Well, it's gonna be a while before she even gets in my hands, and I'm not going to start working on anything that fitted until I have my model in person. But here's the base wig/eyes/outfit she's shipping with -- it's doll-cosplay as Odile (http://img.iplehouse.com/co_img006/iplehouse/etc/swan_cocori_dt1.jpg), the black swan from Swan Lake:
But I'm also getting a spare head with a wider-eyed expression that's probably the main one I'll use for Kat:
I'll need to get a straight wig to braid and do loopies with, but I like the texture of the one she's coming with for when her hair is loose, so I'm going to wait and see what it looks like in person before I decide if I want to stick with that more reddish-brown or go for a darker shade...
Isn't she gorgeous? It's hard to find resin dolls with darker skin colors, apparently the more pigment (be it natural or unnatural shades) they put into the mix, the harder it is to get them to come out evenly, so a lot of companies don't offer much beyond a pretty weak "suntan" shade (and they all charge extra for their trouble, natch). I'd never really jonesed for a doll until someone on my flist mentioned her own Iple doll about a year and a half ago, and I idly wandered over to their site. I was really impressed by their more realistic sculpts and lovely range of skin tones, and when I saw this girl I damn near fainted at seeing such a perfect AU ballerina!Katara.
I can't see myself getting a whole doll just for resale, even the basic versions that aren't part of a limited edition are still pricey, and bulky and fragile enough to be a pain to ship -- it'd be simpler and cheaper to mail just the outfit alone if folks are interested in commissions when I'm done. (She's almost two feet tall! Although that size is part of the appeal, the tiny pattern pieces won't be as annoyingly fiddly to work compared to doing Barbie-size clothes, which was my original idea for DIY Avatar dolls. Plus she's way more posable so you can set her up like an action figure for bending scenes!)
And I'm such a geek, I even got a braided wig so I can do an Egyptian cosplay of my girl Mara to go with that lovely brown skin and big blue eyes of hers, too...oh, my head's spinning with the fun crafty dress-up plans I have for this girl. XD
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But I'm also getting a spare head with a wider-eyed expression that's probably the main one I'll use for Kat:
I'll need to get a straight wig to braid and do loopies with, but I like the texture of the one she's coming with for when her hair is loose, so I'm going to wait and see what it looks like in person before I decide if I want to stick with that more reddish-brown or go for a darker shade...
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Oh my god that is going to look so very, very incredible. You should make an extra and sell it on ebay for insane amounts of money.
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I can't see myself getting a whole doll just for resale, even the basic versions that aren't part of a limited edition are still pricey, and bulky and fragile enough to be a pain to ship -- it'd be simpler and cheaper to mail just the outfit alone if folks are interested in commissions when I'm done. (She's almost two feet tall! Although that size is part of the appeal, the tiny pattern pieces won't be as annoyingly fiddly to work compared to doing Barbie-size clothes, which was my original idea for DIY Avatar dolls. Plus she's way more posable so you can set her up like an action figure for bending scenes!)
And I'm such a geek, I even got a braided wig so I can do an Egyptian cosplay of my girl Mara to go with that lovely brown skin and big blue eyes of hers, too...oh, my head's spinning with the fun crafty dress-up plans I have for this girl. XD
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(And just you wait until I find a red/burgundy wig in the right length and texture to make her into a girl Gojyo, too!)
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