Sexy GILF and Spacecraft!

All reroots are best handled by people other than me. Reroots, like sewing are tasks that are more fun to plan and procrastinate over than to do. This one in particular. I wanted Mama Fear to have a mix of black and silver hair and I just knew I wasn't capable of making that look pretty.

So I sent her off to Cat at A Doll Affinity. Have you been to her blog? She does the best photostory videos. And her rerooting service is a bargain! Cat did an amazing job! In fact, I have to rethink Mama Fear. She's just so pretty. The Hubs calls her a MILF. I guess GILF is more like it. 

I hate that I have to cut this hair to give her a proper bun, which she will have forever. Maybe I'll take my time, maybe do a back story or something...(by the way, I'm the one who jacked up her thatched part because I was playing with it too much trying to figure out her bun).

Also, excuse the crazy eyes. I dabbed a little liquid liner to see if I could even out the light reflection in her eyes without doing a big repaint.

No matter what angle you work her hair, there are some awesome streaks that show.

She's sitting on a shelf at home right now. I've made her a bed and I'm working on making a little Buddhist altar. I hate to break it to one of my dolls but they're going to have to find somewhere new to live.  I'm looking at you Momoko.   You don't want to cross Mama Fear.

Oh so I finally found a good handle for the human spine cane but the cane itself is looking a bit bulky. She seems more like the type to use an elegant little cane. Maybe that will be her 'hanging around the house' cane that she uses to intimidate her family. The outside cane will be something like skinny bamboo so she could easily whip you if you look at her funny.

Work on my spaceship is going really well. Okay it WAS going well. Actually I'm really proud of it. There is freedom in doing something of this nature. You can just say, "But that's what it's LIKE on her planet!"

And to be this close to finishing a project? It's a great feeling. Airplane, you are next!

I did a lot more since these pics, but this will give you an idea of where I'm heading.

That silver gray foam in the middle is gone now. 

 Sigh, this is where I messed up. I was supposed to use only items around the house, so I used corrugated cardboard. Seemed okay at first. Then I went ahead and bought posterboard to cover it, rather than contact paper which would show the little stripes in the cardboard.

Then I covered the posterboard in contact paper. Yeesh. It ended up being so stiff, when I tried to curve it around again, it buckled and bubbled. Ugh. I'll be trying it again tonight with just poster board. Maybe contact paper too, I dunno.

That black cup thingy is from a pool table that my landlord had. (I love when old landlords leave junk in the house. Not being sarcastic either!)

But I think it takes up all the space in the top area of the rocket ship, so instead we found another use for it. I hesitate to give more info. I've had more original ideas for this thing than for any doll work in the last couple of years! I credit the Hubs too. He's a nerd so any spaceship/alien question I have, I can pull from this reservoir of geeky info.  No offense, geeks are awesome.  I can't wait to show it to you. Well at least the major progress. I'm sure I'll still be collecting wires and doodads for a long time..

 Okay folks, that's all for now!

Smooches,
dani