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Corpse Bride Dolls Finished

admin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:40:57 +0000

The Corpse Bride Dolls are complete

	Their stand is created using one of my large bases. It has been painted black and then the basic form of the bridge is bulked up using tinfoil and masking tape, and then covered in a layer of clay onto which the cobblestones where sculptured into.After a bake the cobblestones where painted up to complete the look.
	The base was then finished with an image of the moon surrounded by a multitude of vines to match the image on the DVD cover. And the rods were added to support the dolls.The whole piece has been designed to come apart for shipment.

That completes these two dolls, and I am extremely happy with how they came out. They are available for purchase from our shop. See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor.

Victor gets his threads

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:35:15 +0000

Victor gets his threads

	Victor’s jacket is made up from layers. First layer is his white shirt which can be seen under his vest, and the white colar around his neck.
	Next comes his tie, which is made from a grey silky ribbon. It has been tied just like a real tie! Then comes his vest, followed by the arms of his jacket.

	His pants are cut to pattern and the seams sealed with Modge Podge to stop them fraying. The back is applied frist, and then the front ensuring the seams are carefully pressed down.
	To tidy everything up Victor’s jacket is lined with 3mm silk ribbon and his buttons are added. The back of his jacket is tailored in and decorated with more buttons.

See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor, and see our next post for more updates on these two

Emily is finished

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:26:40 +0000

Emily is completed

	The skirt part of Emily’s dress is cut to shape. Since her dress is meant to have a frayed jagged edge look, and beacuse of this her dress cannot be hemmed. So after cutting the jagged parts the edge is lined with Modge Podge to stop it from fraying. The blue decoration was added after. The dress was then lightly glued to her waist ready for the top part of the dress to be added.
	The top part of her dress was made from mulberry paper that has been soaked in a mixture of tacky glue and water creating a kind of paper machie effect. This was done to give it that bumpy lacy look and also to ensure she has a nice fitted bodice. Blue highlights and tiny beads were added to complete the look
	Her veil is made in a similar process using silk gauze instead. Her head piece of dead flowers in made from twisted wire and blue mulbery paper soaked in the watered down tacky glue. Emily’s ring is made from a thin section of the same piping used to stand these dolls then glued into place.

See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor, and see our next post for more updates on these two

Emily’s Hair

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:21:54 +0000

Emily’s Hair time

Emily’s hair was sculpted out of clay in the movie, and then with the use of a mould tuned into latex. I can’t do that, but I still want the clay look. All those curls made of clay just wouldn’t be strong enough so I am going to stick with Tibetan Lambs Wool. But to get that clay look I have mixed up some Blue Genesis Heatset Paints with some TLS and have coated the wool in it. Then a quick bake with the heat gun to set both the paints and TLS. This also allows me to bend the wool in the manner I want in order for it to nicely wrap around the face. This was then glued to the head using Fabric-tac glue.

Here she is posing to show off her new hairdo, doesn’t she look great!

Note: you can click on the photo to see it bigger

Emily gets a quick pair of panties. They will be mostly covered up by the dress, but we can’t have her going commando!

Victor looks away discreetly, such a polite young man!

See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor, and see our next post for more updates on these two

More Updates on the Corpse Bride Dolls

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:41:44 +0000

More updates on Victor and Emily

Time for Victor to get some work done. His torso is sculpted, a quick bake and then his legs are done.

Emily has her white shoes added and her hand and arm are completed.

Victor also has some new shoes (he has such tiny wee feet!

Emily has her ribs added. Her chest cavity was cut into and removed, and then using TLS to act as the glue white clay strips were added as ribs.

Victor’s hands and arms were added. Like Emily both his hands are built over an armature for extra strength for those tiny long fingers.

Just about ready for the clothes, check back soon….

See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor, and see our next post for more updates on these two

Face time

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:38:37 +0000

Time to get their faces done

	Emily is first. Her head is sculptured with a mix of Living Doll Clay, Mould Maker and Blue Fimo Clay. Her eyes are made from white clay and inserted into her face before baking.
	After baking her cheek was carved away and a white bone was added using a bit of TLS to act as a glue between the cooked and uncooked clay. She was then painted in Genesis Heat Set Paints. I have eyelashes for her, but will add once all her baking is done.
	Victor comes next. Like Emily he has a mix of Living Doll Clay, Mould Maker and coloured clay to achieve the correct colouring. After baking he was painted, ready for his hair (in this image the hair is not cooked)
	Emily’s torso is sculptured. When I mixed the clay for these dolls I ensured I made enough to create the entire doll, trying to mix more of the exact colour would be almost impossible. Her ribs will be added a later stage just like her cheek was done.
	Emily’s flesh leg is completed and her flesh foot on the skeleton leg, including her leg warmers made from her skin). Her feet are made smaller than required allowing for white clay to be added later to create her shoes.
	Victor’s hair is made from layers and layers of black spaghetti strips that have been flattened. And a close up of Emily’s skin leg warmers.

See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor, and see our next post for more updates on these two

Corpse Bride Dolls

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:52:57 +0000

Meet Emily and Victor

I am a big fan of Corpse Bride, and have always wanted to make these dolls. I have also done Jack from The Nightmare before Christmas in the past – you can see his images in my gallery. So here we go…

	The armature is made using twisted wire, proportions are matched to a print out of the dolls. Note in the image the text is flipped. That is because for some reason the dolls on the cover of the DVD have been flipped. I guess they wanted Victor on the left? Anyway I of course want the dolls to be like the are in the movie and not just on the cover
	Tin foil is tightly packed around the body and then wrapped in masking tape. This packs out the inside core of the doll, making it easier to cook as the clay is not to thick. And helps to avoid cracks due to incorrectly cooked clay.
	A hand is made for Emily. I have made this over a wire hand armature to ensure those tiny skeleton fingers are strong. I have also used a mix of white clay and Mould Maker (12:1) as I do for all my dolls to give the clay a bit of elasticity
	Emily gets a new skeleton arm.
	And a new skeleton leg

See our gallery for more pics of Emily and Victor, and see our next post for more updates on these two