Perseus: Caught in the Light

 

 

After a hiatus from the hobby for about a year, it seems Perseus is the doll to draw me back in again.  His new face-up has inspired me to take photos of him; it feels like I've fallen in love with him all over again. Like the rest of my little resin tribe, he is now an example of the best of my work after 7 years of pracice, rather than being one of my first.

Perseus Renewed

I've owned Perseus for 6 years now - it was his anniversary last month - and had never updated his face-up since I first did it back in April 2006. As I had to redo Marius' face-up anyway (I had him in my arms when I had a seizure in the street a couple of months ago and his nose got chipped, neccessitating some careful sanding and reshaping), I figured I might as well redo Perseus.

I'd been putting it off as, whilst my face-up skills are far superior these days, I was still nervous of wiping his old, familiar and very much loved face and not being able to make him Perseus. But whilst the new look isn't quite the same, it's undoubtedly him, thankfully!

Satin reshelled: CP Elf Chiwoo

And here he is: Satin reshelled, this time as an Elf Chiwoo. :-)

Face-up progress shots: CP Elf Chiwoo

The blank Cerberus Project Elf Chiwoo head that arrived this afternoon.


Basic initial blushing.


Defining eyelashes and eyebrows with watercolour pencils.


Further definition with acrylic paints.


Finished face-up, complete with eyelashes and eyes.

Just Because.

A new cobweb mesh top, a new silver Capricorn pendant, and a manicure. Click pics for larger versions.











Couldn't decide whether to paint his nails red or black - so went with both. :-)

A fresh look at Neph

Gabrielle isn't the only one who got the beauty-spa treatment today; Neph finally got a new face-up. He was my first resin BJD over 4 years ago, and the only one who had a company default face-up. The face-up has faded and chipped slightly over the years, so I decided it was time to redo him. I still wanted him to look like Neph though, so I kept pretty close to his original look.

But what I had never realised, is that the Dream Of Doll Hoo actually has teeth! I'd never seen a close-up of a Hoo's mouth with the teeth showing, and in the default face-up they're just airbrushed over - so if I hadn't wiped his default face-up, I would probably never have known!

Anyway, I picked out Neph's teeth delicately with white acrylic, so now if you look at just the right angle, you can see them. :-)








Look! TEETH!


Ickle teeth!

Gabrielle's new face-up

It's like having a whole new doll. :-)

Who guards whom?

Luspira and her guardian, Satin.
Or should that be the other way around?

Satin: BW CP Nanuri 07

So, it was time for Satin - Luspira's blind guardian - to get his mods and face-up today, in addintion to Galhaia's new face-up!

Eyes opened a little wider using Dremel and fine sandpaper.

Basic yebrow shape blocked in with Inscribe pastel using a sponge applicator; basic lip blushing added with a round filbert brush. You can see his little fangs very clearly here. :-)

Eyebrows shaped using watercolour pencil; liplines added in pale pink watercolour pencil. Light blushing round eyes, nose and on lips using Inscribe chalk pastels.

Lower eyelashes and eyeliner defined with watercolour pencil; further blushing round eyes and on lips with I Kan Dee iridescent chalk pastels.

White watercolour pencil gives further definition to eyebrows and is used to add lighter liplines.

The fangs are picked out with white acrylic paint, and Windsor & Newton Iridescent Medium applied to top eyelids before a coat of gloss varnish is applied to eyelids and lips.

Light brown eyelashes complete the face-up.

So here he is complete, with 16mm glass "blind" olive eyes and a Monique wig in platinum blonde - that won't be his default wig and eys however, as I have a Monique joJo wig in Strawberry Blonde and Auburn on the way, and eventually he will have 17mm Masterpiece Eclipses. I will be ordering his Fantasy Doll body in a couple of weeks' time.

Galhaia: Updating her look

Galhaia has had the same look since I first got her over two years ago, and her face-up was starting to get a little chipped in places - so it was time for a complete new look!

Basic eyebrow shape blocked in with Inscribe chalk pastels using a sponge applicator; pastl blushing on lips and lip lines added in dark red Graphitint pencil. Sealed with Testor's Dullcote between each stage.

Definition added to eyebrows with watercolour pencil; further light blushing around eyes with pink and purple pastel. Further lip lines added with watercolour pencil.

Further shaping with darker watercolour pencils; eyes lined with watercolour pencil and lower lashes drawn on.

White watercolour pencil on eyebrows and lower lashes to add further definition. Beauty spot added with dark brown watercolour pencil. Fine white liplines added with watercolour pencil.

Windsor & Newton Iridescent Medium applied to lips and top eyelids; lips and eyelids glossed.

And here's the finished result!