Broken bisque foot

 Here we have another modern bisque doll.
She has arrived to get her one foot restored.

 Her foot has been broken in several pieces and then pieced back together with construction adhesive.

This was not the best glue job....the edges are not well matched.
But trying to dissolve the glue would be harder on the doll than working with it's current state so....

I start by gluing in some metal mesh for a base for the missing bisque.

Then some epoxy compound over the mesh.

This is after many layers of epoxy putty with sanding in between each.
It is off to the paint booth next.

A couple layers of paint and now I can see where the contouring can be improved.
Back to the epoxy putty now just to tweak a few areas.















I have tweaked the contours of the foot with epoxy putty but arghh...... just as I start the last layer of paint....my compressor for my airbrush malfunctions :-P
It is leaking air. Time to study compressor repairs.......

The compressor is toast! It will be cheaper to buy a new one than to buy parts.
But I coaxed one last spray out of it, then did some hand painted shading and:

We have a finished foot!

The doll should look a bit happier now her foot is mended?

That is a rather expressive face!