21 October 2007 @ 12:41 pm
Doctor Who Ragdolls: Fourth Doctor, Romana  
Recently I received a commission for a repeat performance of doll that started it all, the original ragdoll Romana from City of Death that I made for [info]lizbee for Christmas last year. (The same person commissioned another ragdoll Five---if you're reading, don't worry, he's almost done!) At the same time I got another commission, this time for a ragdoll of the fourth Doctor, and as I happened to finish them both at the same time, I thought, why not take advantage of the photo opportunities?

I may have gone a bit overboard.

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The Doctor. Who is very tall and was thus very hard to photograph.

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The thing about the scarf: making a "real" fourth Doctor scarf would have involved buying about five different colors of yarn, which would have jacked the price up like mad. So I got a single skein of variegated autumnal colors, and I hope it evokes the general look of the thing. Which is how it usually work in dollmaking. It's the proper length, though, twice the doll's height.

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I confess I find the grin a little unnerving. But then, I always have.

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I painstakingly recreated Tom Baker's afro as best I could with yarn.

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His wee boots!

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And now for Romana:

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The original Romana had button eyes and white cloth for her face. This Romana looks more like Lalla Ward than I think I'm strictly comfortable with.

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Benefits of a year of dollmaking practice, I was able to make proper feet with semi-proper Mary Janes this time.

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And now for a bit of madness...

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Taking these pictures, I felt a bit like I'd followed them inside a photobooth while they larked about.

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What? Turnabout is fair play.

These guys have homes already, but I'm always willing to make more. Full sized ragdolls like these are $80.00 USD.



(In terms of my Make A Doll of Every Doctor project, now only got Three and Eight left to do. As it happens, I don't have any third Doctor episodes and I've never seen the Doctor Who movie. But I'll get there.)
 
 
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Teresa: DW 4[info]nam_jai on October 21st, 2007 05:48 pm (UTC)
So cute! I guffawed at the hat switch. Something about Four's grin under that straw hat while Romana just looks resigned.
Lizzie Borden[info]lizzie_borden on October 21st, 2007 05:53 pm (UTC)
They're wonderful!
(and I love the colors in that scarf)
Lizzie Borden[info]lizzie_borden on October 21st, 2007 07:01 pm (UTC)
I forgot to mention this, and feel free to decline from the offer if you don't want to be asscoiated with boob art and bad photography ( www.afterburns.com) , but I'm planning on making a links page when I get my web page completely remodelled- and I'd like to post a link to your dollshop just to give you a bit of extra advertisement, again, if that's ok with you I'd be more than happy to do it.
A good grammarian can outwit any word.: [austen] Emma[info]cesario on October 21st, 2007 07:28 pm (UTC)
I love your boob art, and I'd be honored by the link. :-D
M.C. Dechant: lalla[info]distaff_exile on October 21st, 2007 08:44 pm (UTC)
You're getting at least one order from us this holiday season... I am desperate for a Romana or a bunko-Snape.
A good grammarian can outwit any word.: [btvs] buffy[info]cesario on October 21st, 2007 09:45 pm (UTC)
:-) I look forward to it! Bunka Snape is still unclaimed as yet...
Julie Dillon: Toothy Grin :B[info]jdillon on October 21st, 2007 10:16 pm (UTC)
:D !

Oh, he's adorable! (well, they both are). That smile! XD Thank you so much! The scarf worked out really really well.

Man, I don't know why, but when I had read your email before and you mentioned you had a Romana that you were going to take photos with, for some reason I read it as "Ranma" and was extremely confused. Romana makes a bit more sense. XD

the surfacer: art[info]the_surfacer on October 22nd, 2007 12:11 am (UTC)
Those little red shoes! :D
isweedan: Fourt tips Hat &Smiles[info]isweedan on October 22nd, 2007 04:05 am (UTC)
The Smile is right and properly just a wee bit on the uncomfortable side of psychotic.
Much love for Four's boots and Romana's shoes they look very nice.

- any chance of a crack!five/Romana picture? XD
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ain't no party like a dalek party: dw; romana is quite hot[info]arefadedaway on October 22nd, 2007 08:08 am (UTC)
Her hair! The Mary Janes! The uniform! She's just glorious, thank you. :-D
(greatness or madness!): kabuki[info]silent_sybil on October 22nd, 2007 03:43 pm (UTC)
...Dude.
daroga: doctor who[info]my_daroga on October 22nd, 2007 08:41 pm (UTC)
*LOVE* cross-dressing Romana. Very cute. Good job on both.