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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Wardah on September 12, 2012, 10:33:45 PM

Title: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Wardah on September 12, 2012, 10:33:45 PM: I wonder if anyone knows where to get the kind of flocking used on these guys.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52977999@N05/7116942691/
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Maniah on September 12, 2012, 10:59:23 PM: Looks like fabric to me, and not flocking.
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: pyrodarknessanny on September 12, 2012, 11:12:42 PM: oohhh thos are intresting, verry flufy
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Izrabeth on September 13, 2012, 02:28:49 AM: I have no clue about but this would be really cool on a pony, I hope someone can address you where to find it! :)
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Katika on September 13, 2012, 03:35:17 AM: I agree that it kind of looks like fabric, or maybe some kind of knitted/crochetted yarn, rather than flocking. I think what gives flocking the even, fuzzy effect is how small it is, anyway. Trying to flock with long fibers would be difficult to get them to all stand "up".
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: TickledPink on September 13, 2012, 03:36:14 AM: Yeah that is definitely not flocking
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Like A Tea Spoon on September 13, 2012, 04:01:22 AM: visitors can't see pics , please register or login
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/43558407@N08/7982207502/)
ponyreal2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43558407@N08/7982207502/) by PassionatePoppy (http://www.flickr.com/people/43558407@N08/), on Flickr

Seriously so freaking cute! Made me think of this pic immediately!

Could someone figure out a way to flock super fuzzy ponies?
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Wardah on September 13, 2012, 12:20:19 PM: Oh I am positive it is a type of flocking. I have seen it also used to make grass for model trains but all the ones I have found have been "natural" colors like green and brown.

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/StaticGrassFlock
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Maniah on September 13, 2012, 01:21:21 PM: My grandfather is heavily into model train sets, and he has a city that he is always working on for them. The "flocking" on these guys just doesn't look anything like his fake grass in the train station. And even if it was like astro turf, that is still rolled out in a sheet, I think.

Good luck finding actual flocking to do this. I just can't see it as anything other than a fabric glued onto it. Maybe you can locate someone who owns one and ask them if they can tell if it is fabric or flock.
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Wardah on September 13, 2012, 05:14:39 PM: I found a picture of one getting defuzzed on flickr and it looks like pretty much the same process as deflocking.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stardust96/7724758900/

What they use to do this has to exist. I'm just worried it might be one of those things that is only available in crazy huge amounts from China. Of course if that is the case then maybe one of the custom supply suppliers could look into carrying it since I am sure others might be interested and it might also be good for dolls too.
Title: Re: Extra Fuzzy Ponies?
Post by: Maniah on September 13, 2012, 05:24:35 PM: Huh. It does look like flocking once they get to breaking it down. It just looks so much like it isn't when it's actually on the darn thing.