Alabaster Carving My Own Handmade Ball-Jointed Doll Update

I ran into some rainy and cold weather this weekend. But I did get some things done on the nice days. I found some wire that was about to be thrown away. I decided to put my doll together with this wire it works so well for the weight of stone. I don't know what it's called but it looks kind of like the bread sack ties on a loaf of bread.

When I put her head on her shoulders I noticed she had limited ability to turn her head. So I decided to make a neck joint extra, kind of like Doll Chateau. Only mine has a slant to it so she can raise and lower her head by turning the joint. I just came up with the idea in the middle of the night and went aha, I will try this tomorrow after work. I picked one of my circle cutters that was closest to her neck size and then just drilled out a plug. 

I also cut her out a torso but I think it is much too large for her. I drew lines on it where I will be trimming it down with a neat waist. I used tacky glue to temporarily hold the magnets in before I use the cyanoacrylate type of glue. I want to make sure they are in just right, so I don't end up carving them out. 

You can see in this picture that I rounded her shoulders to make her look elderly. But the neck had very limited mobility, because of her chin. She still wants her eyes painted. 

 I worked on her a silver wig also. I won't bore anyone with the basic wig making. There are plenty of tutorials available online about making your own doll wigs. I make a crocheted cap and then blind stitch the wefts to the cap.

 It is actually still too young looking. I am going to press it down on top and do some styling to make it look like it belongs to her.

I just cut her a 6" waist and 8" hips, which will be smaller when I round her off. I drilled some more channels.