Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Posted by Laura (Moñacos, Cosicas y Meriendacenas) at 3:40 PM


Let's start showing the dolls I made as wedding favors in my own wedding. I wanted to give away something meaningful for them so I wanted the favors to be customized to each guest's likes and fandoms. 

I want to start with my amigurumi version of  Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. If you remember, this was a character which was really famous in the 80s, with her own films,  TV show and videogames. My friend Raquel is a huge fan of her and her looks, so it was easy to decide which was going to be her gift. 

Here's a pic of the original Elvira, just in case you don't remember her by just her name:



  
I tried to reproduce the pale color of her skin in face hands and cleavage. The legs are darker as if she was wearing nylon tights. I'm not sure if you can see in these pics but she also has black garters in her legs. 






 Her cleavage and boobs ended up a little to close to her face.... but well, the original one was not very different, right? ;)





Of course, the heavy make up was really important to complete her looks. (Oh, the 80s!  no nude colors back then....) She needed a dark and out of the eye eyeliner and heavy coat of bright pink blush. I tried it by embroidering the eye contour and long eyelashes and applying real blush to the doll (pink MAC blush, to be precise)












The skirts of the dress was made of felt so she could shown her legs through the lateral cuts, She also has a belt decorated with a knife charm, imitating the one the real Elvira carried .




Unfortunally, the doll's hair has not the same volume as it was supposed (again, oh the 80s!), but I think it looked fine like that.




I'm really glad that Raquel liked her doll a lot.What do you think?


4 comments:

  1. ¡Es genial! Madre mía, ¡no le falta detalle! :D

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  2. Y tanto que me gustó, y las tetas están en su sitio, bien altas que para algo Elvira es junto a Dolly Parton precursora de las tetas-amigdalas ;). Y yo si que le vi bien los ligueros, lo primero que hice fue levantarle la falda, Jiji, es un tic que tengo, en cuanto veo una moña lo primero que hago es mirar si lleva braguitas, me lo tendré que hacer mirar jajaja. Muchas gracias Laura!!!

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  3. My husband is a huge fan of Elvira too! I have been searching for a pattern so I can crochet one for him. I love to crochet. I have been unable to find one until now. Will you please share your pattern? I will buy a PDF copy from you . Or if you want to email me a copy. My email is tepsalm139@yahoo.com.I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you for sharing , its great! Hope to make one very soon. His birthday is in October .

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