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Effie and Bianca

1/17/2018

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Two new dolls from Iplehouse arrived today, and I have to say that they are as different as night and day.  Effie is an Addiction Efreet BID from their Vampire series from a few years back.  The intent is to have her fangs filed so she's just a 'chatty' little girl. She's definitely not 'adorable' or 'cute', but is almost 'homely', especially right now in her unpainted state. But then, not all children are beautiful.  Character counts for something too. And she's got plenty of that....
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She's going to be a real challenge to find just the right look.  I tried quite a few eyes and wigs on her, before finally settling on this look for now.....I think she's already starting to grow on me....
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Her sculpt is a modified 'Efreet' sculpt, but I already have a regular Efreet boy, so she needed a name of her own - something unique to her, and much more feminine. So she will be called 'Effie', which is of Greek origin, and short for Euphemia, which means "Well Spoken".  Perfect, since it's pretty clear that she's going to be talking non-stop. I even got her some extra hands with pointy index fingers, so she can wave her finger to help emphasize her point.

And then there is Bianca.  What can I say??  She's gorgeous, just like her promo photos on the Iplehouse site. I only have three wigs her size, so stole this one off Talyssa. And I wrapped her in the sari that I bought especially to make something out of for her....
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I find she reminds me quite a lot of my Kassia. Same pouty look.

Then just for fun, since Nelly was still standing there, I thought I'd take a photo of the three dolls together, just to show the difference in their sizes..... 
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It's interesting that Nelly, whose the biggest, looks like a 'doll', whereas Bianca whose quite a bit smaller, looks much more 'realistic'. It's also interesting that Effie looks a dull grey colour compared to Bianca, even though they are both the exact same resin colour. Just goes to show the difference a face up makes, because only Bianca's face is painted, and not her body, and her hands are the same dull grey as Effie.

I can't wait to see Bianca dressed.  She could wear so many things.  The first thing I intend to make will be a fancy evening gown out of the pink sari.  That way she will fit with my other two FIDs, who are also both in fancy dress. Other costumes can come later.
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But first I have to finish the outfit I'm making for my Butterfly Narae. I've chosen her to be an artist in an upcoming photo series, but she has absolutely nothing suitable to wear. In fact I've never made anything especially for her at all. Ever since she arrived five years ago, she's just been wearing a white dress borrowed from my first Narae. It's definitely not something an artist would be wearing in their studio - or anywhere else, for that matter. So I have to finish her outfit first.
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Brigitte
1/18/2018 01:33:27 am

Congratulations! Bianca is gorgeous. I'm in love.

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earthspirits
1/18/2018 01:48:11 pm

Congrats on your new arrivals! Effie is very cute, and I think will make an interesting addition to your clan of kids. And Bianca is lovely, and yes, definitely quite realistic.

You describe the skin tone has having gray undertones. Did you order real skin? Perhaps that's just the latest "batch" of Iple coloring. I know that my "regular" real skin Iple lady has a terra cotta undertone.

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Martha
1/22/2018 03:56:38 pm

Both dolls are the standard real Skin, and all my recent RS dolls definitely have a reddish undertone. But it's been very dull and overcast for a while, so the unpainted doll parts tend to look rather dull and gray too. They'll be fine once they are painted. Bianca's head is.

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Rae
1/22/2018 03:53:21 pm

I really like Effie, and I love that you ordered hands with pointing fingers for her. She is going to be a hoot! Your other dolls are, of course, lovely as well.

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