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uftakiFor a Halloween-themed doll-meet, I decided to make a costume for my girl, Sarah. My grandmother made a costume for my other girl, Jessie (a little black bat). I decided, what could be better than a ghostbuster? X3
To make the uniform, I put together separate patterns for a shirt and pants, into one long piece, as a jumpsuit example showed on DoA. Using some scratch material, I played around with the pattern until it fit her fairly well. I printed out the Ghostbusters logo, and traced it onto some fabric, then embroidered the image to make her shoulder patch, as well as embroidered her nametag.
The proton pack and particle thrower were the most difficult, but also the most fun to work on. I found a fantastic site with many refrence photos, and equipment plans here: www.gbfans.com/equipment/. I used two plans exclusively: mostly Stefan's plans for the majority of the pack, with glances at Sean's plans to see how the item would look in 3-D. For the particle thrower, I relied solely on Sean's plans. I measured my arm against Sarah's, to get the correct ratio to use in scaling down the plans to her dimensions. Most of the pack was built using a box-like hard paper/cardboard, plus many found materials: buttons, beads, wooden popsicle sticks, plastic popsicle sticks, washers, thin copper wire, a nail, yarn, etc.
Some bits were a little tricky to glue, and you'll notice that the red yarn on the tip of the particle thrower has come off -- it's supposed to be attached to the yellow beads there. I'm going to have to try re-gluing that (AGAIN!)... or figure out something better to use. I took Sarah and Jessie out to our building's courtyard, which is in the process of being decorated for Halloween. :3 Sarah's wearing some new eyes I bought at the aforementioned doll meet, and Jessie also has a new pair of eyes from there, plus a new wig.
To make the uniform, I put together separate patterns for a shirt and pants, into one long piece, as a jumpsuit example showed on DoA. Using some scratch material, I played around with the pattern until it fit her fairly well. I printed out the Ghostbusters logo, and traced it onto some fabric, then embroidered the image to make her shoulder patch, as well as embroidered her nametag.
The proton pack and particle thrower were the most difficult, but also the most fun to work on. I found a fantastic site with many refrence photos, and equipment plans here: www.gbfans.com/equipment/. I used two plans exclusively: mostly Stefan's plans for the majority of the pack, with glances at Sean's plans to see how the item would look in 3-D. For the particle thrower, I relied solely on Sean's plans. I measured my arm against Sarah's, to get the correct ratio to use in scaling down the plans to her dimensions. Most of the pack was built using a box-like hard paper/cardboard, plus many found materials: buttons, beads, wooden popsicle sticks, plastic popsicle sticks, washers, thin copper wire, a nail, yarn, etc.
Some bits were a little tricky to glue, and you'll notice that the red yarn on the tip of the particle thrower has come off -- it's supposed to be attached to the yellow beads there. I'm going to have to try re-gluing that (AGAIN!)... or figure out something better to use. I took Sarah and Jessie out to our building's courtyard, which is in the process of being decorated for Halloween. :3 Sarah's wearing some new eyes I bought at the aforementioned doll meet, and Jessie also has a new pair of eyes from there, plus a new wig.
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Date: 2009-10-27 02:41 am (UTC)(and some frustration)in making them. :3no subject
Date: 2009-10-27 05:09 am (UTC)So...how much are those dolls? I kindof always wanted one, but I heard they're really expensive.
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Date: 2009-10-27 05:40 am (UTC)They can get pretty expensive, yes... but it really depends on the company and doll. Smaller dolls are generally cheaper than larger dolls, and of course, special dolls and full sets are more expensive than your basic dolls.
Featherfall (http://www.featherfall.ca/store/), here, is the store through which I got my doll Sarah, plus many of my dolls accessories and clothes. She's the Canadian agent for a couple different doll companies. If you're interested, you can check out the different dolls and prices there.
A great resource site for ball-joint dolls in general is the Den of Angels forums (http://www.denofangels.com/forums/). They've got lots of info, pictures, advice, etc on all ball-joint-dolls.
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