It is like getting a whole new doll! Who knew she’d clean up so nice. She may be tamer, but I’ve warned Mr. Kallisti that she still might get him in the middle of the night if he’s not nice to her. Rawr.
Fifi Mahony turned three on January 20th, ‘magine that!
Fifi’s had a hard life. As my oldest and funnest dollies she’s definately gotten plenty of abuse by me. She’s had seven face-ups, seven! One being just an eyelash change, but still… Her resin is a bit more brittle than I’ve found the other dolls (volks or otherwise) and the rims of her headcap are pretty chipped (I’m big on eye changing, like every week, heh!). We cleaned her off this time, and had to sand a teensy ding in her forehead. But didn’t buff it enough pre-faceup. So the first face-up I tried over the weekend got all blotchy as the pastels and Mr. Super Clear soaked into these more porous areas. Totally couldn’t tell until I’d sealed it with a topcoat of MSC! So… had to wipe clean and start over. Buffed her good with 600 grit sand paper under running water, and Mr. Kallisti broke out the Tamiya Polishing Compounds we got at the Volks store. He’s used other plastic polishes on other projects, but we haven’t used this on resin before, so it was an experiment. We needed that hard, less-porous, surface volks resin has. Since we coat it with MSC afterwards, which is extremely matte, I wasn’t concerned with it being a bit shinier than the rest of her face. Gosh! It worked like a charm, can’t tell she was doctored at all, and the color goes on so much easier.
A Fifi Retrospective: 2004 – 2007
From suck, to not so suck! Just goes to show you that practice, be it painting or photography, sure does pay off. Heh.
I love her new faceup!
Dusky pink and fuzzy eyebrows… Her eyes are lovely too.
Fifi looks so gorgeous!!
I missed seeing her ^-^
KAWAII NE~~!!! (^___^)
Wow..has it been three years already?
I still remember her arrival day…
she is looking gorgeous as ever !
She looks as fresh as a daisy! The faceup is so beautiful, and she still has that undefinable air of Fifi-ness. I especially like her rosy cheeks.
Oh Fifi, my favorite of your dolls for sure!
Honestly, I think this is the best Fifi has ever looked. Glad to see she’s back!
Oh my! she is so gorgeous and natural..what an absolute peach she she is!
I’m happy to see your golden girl returned, looking so spiffed up and lovely. 🙂
She is truly fantastic in all her incarnations! So cool to watch her metamorphosis 🙂 🙂
Gorgeous Fifi!! Welcome back^O^
Really lovely faceup~*hearts*!
I am bowled over by her mouth. Dang. She looks positively luminous!
I love her new face-up. I’ve alvays liked her, but now she is just outstanding 😀
Oh My!! FiFi looks fantastic…of course she’s always been quite delightful but she looks breathtaking now!!!! ^_^ I can’t believe she’s three, my dollfie dream is 2 and 1/2 they grow up so fast T_T
wowee fifi!
she loks so tame!!!
i wonder how long till your girls get her back to being normal hahaha 😛
I missed Fifi! Its great to see her back… and STILL fantastic. 😉