Newborn Paige

So this is a wee kit called Paige. Paige is different as she isn't a custom, portrait or memorial order baby. Im  working on Paige inbetween doing order babies.
I decided to be inspired by this baby here to do a very newborn, not long born look

Its very hard think to  achieve the pinky-bluey-grey look!
Here is the baby here (i wish my babies went for that much lol, well deserved though, well  done to the artist).
As it is ive been told many  a time i don't charge enough for my portrait, memorial & custom babies. The quality of mine not to blow my own trumpet but there are not many  artists that do portraits etc and to get ones like mine from other artists usually cost £500+.
I just enjoy doing them. Very  stressful at times, some customers can be very difficult, its stressful seeing so many Angel babies and 'getting to know' them, but at the same time its a real priveledge.
So here is the lovely 'just born' ebay baby (currently at £1650!  wow!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290671641477?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Anyways here is my  Paige who is work  in progress.
Im now rooting him as an when i can,  but mainly working on the other baby im rooting.

As you can see from the  clothing my  Paige is going to be a boy. Name as yet undecided.
Now my order babies are without a doubt my top priority, but if i finish 'Paige' in time i am  going to be entering him in a competition. The company that produced and sold his kit is  running a competition, and the winner  chosen by the judges gets the amazing honour of being asked to reborn a prototype kit.

To be selected to do a proto is my absolute dream. Basically its like being selected for the Olympics of the dolly world, very few artists ever get the amazing priviledge and i'll probably stand 1% chance comparred to everyone else, but nothing ventured, nothing gained lol.
What is a prototype?
Well  basically a sculptor sculpts a baby out of clay and these babies are called OOAKS or  One Of A Kind babies. Now if that ooak baby is good enough it may be sent away to be made into reborn kits like what i use.
Firstly the factory cast wax moulds from the  OOAK, then they get  checked and ok'ed by the scuptor. then the factory will pour out about 2-4 of the very first vinyl versions of the  future kit for the sculptor to check before going ahead and mass producing the kits. Kits usually range from the more expensive limited edition ones which are anything from 200-1000 made world wide, or some kits are unlimited  until the demand runs dry.
So the first lot of kits, the 2-4 are called 'prototypes'. If they seem ok then the sculptor selects a couple of people to turn these reborn kits into babies. They are very very very lucky  people if they get asked to do it!! As i said to me its just as awe inspiring as being selected to take part in the Olympic games lol. Reminds me of the feeling Charlie in Charlie & the Chocolate factory had when he discovered his golden ticket lol.
Once these special artists have transformed the prototypes into babies, then they take a photo  shoot and  those photos will be used to advertise the kit once its been made. The prototype babies also get sold on ebay to riase awareness of the new kit, and they usually sell  for a lot of money!

Ive seen some kits sell out within 30 hours of the OOAK and proto babies going on display, and its not unheard of for artists to pay £250-300 just for a blank doll kit if its a sold out popular one!

So yep im going to enter Paige in a proto competition if hes done in time. Other artists will also enter their own Paige kits they have done.

And as for competitions ive just entered a reborn baby i just finished in a baby  of the month competition on one of the forums. I cant say too much, and i dont  expect to win but fingers crossed anyhow!!