Study on skin tones 2: the asian babies!

Here they are... of course nowhere near finished but still!
Going from the ethnic complexion to a light asian one wasn't easy... I decided to keep these babies very light for now, and I'm still debating whether to give them a wash of raw ochre to warm up their complexion.

 Pieces on a rack... I'm painting two minis at a time to make sure not to mix up the limbs. It may not be obvious at a first glance, but they all have different skin tones, which required different color mixing.

As you can see the eyes are here! They are very nice... here this baby is trying on his new peepers, which are not set yet. He's a little oriental guy and since he looks quite Japanese to me, his name will be Takeo.

I was hoping to keep one of these cuties for myself, and it seems my clumsiness made it possible.
While enlarging the eye socket inside the head I cut off a chunk of the right eyelid, next to the nose. I was able to patch it up with a shaving of vinyl from the inside, but since this baby is now a "boo boo", she will have to stay.

Group shot so far! Baby on the left is Madeline, then Takeo, Laci and Anisha, and on the far right my little keeper Lola. I matched Lola's hair color with my son's hair because I'm planning something!

On the back you can see the last three babies... they will be Caucasian. My son is painting one for himself, which is slowing down the work because I want to paint with him, but makes it more worthy to me. 

Alessio working on his mini. He is very concentrated and careful, and I'm loving reborning with him.

A study on skin tones

In the last year I got bitten by the mini bug, and now a good deal of the little time I have for dolls is devoted to minis.

Got these mini Berenguers in a trade and thought of reborning them... the idea of making seven Caucasian babies was boring... so the "study on skin tones" was born.

Here are the first two... I decided they are going to be ethnic girls, the one on the left being the darker. I'm using a picture book, "Baby Love", as visual reference. The hair is going to be painted, since it's impossible to sand away the molded hair grooves... the vinyl is way too thin.

Here they are! The painting is almost completed, they still need blushing and veining. I decided not to mottle much, on this size I don't trust the effect to be realistic. Furthermore, these little thingies will be babies around one year of age when finished, so they can realistically sport a creamy complexion.

I'm still waiting for the eyes to arrive from Antina's Doll Supplies, but I have a way too small pair of glass eyes  to try on: what do you think?

In the last picture baby is completely painted. I decided her name will be Laci.

After seeing the first two painted I'm on a roll, as much as having a three months old baby allows! 

As soon as I come back home from my son's tae kwon do class I promise to post more pictures of the asian babies!