#goolipe

Here she is! Finished for the time being. She’s a heavily modded Gooliope Jellington from Monster High. Here’s what I did in order to mod her:

-Removing the head: A hassle. I cut the plastic piece that attached her head to her neck. She has a peg support that is in her neck, and I just looped an elastic around that and through her head.

-Cut and removed her hair: In order to do this, I had to cut a whole in the top of her head. I used the casting marks from when she was produced, since it was a perfect circle about 2 inches across. I used this to remove her hair (which was melted inside her head. No glue, just melted.) It took about 4 hours to remove all the hair. Her head has quite a bit of damage, because her parting line was so heavily plugged that it basically made her head come apart at the hair parting line. I just cut the roughness away, so she has a large V-shaped hole in her head. I’ll buy some epoxy putty later, but it doesn’t show at all. I haven’t reattached the circular part of her head (I plan to have it be like the headcap of an Unoa, where the elastic goes around the headcap through small holes in the side.)

-Custom 16mm eyes. I wanted something perfect to match her skin. I was going to reproduce her old blue eyes, but the red looked a lot better. Took tons of eye putty to stay in place. She might look better with 18mm, but these are fine for now.

-Removed her eyes. This was one of the hardest parts, since I had to go so slow and careful so it didn't come out jagged. I believe her head is a thick type of vinyl, at least twice as thick as a regular MH head. Thicker than a Dollfie Dream, even.

-Paint touch up: Around her eyes where I had cut were bright pink, like her skin. Her skin is glittery all through, even on the back of her face mold. It’s pretty! I remember I had an Abbey who’s glitter was just sprayed on her face and it got removed when I repainted, so this is a very welcome thing for me.

-Gave her a Leekeworld blonde wig. I wanted pink, but I don’t have pink~