Doctor Who Weeping Angel Barbie (aka " Fashion Doll ") Statue

[varifiresis]

I made this a few months back for a Doctor Who swap. After making some zombie barbie dolls last year I had been wanting to try a new project with them and I absolutely LOVE the Weeping Angels (and fortunately so did my swap partner) so I came up with this:




I used a dollar store Barbie doll knock off and paper mache (which was completely new for me) to sculpt the wings and the dress. The first thing I learned was that paper mache takes FOREVER to dry I made the wings separately and dried them in the oven in a few hours but couldn't put the doll in the oven so the dress took over a week to dry before I could even start painting.  
I am pretty proud of how she turned out though!

[TallTXGirl]

I just saw this episode the other day. This is AWESOME! You did an AMAZING job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one now haha

[Stars_Fire_17]

Ahhh I love it!

[varifiresis]

Quote from: TallTXGirl on Today at 02:51:50 AM
I just saw this episode the other day. This is AWESOME! You did an AMAZING job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one now haha

Thank You!
I had originally planned to make one for the swap and then one for me- but now that I know how much work it was I decided that I didn't need one after all!   This one was trial and error so even though I figured out the most efficient way to make the next one because I know what NOT to do, it is still a big project ( at least for me).   

[striker923]

Wow this is awesome! The Weeping Angels are the scariest (but also my favorite) foes in the Doctor Who series! This is great work!

[BoyceMachine]

Very cool!

[TallTXGirl]

Quote from: TallTXGirl on Today at 02:51:50 AM
I just saw this episode the other day. This is AWESOME! You did an AMAZING job!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one now haha

Thank You!
I had originally planned to make one for the swap and then one for me- but now that I know how much work it was I decided that I didn't need one after all!   This one was trial and error so even though I figured out the most efficient way to make the next one because I know what NOT to do, it is still a big project ( at least for me).   

Well you did a great job! It sucks it was so difficult, stupid paper mache! lol

[Solitaire]

this is fantastic! I'm wondering if you could use cheesecloth and fabric stiffener? If that would hold up .. hmmmm something to ponder on *Must Make Angel*

[varifiresis]

this is fantastic! I'm wondering if you could use cheesecloth and fabric stiffener? If that would hold up .. hmmmm something to ponder on *Must Make Angel*

You know that does sound like it might work but I bet it would be kind of fragile. Painting it might be tricky but if you started with gray cloth you would only have to paint the doll ....  Now I am hoping you give it a try because I want to see how that would turn out.... 

[BethIves]

I saw this in the swap, really stuck out to me!!
I'm tempted to try and make one myself 
Well done!! Xo