Week 21 Project Runway Game 17 Eye Candy

Another fabulous doll project from a Game thread on Den of Angels. This challenge is titled eye candy.

CHALLENGE:
The challenge for this game is to create an outfit that is candy themed. You may not use candy patterned fabrics, but you can add candy wrappers, candy logos or real candy to your outfit. Use your imagination and let your love of sweets inspire you! Create a outfit that looks good enough to eat!

Now I was going to use various actual candy pieces and wrappers but I really wanted to reuse the outfit or I should say have an outfit that my doll could re wear. Now on to my inspirations and my model for this challenge.

Model:

Ribbon is my Doll Chateau Alberta (4 legged Moose Girl) in white resin..this photo was taken when I just recieved her, when she didn't have a faceup or proper clothing. 

Inspirations: 

Well since its eye candy then obviously the first thing that came to my mind was Candy Ravers...and the candies that I decided to concentrate on were Cotton Candy and Ribbon Candy. 

Here are just a few photos I found online with some bright colors and more muted bright colors...and of course who can forget the giant lollipop!

Candies!!! Nom Nom Nom. Just a few photos of the candy that inspired me for the outfit that I created.

Finished outfit: Halter top, Shrug, Skirt, 4 set Stockings, 4 set Fluffies, 2 sets Bracelets including Wig and Candy prop. 

Front:                                                                            Back: 

This was a great chance to use another centaur BJD for one of the Project Runway challenges, and the really suited my fourlegged White Chocolate Moose..lol.

                                          Details:

Faux Fur boot covers in a Cotton Candy theme,  textured stockings that reminded me of Rock Candy. The top part of the skirt is in a similar textured fabric as the pink with a curve pleated skirt to resemble Ribbon Candy. 

Pink texture top again to look like Rock Candy, heart in center like a Conversation HeartCandy, shrug to also resemble Cotton Candy and of course a candy raver can't go anywhere with out a huge lollipop which I made out of yarn and candy bracelets from seed beads. 

                                                    Glamour Shot: 

Close up shot: I created the wig out of a nice fluffy yarn with ribbons, and the faceup in the same colors as parts of the outfit, the antlers I wanted to have a ribbon or hard candy look. The blue stones I added as a last detail I thought it gave the faceup a nice complete look and reminded me of  Dot Candy.  

I'm extremely happy with the overall look...there were some other things I would have liked to have added or accented more, but I'm satisfied with this outcome for this challenge. Now to see how I do, the judging won't take place until June 14th. 

ResinWeekly Update

Well if anyone has been following they have noticed that I'm a little behind on a few weeks. Lots of other random projects, show rehearsals, getting ready for Colassalcon in June and creating custom furry sets. So that has left little time for me to work on my dolls. However I have been working on a custom BJD clothing project for someone on DOA (Den of Angels). The doll is a Mirodoll in a beautiful burnt sugar resin and the owner is wanting a Sari type of outfit. Since I have one of Mirodolls 60cm girls I have the perfect model to custom make the outfit.

What the owner has requested is a long skirt and top with 3/4 sleeves in a solid color as she'll be purchasing the actually Sari scarf herself. My first mock up using the pattern I created turned out really well:

I created the top in a dark purple panne velvet with snaps up the back and a batik print long slightly A-lined skirt. Not bad for the first mock up the skirt is a little tight around the waist only small adjustment needed. My customer loves the top but wanted something solid in the same shade and fuller. So I have some scrap silk that matches perfectly and will be attaching a waistband to have the skirt with snap closure as well. 

This is the second mock up that I completed today 5-18-13 in a brown panne velvet and light weight cotton for the skirt. I really like both styles. This one is fuller at the bottom with some very slight gathering at the waistband.  I'll have to await a response from my customer and see how she likes this new one then I'll take an updated photo of the finished outfit. 

Finished garment for the custom order:

Tada.....Nice purple Silk and Panne Velvelt skirt and top with snap back closure for easy on and off. I thing it turned out rather well and I hope she  likes it. I'm definitely going to consider using this design when I start doing more BJD clothing for my Etsy shop. 

And that completes the catch up/update for Resin Weekly now on to the next which will be the fabulous Project Runway Challenge titled: "Eye Candy". 

Week 18: Lil Stixx

Welcome to another fun project that I did over the weekend to add to my weekly blog. A friend came over and we had lots of fun with doing some faceups. I did both my Doll Chateau Alberta and Ada. For this week  though I'm only showing my Doll Chateau Ada since my Alberta will be in the monthly Project Runway Challenge and I'll be doing 2 separate weeks for her.

First lets meet our little guy:

This was a photo taken from my box opening, he is in white resin with blue eyes. Since his little spindley legs reminded me of matchsticks, I thought why not call him sticks..so that is how he became Lil' Stixx..lol. Not terribly imaginative, although my boyfriend has kinda nicknamed him Fiddlesticks. 

I really didn't have a big plan as far as what I wanted him to look like so I just started blushing him with some tans and browns and this is what came about:

The inside lighting is making him look a little more like a creamy white but he really is a pure snow/paper white. I started with his faceup..and really like the colors that were going on it makes him look very natural looking. After adding the little dot on his forehead I thought it would be fun to add some on his chest as well, but I didn't want to go too overboard. The blue eyes were way to bright and made him buggy eyed looking so I was fortunate enough to have a pair of caramel colored eyes to put in. I'm thinking I may add some other details on the back of his antlers but for now  I'm really happy with how he turned out with my minimal faceup skills.