Barbie Of The Undead

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  Step 1

  The doll
  First you'll need to get hold of a suitable doll. The cool thing to do is stealing it from a sister or cousin or something, but if you want to be dull, you can buy one. You’ll find them in all toy stores, and also find tons of them on ebay, flea markets etc.

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  Step 2

  The plan
  When you’ve got your doll you should make a plan. I’ve seen quite a few zombie Barbies now, and most of them just end up a ugly mess. It’s important to keep her looking like a pretty girl – a pretty dead girl. You do not want to cut her in pieces and smear blood all over her. Take a look at some zombie flicks for inspiration. I’ll just assume your Barbie-destruction-plan is similar to mine, and explain what I did.

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  Step 3

  I wanted to give her a few wounds. One on her jaw – as if she’d been making out with her zombie Ken when he suddenly decided to have a snack. The other one on her arm. I kind of imagined she took a bite of her own arm...

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  Step 4

  The face
  So I was going to tear part of her face off. The only problem is that barbies are pretty darned empty-headed. I needed to fill her up to get the desired effect. I used a paper knife to make a small surgical incision in the back of her head. This made a slot for me to fit a scull.

  I often use this clay called Super Sculpey. It’s great for making all sorts of stuff. It’s easy to shape, light of colour, and bakes in a regular oven in just 15 minutes.

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  Step 5

  Now for the skull. I wasn’t sure how much of her face I was going to cut off, so I made more details to the skull than was actually visible on the finished doll.

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  Step 6

  The scull was painted with a few strokes of regular acrylic paint. Luckily the scull was a perfect fit – it wouldn’t be easy getting it out again.

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  Step 7

  After the skull was in place, I used my knife to cut up her cheek – starting with the side of her mouth, and slowly cutting off small slices of skin until i was pleased. (Now read this paragraph again, and imagine I’m a psycho.)

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  Step 8

  The arm
  I then started cutting up her arm. You can’t see it clearly on the photo, but as the arm is not hallow, i could just carve out a bone. You’ll see it better on the finished doll.

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  The paint
  Painting a zombie is fairly simple. You’ll need to mix a few colours to get your rotten flesh tone. I used acrylics paint, and also mixed it with some water to get it very thin. I wanted the original skin colour to still be visible. Her hair was also randomly cut, and I actually took some dirt from my back yard for the finishing touch.

  Lastly you’ll want some blood. Again – the important thing is not to overdo it. And try to think how blood would be running on a real person. But don’t do too much research.

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  Step 10

  The base
  When finishing up, I realized Barbies are not very good at standing. I guess they’ve been walking on heels too much. I made my doll a base (again of Super Sculpey) to fit her feet. This was done in a hurry, and I wasn’t pleased with it at all, so recently I made her a new one. This is actually the first time I show anybody this updated version, so I hope you like it!

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  Step 11

  The end
  Now you should be ready to beautify some way too pretty dolls. Good luck!

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Brigit · Baltimore, Maryland, US · 2 projects 31st March 2017

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Aconitum · Wallington, England, GB · 9 projects 3rd November 2011

he he - the write up should be published!!

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spookycutie · 21 projects 2nd September 2011

Great Job! I want to make one!

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LaLiLuLiny · Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, DE · 20 projects 27th April 2011

so cool ^^

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my.favorite.color.is.glow.in.the.dark · 3 projects 22nd November 2010

wow i just totally enjoyed your monologue. its like a comedy act. i hope all of your tutorials are like this, you are too funny. my favorite one is the "imagine im a psycho".

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SpookyKitten · Parkville, Maryland, US · 21 projects 9th October 2010

awesome! makes me wanna go get a barbie.

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Seniorfuzz aka mishimau 16th January 2010

lol i suddenly like barbies again XD

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Happy-Go-Lucky · Nawur, Bamiyan, AF · 8 projects 24th October 2009

too revealing
just jokes

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Koyelia S. · Birmingham, England, GB · 16 projects 21st October 2009

super cool! to be very honest,more than the doll(barbies are too cute to be treated like this:-D), i liked the way you described your work..lol.. very humorous!!
xxx

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my chemical cakes 20th October 2009

Wooot it totally Rocks!

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