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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Crowning_Glory13 on April 06, 2017, 10:11:21 AM
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I have a few questions. I have a few chew hold on ponies feet. They are about the size of a plastic bead. How would you repair That? What clay or product would you use. Do all clays deal with baking? So scare to put a pony in the oven.
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Next question. So a leg on my pony looks like it has been chew. So back of leg is on, but front of leg has the rip. So displaying she looks like she has a line on her leg. An ideas so it does not come off?
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I have a fading baby pony...very splotchy purple. Do you due whole or try to spot dye?
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Last question. When you rehair..how do you keep the hair from going everywhere...this is before it's on the ponies head?
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I use Apoxie Sculpt, which is an air drying clay. You can only order it online, though. sculpting is how you'll fix chew issues
if the pony is splotchy you'll want to do a full body repaint and not dye it. you can try to dye it, but the dye may not take evenly.
I drape the hair over one knee. if you are using quality hair from dollyhair, retrodolls, etc the hair should stay together and be able to be picked up in single plug pieces :) you can also make the hair slightly damp
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Thank you:) finally got pictures
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apoxie sculpt is probably the best option for repairing.
If you dont have it though..
I HAVE baked a g1 pony, I had one literally almost just like the one in the first picture where a chunk of its foot was gone, I used sculpey to fix it, and that clay bakes at a pretty low temp, the pony was definitely soft when it came out, so I just didnt touch it until it was cooled down.
However, I have no idea how well sculpey lasts over time, I did this on one of my first customs years ago and have no idea how its aged, and a full body repaint was required.
If its a pony you love, then I wouldnt suggest it, I didnt mind baking cause 1. it was a custom, and 2. I had another bait I could use as backup lol.
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Apoxie Sculpt! It's no baking required as it's a two part base that dries through chemical reaction over the course of several hours after being mixed. It's a blessing for fixing holes in ponies. I grabbed mine off Amazon. If you're a super perfectionist like me, you'll like want to sand it down a little after it cures, to make it flush with the rest of the pony. I recommend using an automotive wet/dry sandpaper. Using a the wet/dry when wet gives a you a very smooth even surface to work on when painting after.
I drape the hair over one knee. if you are using quality hair from dollyhair, retrodolls, etc the hair should stay together and be able to be picked up in single plug pieces :) you can also make the hair slightly damp
You can dampen the hair before you plug it?!! Why didn't I think of that? I've been using some of that Doll Planet stuff lately, which is silky smooth and has nice color, but I was having trouble making plugs with it going every which way.
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Apoxie Sculpt! It's no baking required as it's a two part base that dries through chemical reaction over the course of several hours after being mixed. It's a blessing for fixing holes in ponies. I grabbed mine off Amazon. If you're a super perfectionist like me, you'll like want to sand it down a little after it cures, to make it flush with the rest of the pony. I recommend using an automotive wet/dry sandpaper. Using a the wet/dry when wet gives a you a very smooth even surface to work on when painting after.
I drape the hair over one knee. if you are using quality hair from dollyhair, retrodolls, etc the hair should stay together and be able to be picked up in single plug pieces :) you can also make the hair slightly damp
You can dampen the hair before you plug it?!! Why didn't I think of that? I've been using some of that Doll Planet stuff lately, which is silky smooth and has nice color, but I was having trouble making plugs with it going every which way.
dollplanet's nylon is more like RDUS's monofiber...it's way to silky and flyaway for my liking, but dampening it does help. If you use nylon from other places it won't be so hard to control.
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Another agreement for apoxie sculpt! :)
I have baked G3 ponies with sculpey, but if you do, then make sure you bake the head at the same time! Poor Kimono's body shrank, and while the head still fit, there was a 1/16-1/8" overhang between the head and the body once I put the head back on. Had to trim some plastic and make a collar out of DAS (another air dry clay, but it's made of paper and isn't a smooth finish; also, it can get moldy :yikes: ). Still haven't finished that custom. :cry:
As for the hair being flyaway... I make sure to only work with one color at a time, and use bag ties to keep the hanks in order. Otherwise, Dollyhair is pretty go at staying together, so long as you're only using a bit at a time. Might try Roogna's suggestion of wetting it first, though. That's a good idea. :)
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Thank you so much for all your help.
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They look fine to me.