and found that her eyes look a little like these ones:
My major problem is that I want to remove the eyes before doing the face up. I don't know what to do, anyone have any ideas? Is it a good idea to remove part of the skull like some BJDs have? The wig would cover the seam... I honestly am unsure of what to do now. The eyes are fastened with some sort of glue, which is strong enough that when I tried to poke the eye in it didn't fall out.
Can anyone identify this doll? I want to see if anyone online has a good tutorial for this sort of thing! Any help is appreciated :)
Also, I want to do her body. Should I go natural or add tattoos and stuff?
Also, I want to do her body. Should I go natural or add tattoos and stuff?