I May Never Be An OOAK Artist. Head Swaps And Repaints!

Hey Gang!

I may never be an OOAK artist. You will never see me selling OOAK dolls
on line. I have been working on a few dolls off and on. I might not be professional
but I can change a few dolls in a manner I find more acceptable.

After repainting the eye of SIS Chandra (I don't like sideways eyes thing),
I didn't do anything other than change the bodies on my dolls for years!

I think I can do better so I might repaint her eyes again.

Then one fall day  while painting leave for diorama use, I decided after watch
a MyFroggyStuff video to repaint my ken doll!

Ryan repaint

Then I painted Jude's hair!

Jude Edwards is his name.  He need some tattoo and more piercings.  He is being
added to my Twenty-something crew.

First up is my second AA Chelsea boy!

I told you before that I was planning to paint his hair black.

Well I did paint his hair black!

The before doll.

The after doll 

Noah! He is now on an SIS Courtney body.

 Dante' and Noah

 Dante': Welcome to Johnston Noah!

Noah: I glad to be here!

Ricky Repaint!

I saw this picture of Ricky dolls!

Picture by Arnaldo Cardona-Rivera2003

So I also repainted a Ricky doll with Black hair. I wasn't sure if I wanted

to paint him with black hair on blonde hair.  I had saw a picture online of \

Ricky done both ways but I opted for black.  I may do a blonde doll later.

So here is Ricky before.

Here is rick, now Zachery, after!

 Zachery: Glad to meet you all!  I glad to be here too!

Rebodied Dolls

I have had Generation Girl Blaine and Derek for a very long time. Since even before 

I started blogging.  They haven't got much blog time because of their body and the 

gift giving arms. I have sold their bodies and kept their heads waiting for a new 

body. So you won't get a before photo.

Rocker Derek has a older darker complexions so I knew I need that complexion in an

articulated body.

 Blaine need a paler articulated body.

Fashionista Ken 2018 Cactus Cooler.

Now some dolls you want to redo and other dolls you kinda have to!  When
I found this doll in the stores, all seem to have the same problem with the hair line!

As you can see the hairline is not like it looks in the promos! Everyone I have seen
doesn't have a clean hairline.

So I knew I needed to clean it up but then I decided to do something different.
I knew that anyone who had a shaved bun the shaved would not look so solid.

It isn't the best job.  As I figure out how to do this better, he might get redone.

I also closed his mouth.  I didn't realize the nail polish had sparkles, so this might get
redone too!  Then he was rebodied onto an articulated body.

He is on a Disney Descendants Ben body.

He likes his new body.

Norio Nakashima

 Norio: Glad to be here! 

Steven need to be articulated for stories and dioramas! I got the idea for how

 to do this from Hey, It's Muff.  

Here he is on his new body!

 Steven: I am really looking forward to more stories now!

OK, Thanks For Looking!

Fashionista Ken #3 Styling Stripes! Hispanic Ken?

Hey Gang,

When I first saw Fashionista Ken #3, Stylin Stripes, I wasn't
very impressed. I saw the stock photo and wondered why
Would anyone purchase him?

The close didn't seem like much and I have seen better versions
of the Ryan headsculpt. In case you were not aware, Ryan was the beginning of the Fashionista Ken dolls not being fully
articulated. He had articulated arms but not legs!

Close up!

It was down hill for Fashionistas from there!
I have purchased two Ryan's. That one and this one.

The first one I sold. This one kept. There is something sad in the look of Ryan..... oh I'm getting off topic!

I saw Fashionista #3 on Facebook. They are calling him Derek?
And he doesn't look like the stock photo!!

Besides calling him Derek, they are calling him hipster and they are calling him Hispanic!
Comparison photos I was sent by Donald Michael Marshall.
Thanks Donald!

Mattel never said anything about a Hispanic Ken! Does this make him the first Hispanic Ken and will Hispanic Ken be call Derek from here on?

Now guess what I saw when I went to Walmart for some potting s.... you guessed it! Fashionista Ken #3! He was the only #3 they had too!

Close up!

I was surprised to find out that he is darker than the new AA Fashionista Ken!

I was able to rebodying the AA Fashionista Ken on to
a White Fashionista body. It won't work for this guy!

 I will need to find something special for him!

So now that I got him, should we have a fashion show?

Next time!

OK, Thanks For Looking!

Another Defa Lucy Male

There was another set of dolls by Defa Lucy at the store. Both female dolls were the same but with a little different face paint. The male dolls were different. Here is the back of the box.

I bought the ethnic male this time too. Here he is out of the box.

He has the Ken "gift giving" arms. The clothes are not any thing special but you can always use a coat and hat.

Out of the hat he doesn't look too bad.

Here is a close up on the face. He look a little familiar! His eyebrow should be black. They are red like the the other male. They don't match his hair. I will have to fix that.

He wears a black sleeveless shirt and white pants with blue stitching and black Ken style loafer.

I think he is a Derek knock off.