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Activa's
LI-QUA-CHÉ "A Doll Makers' Dream Come True" |
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If you’ve never cleaned a doll before, start with the top of the
legs. (If you make a mistake, by starting at the top of the legs rather than the face
you leave yourself a relatively easy area to disguise.) Use your tool to scrape
down the seam line on each side. I drag my scalpel down the line several times rather than
trying to cut the line off. Cutting makes too many nicks and gouges. Then as the seam line
begins to get smooth I ease up on the pressure I’m exerting and still dragging the
blade downward use it more to blend and smooth. Then carefully cut away seam lines between
toes and smooth lightly with a damp (not wet) brush. Use a damp brush to smooth any nicks
or bumps. I also use my slightly damp finger to polish away marks. Do arms the same way
and carefully cut around fingers to get rid of excess lines and use a damp brush to smooth
and refine. Go from legs to arms to head and by the time you get to the head you’ll have enough practice to do a really nice job on the face. Eyes can be painted or set in. If you intend to set in eyes, you’ll need to cut the eye sockets open and cut out the top or back of the head so you can reach in to set the eyes. |
Scrape a fine line all
around the eye where you want it cut out. Do this several times until you have scored it.
Next, carefully make tiny slits with your tool parallel to the upper and lower lids. Make
many tiny cuts rather than trying to slice as you go. Slicing will tear and leave raggedy
edges that are horrid to clean and get smooth. After you’ve cut all the way around,
more like perforating, go back with the tip of the tool and finish the cuts rather than
trying to cut all at once. This will prevent the edge of the eye from becoming fractured.
Now take your wet shader brush and smooth the rim of the eyelids until they look right to
you. To set in the eyes, take one of the eyeballs and reaching in through the back of the head, place the eye in the opening. Check to see how snugly it fits in the socket. Pull eye back slightly from the socket and with a wet brush, ’paint’ water on the front of the eyeball through the eye hole. Then fit eyeball back into socket and rotate eyeball until you have a snug fit. Do this for both eyes. You may set the eyes with LI-QUA-CHÉ by painting LI-QUA-CHÉ all around the inside rim and holding the eye in place for a minute. Repeat with the other eye. Clean any external residue from eyes and shape or smooth lids with a damp, not dripping brush and let dry for ten minutes. Then with a loaded brush or an eyedropper, drip or brush extra LI-QUA-CHÉ all around the eyes inside the head. Let dry. Go to Next Page |
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