Certainly many of you played with dolls in your childhood. I loved this affair too, with the only difference I often had self-made dolls.
Dumpy toys didn't suit me, and that time it wasn't Barbie- and Sindy-like dolls in our shops, so I made all kinds of princesses, carriages, horses from paper etc.
And much much later, when I've learned to make clothes for plastic dolls perfectly and to cut out wooden things I couldn't refrain from cutting out
our favourites.
As it sings in the certain song, Barbie had three daughters and one son. Our Barbie has not children but friends, but their quantity and gender are identical:)
Each character embodies a certain idea somehow concerned with army in certain way, and you can read about this directly on the pictures.
And together they all are Army of Lovers, and their mission is to bring the message about sexual revolution to masses.
- wooden base - linden;
- hinges - steel wire;
- paint - nitroenamel, similar to car paints (horribly fetid);
- false hair.
are made from variety of different textiles, braid, lace, leather, latex, metal chains, false jewellery.
All high-heels and Alexander's helmet are made from wood, Dominika's wings from paper, Jean-Pierre's cuirass from soft tin, Michaela's rapier from
large sewing needle (so she armed best of all). I used plastic for many accessories (for example, laser disks for insignias and buttons).