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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: glitterball on November 18, 2018, 05:06:45 AM
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I saw Baby Bowtie as part of a bundle on an auction site and I won her! Sadly, her mane was trimmed and frizzy, her tail not so good either. I ummed and ahhed - then finally decided to go for it and re-root her!.
frizz city:
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Then I had to give her a wash O-M-G she was a filthy little pony! :X :scared: I have never seen one as dirty, ever! So much dirty yuckiness inside, it was as if she were coated in some evil version of cocoa powder, I used antibacterial soap, then a quick oxyclean bath (to soften up her legs to persuade ALL the trapped dirt to come out) then a quick once-over in anti-bacterial again to double make sure she was super clean. :angel:
dirty:
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Then the fun part - re-hairing!
I use the old-fashioned needle - cotton - knot method, it takes longer than using the tool but it makes me feel confident that the hair plugs won't fall out when you style her, plus I don't like filling the head with glue afterwards - just my personal choice! :lol:
Anyway, what colours? Rather than her usual pink, I opted to take inspiration from her purple eyes and pinky-white bow symbols - so I ended up using a trio of colours: Blizzard white, Wysteria pale purple and a (forgot the name!) pale pink. Each plug was a tiny strand of one of the colours so from a distance it still look a bit lilacy-pink, so nearly like the original, but softer.
I re-haired her over two evenings while watching the TV :lol: Anyway, I think she turned out OK!
Super-long mane, curled using the boiling-water / cold-water perm technique, using straws and clips to form the curls and drying on a radiator for 24 hours. I have yet to do her tail, but here she is!
curly:
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don't I look cute? :P
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Enjoy! xx
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She's adorable! I'm loving the curls. Nice job. :accomplished:
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So lovely, my custom pony Baby Slugger needs a good oxie clean.
Plus I found out that oxie clean bath takes the seeped glue on dolls hair right out of the hair. Do the dolls first then do Baby Slugger.
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She looks absolutely lovely! :) I love those beautiful curls, you're a pony life saver!
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She looks so happy now :heart: Great colour choices!
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Thank you, everyone! :biggrin: :heart: :heart:
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Love, love, love! She turned out so amazing! What a lucky pony :biggrin:
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She looks so sweet! And clean! :happy:
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She looks so much better- great job!
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Yike! That rust!!!
She looks so much better now :)
Love pkw xxx
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She looks wonderful! I love a good restoration story.
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Thanks for your kind words, it was fun to do, she was my first ever baby re-root too! :biggrin:
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Well done! Babies are the best for re-rooting, quick and easy.