What are you working on? (Custom MH projects)

[cleverLC]

Re-hairing Catrine in royal purple, repainting werecat twin faces, and making a blue version of thatg33kgirl's infamous MH Pinkie Pie doll.  (I'm using an Abby for the body, and thinking of re-using that Abby's hair for the mane/tail.)

Also, head removal is driving me bonkers.  I ended up breaking the back of one twin's neck (thankfully her hair will hide it)!

Are you using any heat to soften up the heads when you remove them?  I use a heating pad, others recommend a hair dryer, some say running their heads under hot water, anything to get the vinyl to heat up and come off easier.  Makes head removal SO much easier!

I learned that the hard way.  The other werecats lost their heads a lot more easily.

[justkitter]

Re-hairing Catrine in royal purple, repainting werecat twin faces, and making a blue version of thatg33kgirl's infamous MH Pinkie Pie doll.  (I'm using an Abby for the body, and thinking of re-using that Abby's hair for the mane/tail.)

Also, head removal is driving me bonkers.  I ended up breaking the back of one twin's neck (thankfully her hair will hide it)!

Are you using any heat to soften up the heads when you remove them?  I use a heating pad, others recommend a hair dryer, some say running their heads under hot water, anything to get the vinyl to heat up and come off easier.  Makes head removal SO much easier!

I learned that the hard way.  The other werecats lost their heads a lot more easily.

Good!  I'm glad you've got it down now   Soon you'll be a pro

[megan_applejack]

My first attempt at a custom doll. She was a rescue from someone else's attempt to customize.

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[jeapos88]

I am working on a custom Deuce, with real hair, my first custom. So far I have learned that eyes suck to paint, and don't get acetone on the bodies, cause they kinda melt

[rosierjay]

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Finally gave my leprechauns faces. Not sure I'm happy with their eyes though... I feel like I need to add eyelashes, but I'm pretty terrible at them... what do you guys think?

personally i love the eyes as is.
i think sometime the lashes are a bit too much.
but this amount seems perfect.
still lovely, but not overly flashy

[keylimepony]

I didn't think I would attempt another reroot but so much for that notion. I'm using a different method than my first and I like it a lot better. I'm also using more than one color. So much for my first reroot being my last! I hope this one is an improvement.

Edit: Here's the link in case anyone is curious:

http://www.brutalsunstudio.com/reroot.htm

[cleverLC]

Catrine, why must you have so much glue inside your head?  I just want to take that lavender out!

(Is it possible to leave the pink streak from her bangs in, while still replacing the rest of her hair?)

[DoomBunnies]

Teeechnically, but it's pretty damn hard to do. I personally find trimming down the color you want to remove, and then carefully pulling it out from the inside works best, that way if you accidentally grab the color you want to keep you can let go and pull it back out to normal length.