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I keep telling people about this but for some reason never thought to look it up online...
On an unrelated note... the problem with power tool tasks around here is that I'll say, "How would I do this?" and my father will wander down to the basement with me trailing after like a ten year old, and he'll go through a long complicated mental process of working out what the best tools and methods are for the project (admittedly I often do this when sewing things...) while I stand around (in this case getting more and more nervous...) until it all gets sorted out and I missed half of what the sorting process was and have spent some longish period of time watching someone else sort out a project. Admittedly this time didn't turn out too badly, but it's still an awkward process.
Anyway, doll shoulders went from this:
with the intervention of a custom-ground drill bit (amazingly hand-ground to be almost completely even on both sides, which is most likely pure luck)
To this:
Wing sockets! (ok, I can stop being nervous now...)
On an unrelated note... the problem with power tool tasks around here is that I'll say, "How would I do this?" and my father will wander down to the basement with me trailing after like a ten year old, and he'll go through a long complicated mental process of working out what the best tools and methods are for the project (admittedly I often do this when sewing things...) while I stand around (in this case getting more and more nervous...) until it all gets sorted out and I missed half of what the sorting process was and have spent some longish period of time watching someone else sort out a project. Admittedly this time didn't turn out too badly, but it's still an awkward process.
Anyway, doll shoulders went from this:
with the intervention of a custom-ground drill bit (amazingly hand-ground to be almost completely even on both sides, which is most likely pure luck)
To this:
Wing sockets! (ok, I can stop being nervous now...)
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I don't have any spray-on types of glossy things, but when I need it, I have the Golden Acrylic Gel Medium stuff that I water down and use. Ya know, eyelids, lips, fingernails, etc.
And yes, I think A does have a Baha. If it's a cat-doll, she's probably got it.
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Paint on should be fine, actually, since it's not for too many parts; I got the spray stuff I did because it's supposed to be UV resistant, but I think if I start over, spray a light coat or two of it, and then paint on real gloss, that should work just fine. (why doesn't everything come labeled for how well it'll work for the use I'm trying to put it to in my current temp/humidity conditions? I mean, really. How inconsiderate of them...)
Thanks. :)
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But most of him isn't going to be gloss, and the brass stuff works absolutely beautifully, at least.