Marianne84 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I have been doing this for months now. He's almost finished excluding the clothes, so I thought he finally deserves his own thread! I posted this on Facebook earlier today: At first I went to eBay and bought a cheap Ken doll whose face shape reminded me of Mika and chopped his head off. You can see he didn't have much hair. I had to do my first re-root. It was partial, but I really had to remove most of the doll's original hair 'cause it was too short. Ken got a nice new curly hairdo and a new hairline on his forehead! You can't see the original hairline here since I didn't take a picture of it, but search for Prince Aidan on eBay if you really must know how terrible it was. Then I completely removed the original face paint with acetone and started painting a new face. This took a few weeks 'cause I could paint only at noon when I had enough daylight. It took long also because I messed up a few times, so ended up removing the face four times and starting from scratch. At this point the eyes were nice and I had no intention to remove them again... just to put more color. He already looked like Mika in my opinion, he even had a scar which I later had to remove 'cause (cough) it wasn't in the right angle! Awful lip color. I'm certainly not making a drag queen. Mika didn't have enough hair, so I had to stick more holes on his scul. (Hrr.) After that he looked like a troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne84 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 This next phase was a bit violent, so I had to gag him in order to prevent him from screaming, you know. Nah, not really - I tried to make his face slimmer! Luckily I recently watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the new one) again and remembered what Willy Wonka had on his head as a child. I also had to re-make the curls 'cause they got ruined previously. Erm... I'm not sure what to say about this picture, except that the water was hot. Attaching the head was harder than removing it, so the tools in the background came in handy. Notice the wild curl that doesn't want to be tamed - just like in my drawings! Oh yes, he got nice granny curls! Don't notice the clothes, he used to be a prince! He's far from being finished, but is looking good though. What do you think? To be continued... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlindee Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Woooooow:shocked:Thats amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Wow it is great ! Do you seal it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keti Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 those pics with a rubber around Ken's head scared the hell out of me! Lol,good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Such cruelty to a poor defenceless doll!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citiesonfire Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 That looks great i applaud you, i dont have the attention span to do such a thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazinha Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It is perfect!!! Your Mika should be Barbie's next boyfriend, because he's much more handsome than Ken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Great work Marianne! Can´t wait to see it finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random_Pink_Penguin Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Amazing. Just amazing! You basically gave the Ken doll an extreme makeover! I tried that, but mine was rubbish I just got an old brain doll, and put a curly wig on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_Lollipop Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It looks great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne84 Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Wow it is great !Do you seal it ? Seal? Or did you mean sell? It won't be for sale - ever. But I could indeed seal it in a package before giving it to Mika. He wouldn't have any idea as to what the package holds inside of it! Hmm... Good idea, an OOAK (one of a kind) doll needs an OOAK package! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sariflor Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 WOW!!! This is incredible. I'm not so keen on the granny curls, but I find it amazing how you managed to make the face so similar to the real Mika. You're good . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 that is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaryLovesMika! Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It's aweeeeesome Marianne!!! Your imagination has not limits!! You could seriously make a small business out of them! I will buy it for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLight Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 wow very impressive:thumb_yello: I think it's cool what you've done so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neiobi Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 This next phase was a bit violent, so I had to gag him in order to prevent him from screaming, you know. Nah, not really - I tried to make his face slimmer! Luckily I recently watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the new one) again and remembered what Willy Wonka had on his head as a child. I also had to re-make the curls 'cause they got ruined previously. Erm... I'm not sure what to say about this picture, except that the water was hot. Attaching the head was harder than removing it, so the tools in the background came in handy. Notice the wild curl that doesn't want to be tamed - just like in my drawings! Oh yes, he got nice granny curls! Don't notice the clothes, he used to be a prince! He's far from being finished, but is looking good though. What do you think? To be continued... amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 You're really good at this Marianne! That poor doll had to go through a lot but the result is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood thirsty Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 wooow amazing you change even the color of ken's eyes brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetodayo0x Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 o my gosh thats legitimatly AMAZING koodoes on the mika doll!!!!! love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura* Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I'm sure I'll die laughing while browsing the MFC website tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Marianne, that is stunning!!! Kens never looked so good:naughty: How long exactly did it take you to do? Are you making a complete wardrobe for him? You've gotta show it to Mika, he'll be chuffed to see he's got his own action figure:naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariposa Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Wow, Marianne! This shows once again that you are very talentend when it comes to doing things like that! :punk: The result looks great so far. Can't wait to see how your work will go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sity Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Seriously great! Love the dipping picture of the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinghorse83 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 haha thats kind of gross and awesome at the same time lol well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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