The Doll Forum

They usually have the styrofoam heads at beauty supply shops for under $10.

Hobby Lobby carries various sizes and shapes of styrofoam balls. Other hobby supply stores may carry them as well. What about partially inflated vinyl beach balls? You could get a custom fit with those.

The above should read "instead of etching" rather than "in addition to etching".

Haven't had my coffee yet.

I meant to state that the skeleton needs to be made of a material that conducts electricity in order to be used as a chassis ground. Also, in addition to etching a circuit board type conduit on the skeleton, you could run leads the length of the skeleton with contact points to connect the electronic...

I appreciate everyone's thoughts and suggestions! I've done some more research and experimentation; here are a few things I've learned since I first posted: * There are many different formulations of silicone. I knew there were several; I had no idea there was such an overwhelming number. I've rece...

Gearhead wrote:Nice job!

The cat eyes are very cool. I'd like to see how they look on a fairy or elf doll.

They also would go well with the "vampire" doll, esp red cat's eyes.

If I could make a suggestion to the back support. I read the earlier posts where the doll will tend to swing on the caster-mounted platform. One solution would be to put a belt loop on the back support and use a nice accessory belt as a restraint. To the viewer, it would look like an ordinary access...

Cool...Now cover the base with faux grass,paint the pipe brown or green and wrap realistic faux ivy around the pipe to the top and add a few flowers here and there. To bad they don't make invisible paint; it would make her appear to stand unaided. I applaud your design; it equalizes the load distri...