She’s actually kind of creepy. Even for me.
Isn't She Lovely?
Dolls
Gutting It: A Zombie Story
Walking Dead has started (that last episode was stressful), Halloween movies are playing on repeat on various channels (so many great ones) and fall has hit.
So what does that all mean? Nothing really. It’s just one of my favorite months for those above reasons. And because of The Walking Dead, that means zombie dolls. The first doll is for the giveaway (which the winners have been very patient!). I wanted to do something more gross with the doll. I decided on exposed guts. The tricky thing with making guts was making sure that the additions allowed for mobility.
I grabbed this breyer doll.
I drew on her face to rough out features. And because drawing on dolls is fun.
Next came the heat gun.
Burned to a crisp! 🙂
I painted her face a pale tan color.
And then began to dirty and zombify her face with pastels.
She’s started to look like a pretty zombie!
I took her outside to gouge a hole inside of her abdomen. I wanted her intestines to show, but I also wanted her torso to move. So next came looking up anatomy for the large and small intestines to see if it would work.
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Dolls are made up of joints that allow for them to move similarly to humans but not perfect. So I was happy to see where the intestines end is a solid non moving area on the doll. After making the hole, I stuffed some paper towel into it.
The experiment to make realistic miniature intestines worked perfectly!
I took a piece of paper towel,
And cut a rectangular piece from it. Humans have a lot of intestine crammed into a small area, so I didn’t need a thick piece!
Next, I wet the piece and rung out the extra water. Then I rolled it while coating it in tacky glue.
I let it set for a couple of minutes before I put it into the hole, trying to make it seem like intestines. After it was dry, I used a mix of pastels and fake blood to make it seem more realistic. Then I put a layer of gloss over it.
After dirtying up her feet I decided she needed to have pink toenails. Because.
Isn’t she lovely so far? She still needs details but I like her!
Where's Carl?
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For the cruise I wanted to take something along to take pictures of in a Flat Stanley style. A cruise my mom, sister, and I went on years ago we took along my cousin’s Flat Stanley and photographed him at different islands.
Originally it was to be the cute adorable rubber horse ducky. After Bring On The Bling Live however, my brain was still on zombies.
So Carl the zombie came along instead.
Carl tagged along with the group to numerous places.
Here he is on the beach with beach hats.
Carl already looks tanned, so he fit in on the beach. I got sunburned here, so that was fun (not).
Swimming in the ocean was no issue for the doll. His paint, blood, nor hair came off!
Carl posed in the horse racing themed casino.
I had my sister pose with Carl.
Each night, the room steward would make towel animals. Carl posed with them too.
On the last night the room steward made a heart out of towels instead of an animal.
After 7 days of being creepy, Carl rested in the heart towel.
Where was Carl during the cruise? Everywhere.
A Work In Progress
The majority of the day was trying to recreate this
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into miniature scale. The doll once was a breyer doll, but now he’s Jon Snow, from Game of Thrones. I love the TV show, and one day will finish the books (read the first one a while ago, and been ‘reading’ the second one for like a year now).
Anyhow, doll Jon Snow still needs a vest, boots, gloves, and finisher. But I like him!
Kristian Beverly 
