I have a heap of ideas though none are started yet...Sounds like me, I know what colors I want to use on my spare Jinafire, but not sure if I can live with her hair. Also inspired by some detail work I have recently seen so maybe some body painting. I know the imp has a bunch of things she wants to do, but I have told her she needs to finish a few projects first.
I have a heap of ideas though none are started yet...Sounds like me, I know what colors I want to use on my spare Jinafire, but not sure if I can live with her hair. Also inspired by some detail work I have recently seen so maybe some body painting. I know the imp has a bunch of things she wants to do, but I have told her she needs to finish a few projects first.
I have a heap of ideas though none are started yet...Sounds like me, I know what colors I want to use on my spare Jinafire, but not sure if I can live with her hair. Also inspired by some detail work I have recently seen so maybe some body painting. I know the imp has a bunch of things she wants to do, but I have told her she needs to finish a few projects first.
Here is my list of to-dos but haven't started yet...
1. Jinafire - red rehair and reddish face up
2. Jinafire - green rehair and greenish face up
3. Catrine - changed into Siamese
4. Catrine - change into calico
5. Sister Clawdeen - turned to Greek goddess with brown hair/highlights
I also have a box of dolls to practice my face ups on
I love the seamonster, very pretty :D
Actually, I'm working on new clothes for Lala in my collection "All that Glitter".
The dress is nearly finished o/
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I'm still in the beginning stage of my first rerooting of my OC plant girl. Just need to get some hair.
Since we're in a thread about Customs, Let me hijack the thread for a quick moment:
What kinda hair material does what? I know it's been mentioned a few times but I can't remember what I read.
Kanekalon = no kinks or bends in hair, but shrivels and afroed when boil straightened
Nylon = Can only be styled straight and not boil permed/straightened
Saran = Can easily be styled with high temperature
I need to decide the right texture for her so please correct me if it's off, I need to know what does what.
And how much hair from who fills a whole MH head?? The hair style I'm going for is just about lower than the shoulder, about going down to her bust.
Alice is scaring me :shocked:
yes Nana-Rena exactly =D i love Chanel, it's my favourite fashion designer and now i've made this dress I guess Lala + Chanel = happy wedding :p
By a wonderful chance I've studied sewing in the same region as coco chanel nearly one century before me :p
And I love her style, classical but fashion, with nude, pearl, black and white style... I can talk about fashion all the day :blush:
Maniah: Love that Clawdeen! What char is she becoming and in what game is she?
I am currently working on (since December) a set of 7 jackalope customs. So far, all the ears are sculpted, painted, more or less flocked, and one head is rehaired. Another is juust started, and one is halfway to being rehaired, but I am almost out of the color I'm using, and need to order more.
Thankies for that! now I have to decide if I want nylon or Saran...She'd have a long bob cut, but don't know if I want her to have curled ends like Spectra's design or just a straight bob...the slick, almost oily texture would match her characteristics so well. :hmm: so many decisions but so little options. :huh:I'm still in the beginning stage of my first rerooting of my OC plant girl. Just need to get some hair.
Since we're in a thread about Customs, Let me hijack the thread for a quick moment:
What kinda hair material does what? I know it's been mentioned a few times but I can't remember what I read.
Kanekalon = no kinks or bends in hair, but shrivels and afroed when boil straightened
Nylon = Can only be styled straight and not boil permed/straightened
Saran = Can easily be styled with high temperature
I need to decide the right texture for her so please correct me if it's off, I need to know what does what.
And how much hair from who fills a whole MH head?? The hair style I'm going for is just about lower than the shoulder, about going down to her bust.
You have Nylon mixed up with Saran. :) Saran is straight only. It cannot be easily boil permed. If you do get it to curl, the curls generally fall out. Nylon curls tend to last a very very long time. Nylon is the same hair that MLP has. Saran often has a slick, almost oily feel to it.
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love the blue!! looks great on the vamp.
just finished a custom swap. (not allowed to reveal pics yet)
now i'm switching over to custom mh doll clothes. and i totally agree. her red lipstick drives me crazy too.
eventually i'm gonna repaint mine. one i have her designed outfit decided.
I love the seamonster, very pretty :D
Actually, I'm working on new clothes for Lala in my collection "All that Glitter".
The dress is nearly finished o/
Thankies for that! now I have to decide if I want nylon or Saran...She'd have a long bob cut, but don't know if I want her to have curled ends like Spectra's design or just a straight bob...the slick, almost oily texture would match her characteristics so well. :hmm: so many decisions but so little options. :huh:I'm still in the beginning stage of my first rerooting of my OC plant girl. Just need to get some hair.
Since we're in a thread about Customs, Let me hijack the thread for a quick moment:
What kinda hair material does what? I know it's been mentioned a few times but I can't remember what I read.
Kanekalon = no kinks or bends in hair, but shrivels and afroed when boil straightened
Nylon = Can only be styled straight and not boil permed/straightened
Saran = Can easily be styled with high temperature
I need to decide the right texture for her so please correct me if it's off, I need to know what does what.
And how much hair from who fills a whole MH head?? The hair style I'm going for is just about lower than the shoulder, about going down to her bust.
You have Nylon mixed up with Saran. :) Saran is straight only. It cannot be easily boil permed. If you do get it to curl, the curls generally fall out. Nylon curls tend to last a very very long time. Nylon is the same hair that MLP has. Saran often has a slick, almost oily feel to it.
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Thanks! After the whole drama with DH, I'm gonna try not to order from there. >,<; For now I'm looking around other places to see where I can order from and pestering one of my friends to buy it for me since I has no card to pay online.
One issue I would have to figure out in making her is: She has two vines/tendrils coming from the back of her head that's kinda like pigtails with thorns and a leaf at the end of each and I have no idea how I'd pull it off.
Maybe like have three or 6 plugs that haven't been cut and braid them into long pigails? :shrug:
Faced with all the talented customizers around here I'm a little shy to admit that I've been working really hard on my first rehair for a few months. I'm getting ready to finish her up. I put off the part until last as I know it's going to give me troubles.
Right now I'm working on rerooting my black and white SS Frankie in rainbow gradiant hair. I'm about halfway done. After that I think I will be doing an Abbey or a blue Robecca.
One issue I would have to figure out in making her is: She has two vines/tendrils coming from the back of her head that's kinda like pigtails with thorns and a leaf at the end of each and I have no idea how I'd pull it off.
Maybe like have three or 6 plugs that haven't been cut and braid them into long pigails? :shrug:
Thanks! After the whole drama with DH, I'm gonna try not to order from there. >,<; For now I'm looking around other places to see where I can order from and pestering one of my friends to buy it for me since I has no card to pay online.
One issue I would have to figure out in making her is: She has two vines/tendrils coming from the back of her head that's kinda like pigtails with thorns and a leaf at the end of each and I have no idea how I'd pull it off.
Maybe like have three or 6 plugs that haven't been cut and braid them into long pigails? :shrug:
I actually wanted to make a personal thread to introduce her when I first through up of her and all that, but until then, I've just been lazy to go through all of it, so until she's done, she'll be under wraps. :P *Is very paranoid in general about sharing her ideas and the possibility of having someone steal it* I've "drawn" a few pictures of her and will probably post/include them in that thread once I ever get to it.Thanks! After the whole drama with DH, I'm gonna try not to order from there. >,<; For now I'm looking around other places to see where I can order from and pestering one of my friends to buy it for me since I has no card to pay online.
One issue I would have to figure out in making her is: She has two vines/tendrils coming from the back of her head that's kinda like pigtails with thorns and a leaf at the end of each and I have no idea how I'd pull it off.
Maybe like have three or 6 plugs that haven't been cut and braid them into long pigails? :shrug:
I *think* the drama is all cleared up with Dollyhair. I'm honestly not sure where else to get hair. The RestoreDoll.com website was way too confusing and messy for me to figure anything out. x_x
Do you have a design sketched out for the tendrils and such? I'm curious to see it!
You could pop in a plug or two of some kind of different material :) Yarn was my first thought, but you could use almost anything! I was surprised at all the crazy yarn "types" there are out there! Walk your yarn section at your local Walmart/Target/Mejier and inspiration will strike, I promise. Especially with that crazy brain of yours :lol:I was thinking of maybe trying yarn, but the texture/look didn't look/feel right to me, maybe be too floppy when i need to be able to pose them. Maybe I'll go have a look and see what kinds there are in stores.
Try threading some cotton thread through the plugs, and do a spiral knot:With her characteristics, I actually wanted to make them poseable!! Just didn't know how. >,>; And Leaf shaped beads might actually work! As for that knot method, if I can find the right kind of thread or even use hair, that might work!
http://www.craftprojectideas.com/index.php/how-to/basic-techniques/450-knots-how-to-make-a-spiral-knot
And then end it with a leaf bead, Or somesuch. If you made it with a wire in the middle, it could be poseable!
Thankies for that! now I have to decide if I want nylon or Saran...She'd have a long bob cut, but don't know if I want her to have curled ends like Spectra's design or just a straight bob...the slick, almost oily texture would match her characteristics so well. :hmm: so many decisions but so little options. :huh:
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[quote author=Angelkitty21 link=topic=326731.msg703678#msg703678 date=1364445611Try threading some cotton thread through the plugs, and do a spiral knot:With her characteristics, I actually wanted to make them poseable!! Just didn't know how. >,>; And Leaf shaped beads might actually work! As for that knot method, if I can find the right kind of thread or even use hair, that might work!
http://www.craftprojectideas.com/index.php/how-to/basic-techniques/450-knots-how-to-make-a-spiral-knot
And then end it with a leaf bead, Or somesuch. If you made it with a wire in the middle, it could be poseable!
LuvlyMelody why not use Polymer Clay for the vines you can bake it plus it has many colours? then all you need to do is A] glue it on or B] use magnets to add or remove when you feel like it
LuvlyMelody why not use Polymer Clay for the vines you can bake it plus it has many colours? then all you need to do is A] glue it on or B] use magnets to add or remove when you feel like it
Oh yeaaah, I forgot about flexi sculpey! http://www.sculpey.com/products/clays/sculpey-superflex-bake-bend
that would be cool too, but pick whatever you think works best.
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you wouldn't think it would so hard to find a rubber snake with a round belly (all the others I found had these flat molded ones). I have yet to boil this, hope it works!
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:O Oh my gosh!! That is AWESOME! What kind of clay is that??
:O Oh my gosh!! That is AWESOME! What kind of clay is that??
regular ol' sculpey ^-^ Believe it or not it started as an experiment..
Oh wow! Is regular sculpy flexible? I don't know anything about sculpting and what kinds of clay to use on customs...
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Not a Custom doll but i am working on the couch for my dolls.. what do you all think??
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Not a Custom doll but i am working on the couch for my dolls.. what do you all think??
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I think that looks really neat! The back of the couch is too tall for it to resemble a proper couch in my opinion, but the pattern is very nice.
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Oh my goodness, I love this thread!I didn't realize it till now, but it does look like her. If I knew how to make her hair splay out like that, I actually would make her style like that, but instead I'll have it down OR try to have it splayed out like Yuna's.
Luvly: I like the spiral knot idea......ALOT. I love the way your girl looks:) She reminds me of Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2 :heart:
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....okay maybe not :lookround: For a minute, I thought Yuna has two ponytails. Oh well!
Also, if you're really stressed about the holes, here's the mentioned tutorial: http://www.nonaptime.com/2013/02/tutorial-patching-up-vinyl-gaps-and-holes/ (http://www.nonaptime.com/2013/02/tutorial-patching-up-vinyl-gaps-and-holes/)
To remove hair, I've always used needle nose pliers, whether it's dolls or ponies, and I never have too many issues with tearing plugs.
Mmmm blood. It's actually really fun to paint blood splatters all over everything. One o the reasons I like zombie ponies...
Alright, actual picture of my current custom projects! Except one, who I just need a few things on so she can wait until she's done.
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Leprechaun girls: My first two shots at making a persona. First was Frankie, who was a little too washed out for me. Also decided I liked silver more than gold, and came up with a reasonable reason for it over gold. She still needs a new face. And maybe some curl in her hair. Second was Venus aka Fox at the moment, who I like? But just doesn't feel like me. Also rehaired, also needs a face.
Second my Jackalopes, who all have ears, but are in the slow, sloow process of me getting around to rehairing them. Clawdeen is actually done, and waits for the others so she can get her horns. Garboyle head I just need to flock, since he'll have short hair, and decide if I want to make him a beard or not. He's actually not a jackalope, but the winged German bunny similar. My friend Chris is weird and reeally into German Metal, so with him already coming with wings it fits. Ghoulia also needs her paint redone- after it settled, it doesn't match her skin tone at aaall. Yellow Howleen is on hold, until I order more hair- I am out of yellow. And everyone else is bald.
They're customs for my 6 close friends, and me. And I used Apoxysculpt and wire to help me keep shapes right, because I didn't want to risk either melting the heads, or the ears to lose shape any. They're Christmas presents, for last year. I cleearly missed the deadline.
I finished my rehair finally! This is Zarlena Fox, a werefox pirate. Now I need to practice painting before I start on trying to paint her. I also want to make her a fox tail. MM Also need to alter her hat a little. She's got a cute tri-corn hat to gowith her outfit. I forgot to photograph her with it on.
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ZarlenaFull (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seraphlena/8613612393/) by seraphlena (http://www.flickr.com/people/seraphlena/), on Flickr
Maniah she is breathtaking, absolutly gorgeous! If you do not mind me asking, did you make her clothes?
She is lovely! i love her hair!
Thank you so much! I am so happy with how her hair came out. I was going for a sunbleached bonde and I wan't sure how the highlights of golden goddess would look, but I am happy. I want to shorten it to about her knees, or maybe mid thigh.Noooooooooooo ...... leave her as is .... her hair looks awsome don't cut it! LOL
lol. It is too long though. It makes her tip over easy, and it makes her head tilt back. And if I manage to make her fox tail, then tha'ts just more weight in the back to tip her... Hmm.. Though I suppose I could fill the base of her stand with some old apoxie sculpt that is too old to sculpt with, so it's a heavier base.. She'll still probably get a haircut ;)No .... just no! LOL her hair looks gorgeous! I know there has to be another way LOL. Just kidding, I know she will look amazing when you complete her, but seriously her hair is just gorgeous.
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you wouldn't think it would so hard to find a rubber snake with a round belly (all the others I found had these flat molded ones). I have yet to boil this, hope it works!
Here is my first MH custom. :) She used to be a Scaris Abbey that I rerooted and repainted. I'm planning on trying to make her a fairy-like outfit, but for now, she's wearing Frankie's fashion pack.Oh I really like her elonni!! She's looking great so far....can't wait to see your fairylike outfit as I'm a huge fairy person!! :satisfied:
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Here is my first MH custom. :) She used to be a Scaris Abbey that I rerooted and repainted. I'm planning on trying to make her a fairy-like outfit, but for now, she's wearing Frankie's fashion pack.Oh I really like her elonni!! She's looking great so far....can't wait to see your fairylike outfit as I'm a huge fairy person!! :satisfied:
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If you mean a hairline part, Dollyhair has a pretty detailed tutorial for rehairing, including the part: http://www.dollyhair.com/reroottutorial.htm (http://www.dollyhair.com/reroottutorial.htm)
ACK! You tore out the eyes of a liv doll!! >,<; Although it does work her wonders since they match her face and body. :P How'd you get it to stay in place??
ACK! You tore out the eyes of a liv doll!! >,<; Although it does work her wonders since they match her face and body. :P How'd you get it to stay in place??We (Akkhima, Oneleo1, skyrocketneko, ZennaBug, and me) had a mini-meetup and replaced a BBE pony's eyes with Liv eyes.
ACK! You tore out the eyes of a liv doll!! >,<; Although it does work her wonders since they match her face and body. :P How'd you get it to stay in place??We (Akkhima, Oneleo1, skyrocketneko, ZennaBug, and me) had a mini-meetup and replaced a BBE pony's eyes with Liv eyes.
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To those of you who do reroots......what tool do you use? I see dollyhair sells them but I've also seen a tutorial with someone who made their own with a pencil. :lol:
I plan on using the thread and needle method, but if I use the rehair tool, will I have to use glue to secure it down??
Once you remove all of the hard plastic "hair" yes, he is rootable! However, there's a deep indent/hole for the snake hawk. This guide is supposed to be good for filling in large holes for rooting: http://www.nonaptime.com/2013/02/tutorial-patching-up-vinyl-gaps-and-holes/ (http://www.nonaptime.com/2013/02/tutorial-patching-up-vinyl-gaps-and-holes/)
Once you remove all of the hard plastic "hair" yes, he is rootable! However, there's a deep indent/hole for the snake hawk. This guide is supposed to be good for filling in large holes for rooting: http://www.nonaptime.com/2013/02/tutorial-patching-up-vinyl-gaps-and-holes/ (http://www.nonaptime.com/2013/02/tutorial-patching-up-vinyl-gaps-and-holes/)
Here is a WIP pic of the clown I am working on now. I think I am done with her face now. Dress was a La De Da Cyanne as Viva La France, I removed the heart and added the pom poms and a few more layers of fabric to the skirt. I have to order her wig, shoes, and stockings tomorrow when I get paid. Opinions welcome!I love the paint job Pony. Her faceup looks great!! I think she'll turn out to be a very cool looking clown. :satisfied:
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Here is a WIP pic of the clown I am working on now. I think I am done with her face now. Dress was a La De Da Cyanne as Viva La France, I removed the heart and added the pom poms and a few more layers of fabric to the skirt. I have to order her wig, shoes, and stockings tomorrow when I get paid. Opinions welcome!Her nose is so pink. But, if it was red it would melt into her lips so the pink is good. She looks great, and juuust a touch kreepy, but so do most clowns.
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Here is a WIP pic of the clown I am working on now. I think I am done with her face now. Dress was a La De Da Cyanne as Viva La France, I removed the heart and added the pom poms and a few more layers of fabric to the skirt. I have to order her wig, shoes, and stockings tomorrow when I get paid. Opinions welcome!I really like her, cannot wait to see her finished!
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Here is a WIP pic of the clown I am working on now. I think I am done with her face now. Dress was a La De Da Cyanne as Viva La France, I removed the heart and added the pom poms and a few more layers of fabric to the skirt. I have to order her wig, shoes, and stockings tomorrow when I get paid. Opinions welcome!eeeeeeeeeeeepppp!!!!!! *shudders in fear* ...clowns scare me...but she is wickked cool...i think she's perfectly scary as is, but if you're looking for a wig you might consider the blue and hot pink one that comes with the Bratzillaz switch-a-witch, i think those colors would suit her well...if you need pics lmk :)
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My niece & I made a simple Mavis Dracula. My first ever custom, not amazing at all but she adores her dolly!! I wish I knew how to post pics from my phone!" :(That is awsome! I don't think it is the complexity of a custom that makes it special and amazing, it is the heart that goes into it ... my guess is your custom is pretty darn amazing :)
Aww I would've love to see a Daughter of Pennywise the Clown!!! All she needs now are some balloons, because they float.
So, while prepping my newest project, I discovered a few interesting things about Deuce's head. After some patience, an hair dryer, and a few applications of an xacto knife I got Deuce's snakes out without tearing up any of his head scales, which I want to keep. After doing so, I found out a few things, like that the scales have a gap between themselves and their head, and there are no actual holes in Scaris at least, just some deeper dents.
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A little question that goes out to all you crafty customizers: what type of sealant do you use when you do fullbody repaints? A lot of people have recommended Mr. Super Clear to me, but it's so costly to import :(I bough it for $10-$12 with free shipping option from Chinese seller. I don't think it's really costly... Especially when it comes to OOAK, it's very important to use high-quality products for your custom projects.
A little question that goes out to all you crafty customizers: what type of sealant do you use when you do fullbody repaints? A lot of people have recommended Mr. Super Clear to me, but it's so costly to import :(
I was thinking about sealant myself.
Do you think it'd be possible to get away with just using sealant made for acrylic paint (or whatever other medium)?
There's also some sealant I've seen made for things like Warhammer, to seal the paint onto those little figurines, would that work?
A little question that goes out to all you crafty customizers: what type of sealant do you use when you do fullbody repaints? A lot of people have recommended Mr. Super Clear to me, but it's so costly to import :(I bough it for $10-$12 with free shipping option from Chinese seller. I don't think it's really costly... Especially when it comes to OOAK, it's very important to use high-quality products for your custom projects.
I have seen some sellers on German ebay and the cheapest option was 18€, including shipping.I see. I am just not really sure what is costly in Germany. But I agree that 18 euros ($20 ?) is kind of expensive. If I'd live in Ukraine (I left it 3,5 years ago), I couldn't afford it at all with our salaries.
That is kind of costly to me when I hear some people just buy it for 5$ on amazon.com ;)
Ugh dealing with school too. >,>;
I wanna stop putting this ghoul aside and get her done already, so I'm hoping to get her done soon. Just need to order some hair for her, re-root her and possibly commission someone to make her outfit for her.
i thought of working on MH clothes as well, but i am not sure where to start. what kind of clothes are the hardest to come by? i would like to try that! ^^
18 euro for clothes sound really expensive, but i can understand it if it would have lost of details and lace to it. ;)
I need a Frankie that would look good rerooted in primarily pink.. any ideas?
So far I have come up with Signature, DOTD and DT w1... oh! And SO.. are there like no cheaper Frankies out right now with pink in her make up?
I guess if it comes down to it I will either sacrafice my spare Signature or buy another DOTD doll because I wanted an extra set of her stock anyway..head scratcher..
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)!
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!
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.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginpersonally i love the eyes as is.
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?