Rune, a brown-eyed beauty

 The doll who I call Rune has "MOLLY I-M(2)" marked on her scalp, and across from this marking on the other side of the pate, is marked "5".  So this "5" distinguishes her from GiGi, who is also "MOLLY I-M(2)" but no "5".  They are both the Lenora face mold, and Rune and GiGi are the family names that I call them by.


Rune has a 1997 neck date and tan fabric body with a tag marked 1999.

Rune, next to a fake plant


No modification to her eyes was attempted by me, as I like the brown.  She's a very pretty doll, and I touched up her eyebrows, which were already nice but benefited from an extra layer of brown colored pencil.

Rune before her eyebrows were touched up

 

Also I smudged off her lipstick, which was originally red, with nail polish remover (acetone) and gave her more of an orange lip using an alcohol-based marker.  Then I shined it with clear nail polish.

Its interesting about her wig, because positioning it on backwards led to cascading waves in her hair, that otherwise wouldn't have been a feature.  What I mean by backwards is that the hairline that would be in the front is glued at the base of her neck.  This leads to some fly hairs at the front of her head sometimes, but she likes to wear a headband anyway.

She wears the Cat & Jack sweater set 

Rune wearing a sweater set

 

or a black pantsuit that was custom made by Carole's doll clothes.

Rune wearing "the NY" outfit

 


 

 I call it "the NY" outfit because it seemed to be understood by me that you want to wear black in New York City.  The bow on her head was assembled by me with a metal barrette, agate ring, and two black cloth headbands. 


Rune, a Lenora face mold


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