90s Barbie skin matches?
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:54 pm
So I recently discovered that back in the day a Power Ranger Kimberly fashion doll existed :O so I'm now inspired to try and make my own seeing as I had an old Angel Princess Barbie (one of my only ones left from early childhood) I was going to use for face up practice she'd be perfect (I like the idea of paying homage to the era too).
Only thing is the skintone of course she'd have to be on a pose-able body, I did toy with the idea of going full 90s era doll and keeping her on her twist and turn, but having a Power Ranger doll that couldn't pull any fighting poses just didn't feel right at all.
At the moment I've tried her on a Barbie Made to Move seeing as she was spare (I'd foolishly assumed Barbie was the lightest skintone for the body swap I wanted) and it works, okay but there's still the tinge of orange from whatever kind of tan those Barbies were supposed to have.
Are there better alternatives as far as skin matching goes or would you say this is passable? She surprisingly looks better than I thought she might in the white light from the photo booth (though I think its washed her out a bit) having her out in normal light today sometimes her head looked like a pumpkin compared to her body. It seems an insignificant niggle but I dont want it sticking out like a sore thumb in any photo I take :/
I did consider a fleshtone Obitsu as I hear they're quite orangey but compared to the MTM I don't think I'd want to downgrade on the articulation, however after seeing this thread on OneSixthWarriors http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/s ... klian.html I was considering swapping the hands and feet for Obitsu anyway (I cannot stand the hands and I can't get her to stand up on her feet at all :/ )
Only thing is the skintone of course she'd have to be on a pose-able body, I did toy with the idea of going full 90s era doll and keeping her on her twist and turn, but having a Power Ranger doll that couldn't pull any fighting poses just didn't feel right at all.
At the moment I've tried her on a Barbie Made to Move seeing as she was spare (I'd foolishly assumed Barbie was the lightest skintone for the body swap I wanted) and it works, okay but there's still the tinge of orange from whatever kind of tan those Barbies were supposed to have.
Are there better alternatives as far as skin matching goes or would you say this is passable? She surprisingly looks better than I thought she might in the white light from the photo booth (though I think its washed her out a bit) having her out in normal light today sometimes her head looked like a pumpkin compared to her body. It seems an insignificant niggle but I dont want it sticking out like a sore thumb in any photo I take :/
I did consider a fleshtone Obitsu as I hear they're quite orangey but compared to the MTM I don't think I'd want to downgrade on the articulation, however after seeing this thread on OneSixthWarriors http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/s ... klian.html I was considering swapping the hands and feet for Obitsu anyway (I cannot stand the hands and I can't get her to stand up on her feet at all :/ )