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elabyRemember back when I bought a Hujoo Yomi plastic BJD so I could practice faceups?
Himawari thinks your soul looks yummy.
Well, it turns out that you kind of have to have nice weather (45+ degrees and dry) to work on faceups, because the sealant you use as a base and to seal the color has to be sprayed outside and doesn't play well with temperatures near freezing. You know what that means for New Hampshire - once November hits, unless you get lucky on an unseasonably warm weekend, there won't be an opportunity to do faceups until spring. This weekend, though, temperatures rose and I had a few free hours, so I gave little Himawari some color!
This is what I look like when I go outside to spray a doll head with Testors Dull Coat. Sealants like this are very dangerous to breathe without respiratory protection. I do wonder what the neighbors think...
Here's Himawari's face with just a layer of sealant. It gives her giant plastic head a nice matte finish.
I used pastels (non-oil-based ones) to give her face color. By scraping them with a razor, you can get a little pile of pastel dust, and then you brush it gently on in layers (and layers and layers and layers) with a paintbrush. It takes a while, but over time, it builds up nicely.
After I got one layer on, I took her outside and sprayed her again. Once the sealant dried, I brushed on more pastel dust to make the color more vibrant. I actually think I should have left well enough alone at the last stage; she looks a little bit like she has a sunburn or got into the strawberries.
I used watercolor pencils to do her eyelashes and eyebrows, and brushed a little bit of the pastels under her eyes as well. On Rachel's advice, I think I'll use a less reddish pastel color next time. Last of all, I put some garden-variety acrylic gloss on her lips to make them shinyshiny.
Himawari stole one of London's wigs, and it looks pretty good on her. I also got her a couple of Barbie outfits that fit decently. They were surprisingly cute and tasteful.
There's a little too much red around her mouth, but I'm pleased with the way she came out for my first face-up. And MAN she has gorgeous eyes - I bought them from Junkyspot, where I got her, and they were called "Sunflower," which is why I ended up picking that name for her (himawari is Japanese for sunflower).
Himawari thinks your soul looks yummy.
Well, it turns out that you kind of have to have nice weather (45+ degrees and dry) to work on faceups, because the sealant you use as a base and to seal the color has to be sprayed outside and doesn't play well with temperatures near freezing. You know what that means for New Hampshire - once November hits, unless you get lucky on an unseasonably warm weekend, there won't be an opportunity to do faceups until spring. This weekend, though, temperatures rose and I had a few free hours, so I gave little Himawari some color!
This is what I look like when I go outside to spray a doll head with Testors Dull Coat. Sealants like this are very dangerous to breathe without respiratory protection. I do wonder what the neighbors think...
Here's Himawari's face with just a layer of sealant. It gives her giant plastic head a nice matte finish.
I used pastels (non-oil-based ones) to give her face color. By scraping them with a razor, you can get a little pile of pastel dust, and then you brush it gently on in layers (and layers and layers and layers) with a paintbrush. It takes a while, but over time, it builds up nicely.
After I got one layer on, I took her outside and sprayed her again. Once the sealant dried, I brushed on more pastel dust to make the color more vibrant. I actually think I should have left well enough alone at the last stage; she looks a little bit like she has a sunburn or got into the strawberries.
I used watercolor pencils to do her eyelashes and eyebrows, and brushed a little bit of the pastels under her eyes as well. On Rachel's advice, I think I'll use a less reddish pastel color next time. Last of all, I put some garden-variety acrylic gloss on her lips to make them shinyshiny.
Himawari stole one of London's wigs, and it looks pretty good on her. I also got her a couple of Barbie outfits that fit decently. They were surprisingly cute and tasteful.
There's a little too much red around her mouth, but I'm pleased with the way she came out for my first face-up. And MAN she has gorgeous eyes - I bought them from Junkyspot, where I got her, and they were called "Sunflower," which is why I ended up picking that name for her (himawari is Japanese for sunflower).
