Hello, beefriends! Today I am finally sharing with you my third God Doll, of Lugh Lamfada! :)
I mentioned before that I was painting his hair to make it the right color. I did that with oil pastels and turpenoid (turpentine substitute). I used up almost two sticks of red and one of brown, and pretty much destroyed a paint brush, but it was so worth it! :)
It took some time, doing one clip at a time and letting it dry in between! But I like how it turned out. :)
I knit the body and sleeves of his sweater on knitting looms, and then made his hood on straights, and bordered it with a crochet hook. His pants are the same fabric as I used to make Morrigan's skirt. And his face, of course, is embroidered. :)
hood up
Now he hangs out with Nuada and Morrigan. :D
I did make him a necklace after this photo shoot, and I was waiting to make this post until after I had made him shoes, but he said he didn't want shoes (Nuada has shoes but doesn't keep them on, so they agree). So one must listen to the Gods! :)
In related news, I totally bought the two doll bodies that match the ones I have that I could find online when I had stimulus money, so now I have four doll bodies to make more dolls with. I still need to make a darker one for Dian Cecht as I couldn't find any in brown, but I'm glad I was able to snag more doll bodies when I could!
Happy needleworking, everyone, and thanks for reading!
I love the life you bring to your characters and that you listen to the Gods. The hair painting thing, is a great idea, I had not thought of it, although it is laborious, I think it is excellent to get the desired hair color, I will surely be painting the hair on a doll I make, I'll take this tips.
Thanks for sharing, I love what you share with us.
I will say that I did it with oil pastels and oil pastels do not ever fully "set," even if you use a fixer spray. So sewing them into his head left a lot of red pastel dust on his face, lol. I may experiment with different painting methods in future! Perhaps watercolors?
Glad you finally finished! They look cosy together.
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Thank you! They do, especially when the kitties snuggle them (which they totally do). :)
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Love love love the hair! The faded pink and white is perfect (but honstly I did not want to smell the turpentine :-DDD) And the dolls come together wonderfully, I could imagine them coming alive when you look a second away.
I used a turpentine substitute, so it didn't have a smell; what you smell actually is the oil pastels! I first tried airing out the hairs in an open window, then I tried putting them in the freezer, then eventually I sealed them in a plastic bag with baking soda to absorb the smell. You can still smell a little when you put your nose up to his head, but it's not as strong as it was. 😂 Thankfully oil pastel isn't a bad smell, it was just very strong at first!
And I totally made my first video with the dolls. :D I have plans for making more of them as I make more dolls, so now that I have three done I am experimenting now. I did it simply for the first one, photos and captions and music, but I want to try stop-motion and regular video too!
I made an account - @faeriestories - where I will be posting videos that I make with the dolls. :D
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I seldom use oil pastels, but I remember the last time I opened the box I thought they were rancid. What a smell 🤢 I never used them afterwards. So, I have no experience with how clingy this smell is, but your attempets to kill the smell bode ill (promise nothing good? English is still complicated for me :-D)
And yeeees to the video, will hop there immedeatly, I am so excited <3
EDIT: did you see thatthere is ocd contest for the needlework community? I think your post is perfect for the topic (express yourself thorough needlework)
here is the link
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@ocd/ocd-community-boost-contest-7-highlighting-needleworkmonday
If you don't like the smell of oil pastels, I would definitely try something else! I was thinking if I experiment doing this kind of thing again in future I might try watercolors.
Bode ill is correct, yes! <3
I didn't put the video up on that account yet, I will do soon, perhaps today or tomorrow. :) Thank you for checking it out!
And thanks for the link, I didn't see that one!
Hello again! I have posted the video now on this account! :)
Perfect, I will jump there and have a look. Thank you for telling me <3
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