Practicing on Limona!

I had to keep repeating the mantra in my head: “She’s just a practice doll, She’s just a practice doll…”. Okay, so Limona didn’t turn out EXACTLY how I wanted. But, I still love her of course!

Limona is a Basaak doll, so just like Story’s Amber, everything was a little bit of a struggle.

Right off the bat, with the slip of a wrist, I put the Dremel bit right through the plastic when trying to create a nostril. Just like that, there was a big hole in her face. I did my best to try and make a second hole that matched. The results… Not too pleasing. But, it is what it is! She survived.

The tools I used were so rough on her plastic. Scratches galore. Everything is uneven. Ugh…. She’s just a practice doll, she’s just a practice doll.

After working on her though, I did order some new carving and sanding tools for my next girl. Hopefully that will help in the learning process.

I also managed to mess up some eye chips. I tried reusing one set from another doll, and completely ruined them. Then for one set, as Story did with Amber, I colored and punched out a piece from a coloring book. They looked really cute at first, but as I explained in Amber’s blog post, the glue pulled the color out of them. Then they looked horrible! 😂. I do like her “fantasy eye chips” that I hand painted for her.

Little explanation first: Her name “Limona” is Slovenian for “Lemon”. She is my citrus girl with orange and yellow hues and NO… I’m not saying she is a “Lemon” because she is defective. Lol.

But my absolute favorite eyes of hers are a pair that I printed and glued to the chips. So vibrant! I also LOVE her full and lush eyelashes that I gave her.

The only reason I gave her freckles was to try and cover some of her imperfections, but they turned out cute. I used pastels to change her skin tone a little and add some slight makeup. A watercolor pencil for the freckles and some defining lines around the nose and inside the lips. And pastels on her eyelids, with a little heart made using acrylic paint.