Surprise!

[nid_dabeille]

I 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???)

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!!!

Comments

[latin-cat.livejournal.com]

The wigs are fantastic! I admire your skill and patience. :) What kind of paint did you use on the manikins? (And your cats are adorable. Hee, tephen and his animals...)

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks! I used acrylic paints, some just artist acrylics, some house paint, some that were meant for painting on glass, I think... Quite a variety, but all acrylics. Oh, and some permanent marker, actually. It was hard to paint all the moving parts and have them still move nicely without scraping the paint or getting jammed.

Kitties!!