On The Craft Table! Head Swaps!

 Hey Gang!

I''ve finished my first projects from the craft table and am moving on to more projects.  Stating with a few more head swaps.

AA Fashionista Ken #130

AA Fashionista Ken #130 who looks similar to AA Fashionista Ken Classic Cool. 

Where there are a few articulated bodies out ther close to Classic Cool's complexion there aren't any bodies by Mattel that are articulated close to #130 complexion. So I had to order a IT 1.0 Nubian skin tone articulated body for him.

I saw a few post on FB that they rebodied Fashionista Ken #130  with the Nubian body and it seemed to be a good match.  Once I got the body, I cand see that it is.  

He is taller but the body really works. I used differnt pants because loner legs need longer shorts.

Close up! He makes a great college age guy.

I found a Ginny Weasley for $9.99 nude! What I wanted was the head and not the girl Harry Potter doll body, so that worked.

Harry Potter girl doll body. I nver new why they used that body and not a body that they already had in production.

Ginny is anothe canidate for a Clara 4 Realms body! Here she is on that body. I think she looks better and can interact with Skipper size dolls without looking wierd. She might get a new hairstyle.

It time to work on at least one of the heads that I got from AliExpress!

I found a Disney male body in a box of dolls at a flea market. The owner gave a good price because she couldn't find the head.

It isn't the best match but it will do. I am thinking about changing the eyebrow and the scruf on the chin.

I also found a older Skipper Babysitters Inc. doll in that box.

I think she is this one.

She is not the right tone for a Clara Four Realms body. I rebodied her on a Creable World Asian doll body.  The Creable World body give her articulation.

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Fences! On The Craft Table!

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One of the things that can be used in a outdoor diorama is a fence.  It can add a lot of detail and can be used to add distance in a scene. 

This fence is one I purchased from Byers' Choice LTD. It is a nice fence. 

I used it like this! See it behind the doll in this photo.

You can makes some nice fencing for a lot less than I paid for this fence. ($38.00)

One thing that makes a great fence is edging from the Dollar Tree or Dollar General!

One thing that you are looking for is scale! 

Before!

This might mean bringing your doll along for measurement..  This is a good scale if the stakes are shorten. 

After!

It looks like a wrought iron fence for a very fance location.

The same can be said for the color plastic edgilng. 

Before!

After!

Before!

After!

Here is how I used it!

It was used in the background for the vechile scene for the Farm Show! 

I need to continue that dio!

You can also use wrapping paper or contact and printed brick paper to make a fence/wall too.

By attaching it to cardboard it can become a fence or wall like this! 

Or this! Brick print with a edge

Now, I found this fence at the thrift store! It is anothe place that you can overlook for diorama fences.

Last but not least, find some sticks and glue them together to make a fence.

That I used here.

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On The Craft Table! Craft Table Month!

 Hey Gang!

The craft table is where I prep for dioramas. I think about what I need to flesh them out and hope to make what I don't have to do it. I realized that I have a lot of projects! So I needed a Craft Table Month.

On the craft table first is a few quick fixes!

I have these sombreros for Walmart. 

I used them for Carlos and his brothers in their mariachi band. 

                                      

Nice and cheap enough at about $1.00 for 4 hats but the trouble is the print is only on one side!

So I purchase a second set of hats hoping to give them a better look by duplicating the print on the underside.  Inside the crown of the hat I want to be black. I thought about painting it but the cardboard minght warp. Felt might change the size of the hat.  I am hoping to glue black paper inside the crown and then glue the same pattern brim to the underside of the hat.

I remove the brim from the dup.

I need to line up the holes from the elastic so that I can restring it later.

Once I put in the black paper for the brim, I will then glue the second brim into place.

The finished hat!

When I purchased new outfits for KiKi, I realized dthat she needed necklaces to go along with this outftis.

I made this necklaces to go along with her outfits but they can be used for other dolls too.

My beads

Turquoise necklace

Garnet necklace

The red works well with the outfit.

June and Nakoma in the necklaces!

Next up is a  few head swaps!

First up for a head swap is BTS RM (Kim)

He is the tallest member of the group but all the dolls are the same hight so I wanted to go for a taller body for RM..  

I got a taller body from AliExpress. The body has a smaller neck than Ken dolls and work well for pale dolls with small necks like BTS. This is Kim! He is an artist and love painting walls in his graffiti style.

I redressed him out of the suit into this casual outfit.

The difference in the height of the bodies.

I like this body's hands better too.

I have two V dolls. The original wiht pink and blonde hair which I've kept on the original body.

and this Prestige Doll one with all pink hair.

Closeup.

I love him with the one tone hair.

 I put on a BRM Man Bun Ken body.

I admit I have stuggled with the colored hair of the BTS dolls and how to style them. I watched a few of their videos and I think I'm getting the hang of it. I'm sure they paid good money to be styled and I should take advantage of the styles that they used.

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