Rooting hair before anything else

[coinoperatedgirl]

Thanks for all the suggestions/input!

[enchantress41580]

I generally airbrush the head first, making sure the hairline is done very thoroughly.
Then I rehair Then I tape the hair up, using saran wrap and painters tape. I tape up along the hair line, so it looks kind of like:
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Then I either sculpt or airbrush properly - gradients, lacework, body colours, the works For some pieces, this is the only way I can do it - on both MH pieces I've done, the ears were sculpted and I KNEW they'd get damaged if I tried to rehair afterwards, and sometimes the same applies to zombies (I've cracked off chunks of delicate neck or head wound sculpting by sculpting before rehairing)
I leave the hair taped up and paint the details, seal etc. At the very end, I remove the tape and wrapping, wash the hair really well with shampoo and conditioner , then leave it to dry overnight before I style the hair.

I don't know what it is about having the hair in, it makes the custom seem more together and I can match colors much easier.

Absolutely agree - having the hair there makes it so much easier to colour match.

ooooh PoD, is that a new pony?! She looks so bright and sunny!!!!

[PrincessOfDarkness]

ooooh PoD, is that a new pony?! She looks so bright and sunny!!!!

Nope This was from the Monochrome swap for CSA
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[Zaphy]

I still use an oven bake clay to sculpt so no hairing before sculpting for me

[anthologia]

When I work with brushables, I usually have used ones that already have the hair I want. Since I handpaint, I separate out the head and body (easier to work with that way, since there's only one section of hair on each) and braid the tail and main, then secure them. If it helps, you might consider braiding them wet to help with any strands of hair. Then you be vewy, vewy careful around the areas with hair. I usually leave them for last and only approach them from one angle at a time, then let it dry, then go to the next angle, etc. For in between the plugs, I'd suggest not going through all the way, just do the top of the head and the bottom. Get the pony's hair wet, separate it out so that you have two lines of hair and a clear strip down the middle. Then put an elastic or something securing the two lines of hair together under the pony's head.

Someday, I'll get good at re-hairing...