In the past I have made a doll for each of my sisters. I have one brother but didn't know if he would want a doll that I made. When I asked him he said, "Of course!" He told me that he always liked the 1953 version of Calamity Jane staring Doris Day. After explaining to him that I'm not a portrait artist, I agreed to make him Calamity Jane. He provided me with a photo and I took it from there. I made everything on this doll except the mini gun. Calamity Jane's head and hands are hand sculpted polymer clay and her body is cloth. Her hair is mohair. I used suede for her buckskin outfit. For the gun belt, holster and boots I waxed the suede to make it look more like leather. If you look closely you can see "bullets" in her gun belt. I truly had fun creating this doll for my brother.
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