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« on: February 24, 2015, 04:27:05 PM »
Hey all, what sort of sealants do you prefer? Matte or glossy? Do you even seal your customs? I use glossy Mr. Superclear but I am starting to think that maybe I am going to switch to matte  Any recommendations?
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« on: February 13, 2015, 01:09:15 PM »
I use tissue paper to fill in space between sculpting, do one overall layer of tissue paper, then wrap the whole thing in bubble wrap. Lots and lots of bubble wrap. Use a box that is quite a bit bigger than the custom. There should be plenty of clearance around your item on all sides - no part of your custom should be touching any part of the box. Tightly fill the whole space around your customs (or what is now a bubble wrap blob) with either more bubble wrap, tissue, newspaper, packing peanuts, whatever you have on hand. The item should not be able to move at all once the box is closed and the box should be full of packing material so that it cannot be crushed.
Awesome, that sounds like a good idea, thank you. I may have to try that, I have tons of bubble wrap from when I mailed out cookies.
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« on: February 13, 2015, 12:27:49 PM »
Hey, I recently finished a custom with sculpted hair and unfortunately the tails of my customs tend to break off in shipping. I would like some advice from anyone who does sculpted ponies and how they ship them. I have to send it to the Netherlands so the safer the better.
Thank you for any assistance you may be able to offer.
(For those of you who want to see it, I can't post it till the person receives it because it was bough as a gift.)
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« on: February 08, 2015, 10:44:59 PM »
 Welcome to the Arena. That is a lovely avatar, did you draw it?
Thank you! Yes I did.
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« on: February 07, 2015, 10:43:16 PM »
Wash the hair with a conditioner after you've finished rehairing and gluing. Use warm water and it helps release the hair making it softer. Hope this helps.
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« on: February 07, 2015, 10:38:06 PM »
Gorgeous! I really love this custom, it is just amazing. I have a G4 Fizzy in the works (I made her when I first started but she needs to be re-done) and I was unsure if there was a gem the right size for a twinkle eye G4 glad to know there are.
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« on: February 07, 2015, 10:33:35 PM »
very interesting
thanks for sharing
please make sure to share the finished custom too
I totally will, though he is on the back burner now, since the client had to get a new car so payment is still pending. I will be posting the customs in the background once I finish them though. Post Merge: February 07, 2015, 10:34:31 PMI love WIP pictures and this is no exception! Can't wait to see the rest.
I can't wait to finish him, though I need to find a good bat wing tutorial. Is there a good bat wing tutorial on here? I have seen plenty feathered wing ones.
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« on: February 06, 2015, 03:32:50 PM »
Oh hey! I have you followed on there too! I am a big fan :3 thank you for the welcome.
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« on: February 06, 2015, 03:29:35 PM »
Interesting. I've been considering trying to custom a mini Big Mac Funko so this might come in handy. OOooohhh...is that a Granny Smith custom I see in the works???? Awesome!
I would like to see how that works out, because I think that one might be one solid piece. Please post about it if you do it. Nope it is an OC custom of a pony called "Atjour Service" and she is proving to be a behemoth of an undertaking. Post Merge: February 06, 2015, 03:31:14 PMAwesome, thank you for showing this. I've been doing a ton of Funko customs lately, and I was wondering about him. I grabbed one to customize, but I don't have a project for him yet.
It looks like if you boil it, you might be able to loosen the head off, and pull the harness off after that. That way you should, theoretically anyway, be able to get the harness off in one piece and recycle it (say, for a Fashion Style Big Mac  ). In my experience, the Funkos come apart pretty easily with just a bit of elbow grease. The tails pull out like nothing, and a lot of times I can pull out the wings on  Ponies with my bare hands. But the quality seems to vary greatly so *shrug*
Can't wait to see what you do with him, I have been a follower of yours on DA for quite a while. The boiling theory might be possible, please if you manage to do that please share.
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« on: February 06, 2015, 12:15:28 PM »
I haven't been able to find any other information about this so I thought I would post this as reference. I recently received a commission request to turn the Funko Big Mac toy into a Night Guard. It is possible to remove his halter thought it does require a strong dremel or table saw. visitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or loginvisitors can't see pics , please register or login
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« on: February 06, 2015, 09:47:09 AM »
Hello, I'm a relatively new collector and I do customs, I joined because most often when I look for refs I get directed here and guests can't see images. I draw ponies as well, I even have an ask blog for my main OC. I also collect fakies that are amusing (currently looking for concerned pony) I love chatting and trading ideas so I am excited to finally be here.
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