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...Madness in Miniature

Project TS359-B

Browsing around at work again, I came across a range of baby dolls called 'Lots to Love Babies'. These are rather chubby and fairly life-like baby dolls which were just screaming out for some attention... hehehe...

They come in two different sizes: one was more or less life-size, but was $40, so I went for the smaller size, which is about two-thirds the size of a normal-ish baby. It looked rather like this:

The first step is to get it to a state where it can be worked on.

Feeling like a bit of a bully, I ruthlessly ripped off the doll's limbs and head. Being made of a nice squishy latex rubber, they came off fairly easily... except for the right leg, which I had to wrestle with for a couple of minutes.

Now: To work! (Insert thunder and maniacal laugh here)

The arms seemed like a good place to start. I began by trimming off the rim around the plug that connects to the shoulder, so that the arms will just slide back in to place when I'm finished. They will be glued in place, so the rims aren't necessary, and would just make it difficult to get the doll back together without ripping off putty.

I then inserted pins into various spots: both elbows, the left fingernails, the top knuckles on the right hand, and a couple of points up the arms. These protrude around 3 to 5mm from the 'skin', and will serve as anchors for the putty.

I also carved a hollow into the plump part of the right upper arm, and shaved away some of the flesh around the wrist. Finally, I cut wedges into the second knuckles of the right hand, which is conveniently curled into a half-fist. These will also be filled with putty, eventually.

Over the pins in the fingers, I started adding caps of Green Stuff to make talons. I did the sae thing on the elbow pins, although these will take several layers before they form the right shape. Small balls of Green Stuff were also pushed into the wedges in the knuckles, and smoothed down with a sculpting tool.

The hollows in the fleshy areas were filled in with a thin layer of Green Stuff, with striations added with the pointy end of a sculpting tool. I then cut small pieces of thin plastic tubing, which were fitted over the pins in the arms, jutting out at an angle...

While the Green Stuff was setting on the arms, I went to work on the legs.

Once again, I removed the rims around the joints. I then sliced the toes off the right foot, and smoothed the front of the foot down flat. The resulting gap will be filled with Green Stuff. I also sliced out a large shallow section of the shin.

On the left foot, I attached the big toe from the right foot to the heel with superglue, and then inserted pins through the nails, as I did for the left hand. Pins were also inserted into the outside of both thighs, protruding at an angle.

More to come soon.

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