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« on: January 27, 2018, 09:07:45 PM »
My GF and I now have all 6 of these and are re-styling their hair tonight. These little ladies really are beautiful, we are very happy with them.
I want to put together an exhaustive comparative review but I'm having trouble with the new ponies' hair. What IS it? It doesn't feel like Nylon. When it's wet, it kind of "crunches", and it has a generally drier feel to it. The colors don't map to any of the Nylon hair colors I have (all from Dollyhair, and I have just about every non-natural color they make).
Can someone who has more experience with Saran, acetate, etc. tell me what this stuff is, or suggest a way to "test" it somehow?
Also, when I do have a review put together, would Pony Corral be the right place to post it?
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« on: November 21, 2017, 05:30:35 PM »
My heart broke when I saw that Starlight is out of stock at Dollyhair. I had ALMOST enough to finish this gorgeous galaxy-themed custom I'm doing, but I'm a tiny bit short on hair for her tail! Does anyone have a MLP hank they'd be willing to part with? I'm absolutely beside myself over here.
I have Paypal and am in the continental USA.
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« on: February 17, 2013, 11:46:22 PM »
I'm doing a special surprise custom for a friend. Her favorite pony was Little Flitter, and her favorite pose is that pose, the Highflier pose. I reeeeeally want to use that pose. Highflier, Little Flitter, Cool Breeze, and Flurry are all Highflier pose ponies. Color doesn't matter much.
I'll be doing a FBR, rehair, and re-winging as well, TOTAL do-over, so rather than picking apart a perfectly good pony, which I just couldn't bring myself to do, I want a pony that really needs a makeover. Maybe someone can help me out?
I have a Little Flitter in preeeetty good shape I got off eBay, but I can't make myself do anything to her because she's still so pretty. Maybe someone would like to trade up?
It's a project that is really important to me, so you'd be doing me a huge favor. I'm in the USA, have Paypal, and am willing to use it! Let's make a deal!
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« on: November 09, 2012, 07:03:08 PM »
Got a diva pose pony that is begging for some diva-licious fishnet stockings. I have the fabric, an ultra-fine fishnet mesh, but I'm not a seamstress and have no idea how to go about this. Preferably, I want them removable. Painted-on is not gonna cut it, my hands shake too much these days.
Has anyone done this? Searching on Google is . . . uhh . . . let's just say I'm getting a bunch of results, but not much I can actually use.
Ideas? Tips?
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« on: November 06, 2012, 08:13:49 PM »
So, Halloween is maybe my favorite holiday, and I decided to celebrate all month long by working on these two darlings. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHalloween Ponies 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Both were G3 Sparkleworks, one with a badly marked up body, one with a badly marked up face. I drybrushed a black gradient over the orange, covering up the marks, and then I had two ponies, mirrors of each other, and I thought "Why not make TWINS?" So I did, and here they are. Jack got pumpkin vines and a pumpkin, Jill got pumpkin flowers, a full moon, and a bunch of adorable little bats! Candy Jack's hair is Dollyhair Nylon in Key Lime, Mango Tango, Nectarine, and Black Magick. Jilly's hair is Dollyhair Nylon in Golden Delicious, Key Lime, Envy, and Black Magick. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHalloween Ponies 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHalloween Ponies 03 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHalloween Ponies 04 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHalloween Ponies 06 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginJack 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginJack 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginJill 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginJill 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr They're with their new owner now, and she is super-happy with them. Gotta give props to my husband, who gave props to me: he brought me those little pumpkins from the store and said he went through all the bins and found "the most pumpkin-y looking pumpkins" he could find, "And then I brought them to you for you to use in your shoot." He is a really cool guy. For someone who "isn't a pony fan," he helps out A LOT, and sure likes the pictures.  Happy belated Halloween, everyone!
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« on: August 12, 2012, 01:47:11 PM »
So you want to make flat fairy or butterfly wings, kinda like the ones on Summer Wing Ponies? And you want to use Angelina/Fantasy Film to make them super-duper glamorous? I am here to help! Let's get this done! This is gonna be kinda quick and dirty. I didn't take progress pics while making these since I never thought I'd do a tutorial, so I apologize for that. You just get lots of pics of finished wings, very pretty. I will answer questions if you have them, as best I can. These are very large wings for a mummified fairy gaff I made a while back, so keep in mind that wings for a pony would probably be about half to a third or less this size. You could get more pairs of wings from your transparency film, and I highly recommend this because that stuff is expensive. What We Are Making:visitors can't see pics , please register or loginFairy Wings 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr What You Will Need:You need to know that you can do this. No, really, you can. I just wanted to throw that out there. A wing template. You can search for and download these or you can draw your own in a paint program if you are good at that sort of thing, which is what I did. You can use a black and white template, and all that will show through will be the Fantasy Film. You can also use a color template, and the Fantasy Film will give it an iridescent shine underneath. I used a colored-in template that had a lot of blue and green, and I used a blue-green color of Fantasy Film. Make sure you think about how you will attach your wings, and if you need a tab or something to affix a wire to, draw that in to make room for it! I didn't do that here because it wasn't necessary for what I was doing. If you need one, make SURE it's there! SO IMPORTANT. A printer. Any kind. If you want color wings, you will need a color printer, obviously. And it would be good if the printer actually, you know, worked. Printable transparency film! Inkjet transparency film, if you have an inkjet printer. Laser if you have a laser printer. Inkjet can be really hard to find, and it can be pricy. Try eBay for small lots of ten or a dozen sheets. Make SURE you get inkjet transparency film for an inkjet! Super important! The ink will come off of anything else. Make sure to print the design on the rougher side of the film, to hold the ink. Fantasy Film/Angelina Film. Magical iridescent magicness! Any color you want! Artglitter.com sells it, as does eBay seller Morezmore. I found some mylar gift wrap tissue at the dollar store that is a whole lot like Fantasy Film. It comes in LARGE sheets, two or four to a bag. It would probably work for flat wings like this, though I don't know about the heat-shrunk kind of tattered wings. I'm throwing this out there as a cheaper, easier to find alternative that MIGHT work. Worth trying, I just haven't tried yet. I will let you know when I do! Spray adhesive, high-quality. High quality stuff dries a little cloudy, but lower-quality stuff dries REALLY cloudy. You want translucence! Get the good stuff. (Sorry! I know we aren't rich folks. At least I'm not. Coupon time!) Scissors or a craft knife. Sharp and small. Totally Optional But I'm Crazy So I Did This:Black dimensional paint. Paint that will hold its shape. Regular acrylics won't. You want Gallery Glass, puffy foam glue/paint, or anything else that will hold its shape and not spread when you squeeze it out onto the wing. You will use this for veining. You can use a different color if you want. I used black. The patience of Job. You will need this if you do the raised veining. A really varied swearing vocabulary helps alleviate boredom. Take lessons from a pirate ahead of time if you can. Spray sealer. Ideally in two finishes, one shinier than the other. Got all that? Okay! Let's get started!The wings are simple: two pieces of inkjet transparency film sandwiched over a layer of Fantasy Film. In theory, you could make a set of these wings using just that information. I am going to try to be more helpful. Print two sets of wings. One will become the front, one will become the back. Drying time! Inkjet ink stays tacky on the transparency sheets for a long, long time. Dry them someplace where dust won't settle on them. Or cat hair. I left mine alone for two days. (If all you want is wings, and no Fantasy Film, you can spray the ink side down with sealer and carry on. You don't need two layers.) Time to glue them together! Work in a place free of dust on a smooth surface you have wiped down to be sure that there's no grit or anything on it. Keep pets away. Plastic attracts pet hair like a magnet! Without cutting out the wings, spray the ink side of one set with high-quality spray adhesive (again, not the Aleene's stuff, which is great for most stuff I use it for, but the artist's stuff that's way more expensive, but also way thinner and waaaay more transparent). If you've wisely crammed a bunch of wings close together to get the most of your transparency film, you may need to cut them out roughly for this step, because it makes laying down the Fantasy Film in a uniform direction on each wing way easier! Apply the Fantasy Film in strips to the PRINTED side of the wing. The ink needs to be in the middle of the sandwich! Lay it over the wings, making sure to lay it in the same direction along each wing, relative to the wing itself, so that the wings match. Fantasy Film has a kind of streaky grain to its iridescence, so be conscious of that. On flat wings like this, you can see the difference! Lay down the Fantasy Film from one edge with one hand and sort of rub and push it into place with the fingers of your other hand so that you aren't leaving air bubbles. Air bubbles can be pushed out toward the edges of the wings. Persistent ones could probably be pricked with a pin or craft knife and squished out. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginFairy Wings 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Here you can really see the iridescence. This is why we use better spray glue, so that it won't cloud this up too much! Fabulous! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginFairy Wings 03 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Put them together! Cut out the first AND second set of wings really roughly, leaving a wide margin around each. Spray the second set with adhesive. Look through both sets of wings at a light and align the edges as closely possible before pressing them together. Lay them under some newspaper and burnish over them gently to set the glue and to push out any air bubbles. Let 'em dry for a while. Cut them out! Cut around the borders with very sharp scissors as close as you can. If you are better with a craft knife, use that! I am not good with craft knives. Ask my left index finger. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginFairy Wings 04 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Now for the optional bits!Do you want raised veins on your wings? My wings were too flat for my liking. I needed them to look lifelike because they were for a gaff/prop that needed to look real; if you like your wings the way they are, there's no need for this part and you can skip it, saving some sanity and a lot of time. Mine needed veining. I found some stuff that is sold as craft foam glue that you can write and draw with as well. It's very soft and about the consistency of bottled acrylic paint, but holds its shape much better. At Michaels I found a set of tiny bottles with tiny detachable tips, almost like the tips on syringes. I don't think I could have done this without those tiny tips. Find something similar if you can. The regular tips for Gallery Glass or the glue stuff were small, but still way too big for this. Fill the bottles with the glue/paint and draw the veins on. Work top to bottom, side to side, and be careful not to smear it. Clean up small mistakes with damp cotton swabs, rolling the swab as you swipe it over the mistake, so you don't just smear it. Dried mistakes can be scraped with a fingernail or trimmed away with a craft knife. It dries pretty quickly. Do one side, turn them over and do the other. Then do the edges, around the outside of the wing. Put it on top of something like a couple of pop bottle caps that will keep the wet wing edges off the table while it dries, 'cause you don't wanna hold them that whole time! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginFairy Wings 05 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Up close, I didn't get them aligned perfectly, and in a couple of places I put the veins on one side of the wing in a different place. Try not to do this, obviously, but if you do, don't worry about it! It's highly likely that your wings will be so awesome, nobody will ever, ever notice! Did you notice before I pointed it out? I thought not, and there you go. Now that you are done, seal your wings! You don't have to do this if you didn't put veins on your wings, but it still looks nice. Spray one side of the wings with shiny sealer. This will be the top, visible from above if you are doing a pony. Let that dry, then (optional) spray the other side with a flat sealer. Butterfly wings are duller on the underside, after all. Oh, hey! We're done! Holy cow, you have awesome butterfly wings! Won't your pony be surprised? Good luck and I hope you enjoyed! If you have other questions, I will try to answer them! I want everyone to be able to make pretty wings for their ponies! Next time I do wings, I will try to remember to get progress shots and edit this.
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« on: August 05, 2012, 09:31:46 PM »
The Liquitex spray paint that has come out recently really intrigued me, so I tried some and thought I would share the results. I've used it on three ponies so far.
It's acrylic, and it feels and works like regular Liquitex soft-body acrylic paint while it is wet. It is fully compatible with other acrylics. It goes on in a spray of small irregular droplets, not in a fine, even mist, which means getting multiple coats on evenly can be hard. I tend to go for a heavy-ish coat, but not heavy enough for it to run. This is difficult to get right but it gives you a super-smooth finish, like black latex rubber. Humidity or too many rough coats give you a slightly pebbled texture that looks a whole lot like real leather. Runs and drips can be sanded down with superfine sandpaper once dry and re-sprayed to smoothness, and the pebbly edges of the sprayed area smooth with a wet but not dripping brush.
It dries fast in thin coats, slow in thick coats, and stays tacky for longer than bottle paints. (Liquitex paints are very shiny and "grabby", sometimes even after they cure; you REALLY need a topcoat on them.) I'd advise letting it cure for 24 hours at least before working on it, and you will definitely need a topcoat over it. The black I tried was not as "grabby" as the regular brush-on black Liquitex, though. Once it's dry, it seems as durable as any other acrylic paint. (It does scratch if you don't watch out (darn fingernails); but so does all the other paint I've ever used.)
Lower-quality paint has a tendency to come off. It adheres well initially, but if you get it wet again and work over it too much, it tends to lift off the base coat more readily.
This stuff clogs. After using, clear the tube and nozzle by turning it upside down and spraying until it comes out clear. I had problems with clogging, so I just took to popping the spray cap off and dropping it into a tiny covered cup of acetone for a while, then rinsing it out. That helped heaps.
I was hoping it would replace airbrushed paints for gradients, but it isn't nearly fine enough. It makes a durn good base coat, but I don't know if it's any better, really, than the base coats I get with a flat brush and rather diluted paint. It's quicker, if you get it right. You can also work it and blend it while it's wet, though I haven't experimented with this very much. Still, that is cool.
Overall, I like it okay, and would definitely use it for something like furniture or picture frames or larger projects, but it's not ideal for ponies. It works, but it's not revolutionary, and once my can is empty I doubt I will buy another. I hate saying that, because I am really pleased that anyone came out with acrylic spray paint AT ALL. The can is big, so it'll take a lot of ponies to work through it. I don't know if it would be worth it for one or two ponies, but if you do a lot of ponies in one color, it might be worth investigating. It's expensive (at around $12 a can where I am), so use a coupon or catch a sale.
Dullcote went on over it with no trouble whatsoever. Other Liquitex paints went on over it with no trouble.
Can't say anything about the coverage for other colors, but it worked well in one coat with the black. I just had to go back over it once to get the inevitable spots I missed on the inside of the legs, under the neck, and so on. I know that reds and yellows in particular have poor coverage, so I'm curious to try those. If anyone has experience with those colors in spray paint form, I would LOVE to hear about it!
Any questions you have I will be happy to answer if I can!
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« on: July 30, 2012, 05:52:51 PM »
So this is the little guy who gave me such trouble with his hair! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginStormlight is a weather-caller, but he's pretty young and kind of stinks at it. He reads fantasy webcomics voraciously, sings karaoke, and his favorite holiday is Christmas. He's learning contact juggling, is bad at swearing, and is way tougher than his cute exterior would lead you to believe. More pics below! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHe started as a G3 Breezie in really rotten shape. He had glue spills all down his neck and someone had tried to cut them off with a craft knife, leaving some scars. He had a lot of pen and highlighter marks. So I figured a full-body repaint would be just the thing! He's been rehaired in Dollyhair nylon in Black Magick, Bobby Blue, and Virgin Snow. I originally tried Heartless polypropylene, since it's such a perfect ice blue color, but no matter how much hot water I poured over it, the poly just wouldn't lay flat! So, in the future, no more mixing hair types. Dangit. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginI have a roleplaying character with weather powers in a superhero tabletop game who I thought would appreciate being ponified, so I went ahead and attempted a pony version of him. He came out really well. He is a handsome boy! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginLove his silver guyliner! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAnd here, the crowning achievement of this pony: none of the clouds and wind look like they are coming out of his butt.  I am proud of this, because it could have gone very badly.  visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHis NDS markings. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginShortest hair I've ever done on a pony! I cut it like a centimeter at a time, until I was happy with it. It took me forever, because I didn't want to cut it TOO short, and have to reroot him AGAIN. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThis is a bad picture, but it cracks me up! It looks like every bad Myspace pic ever. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginSigned and dated with his "birthday." visitors can't see pics , please register or loginHis little blaze just sells it for me. I love this guy. He's up for auction over on my Livejournal, and anyone can bid. That linked page is SFW, the rest of my journal, often NSFW/18+. Thanks for looking!
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« on: July 22, 2012, 01:17:58 AM »
Everyone does a peacock pony, right? I mean, the colors are irresistible! And everyone does a henna pony at some point, too, because the designs are so appealing. Well, I got both out of the way in one go, and here's the result: Chandraki. Chandi was a Christmas present for my best friend, and I only finished her in June. Yes, it takes me forever to get things done sometimes! Chandraki likes electronica, heist movies, and anything orange-flavored, and her favorite thing to do on weekends is tie her hair back and get dirty in the garden. She has a soft spot for daffodils. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr I just wanna say that the colors here are off. The color purple is really hard to capture on camera, so just know that her legs are a rich purple, and her rump is emerald green. The colors in person are really amazing, and while these pictures are gorgeous, I don't think they do the paint job justice. (Hey, I believe we should give ourselves credit for what we do really well!) I'll tell you how I went about the blending at the end. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 11 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr She's got a little attitude! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 09 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Nice pic of her display side markings. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 08 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Her little nose marking kills me with cuteness. It got lots of kisses! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 07 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr The markings on her breast. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 06 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr I want her hair SO BADLY. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 03 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Her eyeshadow and eyes are all pearlescent. You can see the iridescent blue it's all outlined in just a bit here. Much nicer in person! The postman walked up while I was shooting outdoors and seemed thoroughly perplexed and yet charmed by the whole thing, and we talked ponies for a minute or two. He also seemed pretty impressed. ("YOU did that?!") visitors can't see pics , please register or loginChandraki 04 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Her haaaaair! The colors are Black Magick, Ultraviolet, After Midnight, Poison Ivy, and Golden Goddess. So. The FBR. Super-brief notes. I used Liquitex soft body acrylics in pthalo blue and pthalo green and titanium white. I blended a blue I liked from the pthalo blue and the titanium white, mixed up some green with a tinge of blue separately, then painted the pony with one watered-down coat of blue all over, let it dry, did another, and worked wet paint into wet paint to add the green where I wanted it. The green was not watered down nearly as much. I used a very soft brush with long bristles, maybe 1/2 inch wide, watered the base coat paint down until it was quite fluid, worked fast, and you can see I got very few brush marks. What brush marks there are show in the streaking of the color, but not in the texture of the paint. You CAN get a perfectly smooth coat of paint with a brush. You just need really good acrylics, and you need a good, flat brush, and you need to get it the right consistency. A little practice and you can do it. The purple is craft paint in dioxazine purple. I used craft paint because it generally is more opaque, whereas artist's acrylics are generally more translucent but have much stronger pigment. Purple, like red, is a really translucent color, even in the craft paint. I dry-brushed it onto the legs with an old short, wide brush, a very, very little at a time. There are a LOT of layers on there because of how poor the coverage on that purple is, and it took a lot of patience. The results were great. She's finished with Testors DullCote, and I really cannot sing its praises enough. Artists' acrylics tend to be very sticky and plasticky feeling when dry, even if you let them sit for a long time. Chandi sat for four months with her base coat on, FOUR MONTHS, and was still all grabby and picking up dust. The Testors knocked that right down, and gave her an even finish. That smooth matte finish with a very gentle sheen is so beautiful, and I see why y'all love this stuff so much. I will never use anything else. I hope you enjoy her! She was educational and challenging, and I am very, very happy with how she came out, and I hope you like her, too. I wanna throw some props out there for my husband, who offered me hair color advice, and turned out to be totally right. She needed the black. I also wanna say that I am always happy to answer how-to questions about anything I have done, seriously. I am big on sharing knowledge. For those that requested it, I will try, I really will, to get that pirate hat pattern done. I have two more ponies to post pics of very soon! Next up: PIRATE PONY! Love to all of you, hope you're having a good weekend!
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« on: July 21, 2012, 12:53:33 AM »
I've got a pony with mostly nylon hair, and two small areas of polypropylene hair in the mane. The poly sticks up more, is just springier, and even after pouring boiling water over it and combing the heck out of it it still won't quite lay flat. Tips? Hints? I don't want to have to pull out the poly and replace it. 
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« on: July 07, 2012, 10:29:20 AM »
Here is Amor Volat (Latin for Love Flies). My husband calls her the "biker mama" pony (and secretly really adores her, but don't tell him I can tell). I think that is accurate. She likes mosh pits, playing in the snow, new tattoos, and eating ice cream until she gets a head freeze. And those rides at the fair that sling you around until you get crazy dizzy? Yeah. Her favorite. She started out as a G3 Sunny Daze in really awful shape, the poor thing, so she needed a FBR. I used the new Liquitex acrylic spray paint, and the experiment went pretty well. (I will post a detailed product review soon, because I think it's pretty new and is something people might be wondering about.) I rehaired her in Dollyhair nylon in Old Bubblegum and Butterfly. The pics came out very blue-tinted because I messed up the light settings on my camera, and I had to color correct them in PS 'cause I was too bushed for a re-shoot, so if some bits of her markings look purple, sorry. They are really pink. My husband deserves props for, uhh, props? That's his leather jacket in the background. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat 09 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat 04 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat 06 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat 08 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Her non-display side. Her markings were outlined in pearlescent black paint, which is admittedly hard to see in pics. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat 10 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Her hair. Her haaaaair. I cannot stop petting it. I conditioned it when I combed it flat and it's like silk. Candy-colored silk. As if her relentless cuteness were not enough, there is one more thing to love about her. A friend wondered what she'd look like under UV light, so my husband lunged for the blacklight and we gleefully performed this experiment: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAmor Volat under blacklight by Naamah Darling, on Flickr How nifty is that? Her body turned a rich purple, and her hair fluoresced green and orange! Happy accident, and now you know what those colors look like under a blacklight! (Answer: COOL.) I am really happy with her. She is up for auction at my Livejournal until Tuesday, link SFW, rest of my journal 18+. Anyone can bid, you don't have to be an LJ member. Directions at post. (If linking to that is not allowed, I'll yank it, someone just tell me. I don't wanna break any rules or make anyone mad.)
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« on: July 07, 2012, 09:13:43 AM »
I have a design that calls for fine detail in black and red, and was wondering if it would be safe to use my beloved Micron Pigma archival drawing pens. I'm concerned about long-term bleeding into the vinyl, like those awful and sad blue/purple stains that haunt my bait ponies from years past. I'd be using them right over the vinyl, without a FBR. So. Have you used them? And when? (Like, "It's been five years and no bleeding!") What do you think the threshold would be for knowing it was safe? I don't wanna devote the time to a really complex pony and have it go south on the owner years down the line. I'd feel so bad. I know that colored inks can behave differently, so does anyone have experience with those, too? And if anyone wants to post pics, if they've used these pens, I'd probably splode. That would be awesome, too. Y'all must love to show off your work just as much as me, and I will take ANY EXCUSE! LOL  Y'all, by the way, are wonderful folks, and even if I don't comment as much as I'd like to be able to, the customs forum has been a great information source and a great source of inspiration, and just a generally beautiful place to browse on days when I am feeling blah. <3 I heart you all.
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« on: June 17, 2012, 07:57:43 AM »
I feel awful asking because I never should have lost the link, but somewhere, and I would swear it was on this site, was a general list of ponies that it was and was not okay to customize.
I've looked and looked, and can't find anything like it here (I concede I am probably looking right past it at this point), and as you might imagine, Google returns nothing helpful, since putting "customize" along with "pony" gets you pretty much nothing but how-tos. Anyone know where I can find this list?
I recently came into a bunch of ponies and I really want to check and make sure I don't have anything that I'd be better off trading, selling, or restoring rather than customizing, and that list was a great easy and quick place to start.
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« on: June 16, 2012, 06:22:36 PM »
This is my latest girl, tentatively named "Stolen Kisses." I started her back in November and am finally finishing her up. She has a removable pirate hat and belt, and will be getting some other accessories, too! There will be a glittery skull and crossbones on her backside in pink, unless I think of something else iconic and piratical to go there instead. I am really proud of her so far. I think her body fade came out really well for something I had to drybrush (it's hard to see in the second pic because of the light, but she's neon purple above and dark purple on her legs and ears and snout). And her eyes came out so pretty! I'm pretty much awful with eyes, so I am really pleased! But I'm kind of stumped on her hair! I was originally going to do two or three different shades of purple, and I still think that's a great option and what I will do if I can't decide on anything better, but I also considered black, because I just love black hair on ponies. I am afraid black would be a little too dark even if you added purple to it. Someone on my LJ remarked that I should have some gold or silver in there (pirate booty!). I dunno. So I'd really like to know what everyone else thinks! visitors can't see pics , please register or loginPirate Pony WIP 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginPirate Pony WIP 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginPirate Pony Hat WIP 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginPirate Pony Hat WIP 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr I'll be rehairing her starting mid-week next week or thereabouts, if my guesses are accurate. When I'm done with her, I'll post pics, and if I have time and there is interest, instructions/a pattern for the pirate hat, which is pretty simple if you aren't bent on edging the whole thing with embroidery floss and painting everything to match. It's not a perfect pattern, but obviously it can be made to work! And maybe the next person will be better than me at sewing stuff and be able to work out the kinks. Note to self: saturated purple is a really translucent color with poor coverage. Even sponging it on means you have to use so many layers that it gets kind of uneven and gross. HAVE SOMEONE AIRBRUSH THE NEXT ONE FOR YOU.
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« on: May 28, 2012, 07:14:43 AM »
Oh, golly, it's been so long! I wanted to share this gal with you, since I posted about her a while back asking for advice, and y'all were so helpful. I especially want to thank pop-girl, who suggested a blend of Vampire Kiss and Cherry Pie, which turned out to be the perfect blend. Thank you! Colors: Red: Vampire Kiss x Cherry Pie Light Green: Envy with a few strands of Key Lime thrown in Dark Green: Poison Ivy Silver Accents: Starlight visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 01 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr Planning phase: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThis is before she had her hair curled: visitors can't see pics , please register or login visitors can't see pics , please register or login visitors can't see pics , please register or loginAnd this is after: visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 02 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 03 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 04 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 05 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 06 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 07 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 08 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 09 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 10 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 11 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr visitors can't see pics , please register or loginBriar Rose 12 by Naamah Darling, on Flickr There are things that I wish I had done differently, and I am still not sure I like her as well with the curly hair -- it changed her personality a lot! -- but I learned a lot and she's still so adorable, so I am really proud of her. She's up for auction on eBay right now (I am not sure if I am allowed to put the link here) and I am really, really happy to see that she has some high bids! Thanks for looking! I hope you enjoy!
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