Project: Repainting Barbie Doll

The other day I was thinking, and dreaming when I will get my first resin BJD. I know who she is, I'm just waiting the artist to open the preorder. So, since she is an elf, I was thinking about her elf outfits: elegant elf at the LOTR style, archer elf, possible nymph... and then I realized that... elfs needs a horse to ride! And instantly my mind went directly to it: I had a Barbie horse that could be usable! I explained my idea to my always pacient hubby, and rushed to my mum's house, striked my old room, and found the glorious box of the named horse.

The horse is now in a poor state. It is the Nibbles model form 1995 -damn I was young... not that now I'm too old, but time passes by-, and I always hated those big human-like eyes, with eye-shadow. The painting now has chips everywhere, it is rater dusty, and the hair/tail is pretty messy too. So, I told myself: Kitty had her princess outfit finished not too much ago, i won't let her naked again and start another sewing project *so* fast, so... the horse would be. This will be my first repainting/upgrading of a doll like this, but I hope do it right. I already read a lot about this on the internet.

This will be the main post about the project, and I will be updating with the links to the news posts, as the projects goes on. I will paint the saddle too, and make some new things for it, so it will looke more realistic... at least, I will try to do so. The "to do" list, is as follow:

"To Do" Project List:

1. Clean the horse.
2. Clean the saddle.
3. Remove the old painting.
4. Wash hair/tail.
5. New haircut/stylish/trimming.
6. Repaint the horse.
7. Repaint the saddle.
8. Repourposing its box.
9. Sew some stuffed cushions.
10. Make some hair-nets/protectors to preserve the new haircut while boxed.

Done:

• Cleaned horse/saddle & removed paint. 
• Painted Saddle & Blankets  
• Styled mane/tail & Finished Saddle. 
• Painting Part I 
• Paint Part II + Sealing. 
• Cushions + Protectors.

This list is subject to change as the project moves forward. You will be able to find a direct link to this post in the sidebar, in a little preview image. For now, this is the poor state of the almost-forgotten-now-one-again-found horse:

Initial state of the horse, before the project begins.

BTW, I really don't know how I will be naming it, or if I will asign a gender to it. Oh, an another thing. I got like 50+ pics of Kitty in her new outfit, I just need to crop/edit/watermark/select to make the first gallery of the blog!