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nid_dabeilleI finished my Surprise Family! (Jack, Stephen, Sophie, Diana.)
Disclaimer: I did not make the bodies. I just dressed and adorned them They're just standard little wooden manikins. (Where did the spelling "manikin" come from? What happened to "mannequin"? Anyway, these are called 4 1/2" wood "manikins.") (My art supply store was having a huge going-out-of-business sale, and they were only $2.50 each! How could I resist???)
An unfortunately typical scene. (Jack underestimated his own strength.)
A more pleasant scene. Diana sans base, because with it she positively towers over Stephen, especially with her outre' hair.
ETA: As a joke, I made Stephen a temporary wig out of my cat's fur, but when I tried to photograph him wearing it, the cats became very interested. In fact, Nemo ended up carrying it off in his mouth and destroying it. I didn't mind.
For more pictures (including closeups of the fabulous wigs, and Stephen wigless and also with his messy!wig, see my photobucket album. Do it!!!
Disclaimer: I did not make the bodies. I just dressed and adorned them They're just standard little wooden manikins. (Where did the spelling "manikin" come from? What happened to "mannequin"? Anyway, these are called 4 1/2" wood "manikins.") (My art supply store was having a huge going-out-of-business sale, and they were only $2.50 each! How could I resist???)
Surprise!!!
An unfortunately typical scene. (Jack underestimated his own strength.)
A more pleasant scene. Diana sans base, because with it she positively towers over Stephen, especially with her outre' hair.
ETA: As a joke, I made Stephen a temporary wig out of my cat's fur, but when I tried to photograph him wearing it, the cats became very interested. In fact, Nemo ended up carrying it off in his mouth and destroying it. I didn't mind.
For more pictures (including closeups of the fabulous wigs, and Stephen wigless and also with his messy!wig, see my photobucket album. Do it!!!
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Date: 2007-05-24 03:22 am (UTC)*L*!!! Love the cat sequence, especially because I could so see Stephen being cheap and buying or making a wig out of cat fur - *L*!!!
Wow... they REALLY look like the characters? How in the world did you make such realistic wigs? The blonde ones are especially gorgeous. I would only make one suggestion, and that is to make or paint Stephen a vest or coat or that cool coat he wore in the Galapagos. They are GREAT!
Oh, sorry, I do have ONE more comment... so where the hell are Bonden and Killick?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2007-05-24 03:33 am (UTC)I think I remember they had "made in china" stickers. But Stephen is by a different maker (hence he's shorter and different wood). But anyway, when I look them up online in art supply catalogs etc., they're mostly all called "manikins!"
I did think of painting a vest, but it's hard to paint their round bellies, because they bend and move over them and scrape the paint off. But I bought some wood stain, so maybe I'll use that. Did you see my photobucket pics? Stephen's chest got kind of dirty with the handling, but I kind of like the dirty look for him. :D
(Gilly had a sneak preview, bwaha!)
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Date: 2007-05-24 03:37 am (UTC)Wiggy stuff. (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/graceewhite/surprise%20family/braidandfringe.jpg)
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Date: 2007-05-27 04:30 am (UTC)I tried out some wood stain, but eugh. It just isn't quite right. I kind of like the color his vest is now, beige-ish like the one in my icon, just the natural wood color (plus dirt from handling).
But I keep thinking maybe I need to do something MORE! Because of YOOOOUUUU! *frets, doubts*
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Date: 2007-05-27 05:32 am (UTC)Maybe a powder green one?
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Date: 2007-05-29 05:13 pm (UTC)"Let's get Stephen and tie him up in a pretty bow!" *G*
Ummmm... just forget about the weskit idea. He'll have to go topless.
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Date: 2007-05-29 11:03 pm (UTC)But he IS wearing a waistcoat! It just happens to be the same color as wood! It's like the one in my icon!!!!! *points emphatically*
Actually, I tried this (http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r18/graceewhite/surprise%20family/stephenbrownwaistcoat2.jpg) and showed Gilly, but she and Vilja declared it to be too fancy for him. It's really hard to find Masculine Ribbon. Everything looks girly, sigh.
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Date: 2007-05-30 04:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-30 11:36 pm (UTC)I just can't decide what to do.
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