The Fullmetal Alicorn project (part 2) (12/17: Izumi!)

[Tulips]

*Squeals* She's incredible, and those braids are just amazing! I've never seen anyone melt the ends, it's a perfect finish and looks so professional.


I was actually wondering the othe day how you were coming along. I enjoy seeing your progress on the FMA set. 

[aintnobuffalo]

Wow, Izumi is just perfect. Her braids are spot on. Melting them really made them look immaculate!

[LunaMoonCustoms1212]

These are great custom ponies!

Do you have a DeviantArt? I'd love to see all the other customs that you've made.

[Tabbyclaw]

Thanks so much for all the comments, guys! Still digging this set, even if I've slowed down on it thanks to about a million other projects.

Melting the hair was tedious, but quite easy and low-risk. I have a woodburning tool, so I just did up a braid, held the end with pliers, then trimmed it down and pressed the tool to the cut ends. That sealed it enough that I could dab the tool around the sides of the resulting fan of hair and mold the end into the proper shape, and the nylon was cool enough to handle again pretty much the second I took the tool away. And in all those hours of work, I only leaned my arm on the hot metal once.

-Tabby
the princess with claws