Modification Feeple65f bust reduction

14feb24 - I added (post #7) photos of Angela2 painted and reassembled!

I’ve loved the handling and posing of the Feeple65 body for a long time, but just
do not care for the huge bust. Having had a wild hair, I ordered F65 Angela2 and
planned to try a bust reduction. In the end it took two periods of working on it to
get it to where I wanted. Very sore hands both times. I think it took about 10hours
total to do this job. No power tools were used. I used a very sharp chisel, Volks
cerama knife (in one of the pix below) and lots of sandpaper - and soaking in
hot soapy water after sanding.

I hope that no one is offended by the headless body pix - her head is away being
painted at this time.

This is the FINAL shape of the modded F65f body

closer up views from the sides




here are earlier pix at the end of the first / INTERMEDIATE shape




I also gently sanded her nose and slightly opened her eyes:



this was the start of the second modification job:



the body as arrived:

her replacement calf has already arrived too!!

 

Thanks lots @babezoid !!! I’m glad I worked up the nerve to do it!

Thanks so much @LiselT !!! I ended up selling my first Angela2 because
I just couldn’t warm to the default body. I’m so glad that I have another
now as I do love how the body handles and poses. And the magnetic
hands/feet are a lot of fun too.

Thanks very much @Chameleon !!! The natural look was very much what
I was after for her. I think the Angela2 head looks much better with the
smaller bust too. I felt like the older heads (Siean Elf etc) looked sort of
OK with the default.
If your Feeple65 is reasonably new, go for the bust reduction!! The resin
didn’t change color at all with my new body. No idea what happens if the
body is older - one may have to do an overall sanding if so?? I feel like
the key is taking time and getting the look uniform - more time may also
mean less sore hands!! That Volks tool worked super well for the fine
tuning too.

 

Angela2’s head has returned from being painted - so I thought I’d add a few photos
to show her all back together again. I’ve replaced her broken calf with the replacment
part (very quick to arrive!!).

My new Angela2 - painted by AngelToast - I had slightly opened her eyes and had
sanded her (too pointy) nose before sending her to be painted. I wanted her to
have a ‘period’ look - as she will be dressed as a woman from the Edwardian period.



closeup of her lovely face


full length photo - nightgown made from scaled people pattern

 

just checked - the missing photos are still there - I can’t get DoA to display them, sorry….