A tricky restoration... [Red Roses]

[Noasar]

Sooo...I'm sure we've all had ponies that were 'beyond hope' and get turned into customs, rehaired, thrown in the bottom of a box and forgotten about, right?

I almost ended up scalping this Red Roses and giving her straight hair (actually quite disappointed that I didn't get to do that, so if you have a truly baity RR, let me know!), but when it came to it I just couldn't do it! She had just about enough hair left to play with, so I thought I'd step up to the challenge and restore her to her former glory.

Check out the before pics...

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She had half a rusty tail, a buzz cut in several areas including the forelock, faded hair, general grime, dirt and god knows what else inside, but look at her now!

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She actually looks better on display than my other RR that I had always thought of as 'mint'!

[Teddy]

O.O WOW!!! You did an awesome job on her, she looks fantastic!

[Safflower]

Wow, she is absolutely stunning! Great job You can’t tell she was ever baity  at all!

[Leave a Whisper]

You did a wonderful job restoring this girl.

[BlackCurtains]

Whoa, great job! And good for you not being afraid to restore a sought after pony

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

She looks so beautiful, good job!

[Pheasant]

I'm always deeply impressed by the restoration process - it's an art in it's own right.

 You did a great job, she looks phenomenal! What did you rehair her with?

[Thunderwing]

I'd also love to know what you rehaired her with. Did you keep any of the original hair and just add to it, or full replacement? I can't even tell it isn't original!

[Auroralight]

Wow, pleas tell me how you did it

[Noasar]

Thanks guys!

Her forelock was rehaired with the usual nylon Pussycat, then I re-pinked what was left of her hair (which was not as easy as nylon!), took some hair from her tail and used that to rehair her mane. I took out the washer, and then neatened up what was left of her tail which by this point was very thin. I used some acrylic yarn that was a matching pink to fill out the tail and blended it in with the original hair.

Hope that helps! The yarn colour was spot on - it was called Icy Pink. I think it should show up on Google if you search for it

[Goanna]

She looks so beautiful, you did such a wonderful job!

[kingluke]

very impressive.

[Griffin]

Oh wow, that is one super impressive restoration job!

[lovesbabysquirmy]

what a great restoration

[mlp4me]

She turned out great, well done!