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Full Body Sanding & Seam Removal Tutorial video.

For a written version, you can see my original oh my old website here: http://www.dirili.com/mh/sanding.html Feel free to ask any questions!

People frequently ask me how difficult it is to reroot in shrunken heads, so I put this together to show!

Reshaping/Resculpting Vinyl Heads Tutorial Works for both shrunken heads and normal vinyl.

Written tutorial here: http://www.dirili.com/mh/index.html

Tutorial videos for both slow and fast vinyl head shrinking now done and up! Again, if you’d rather read the written versions, you can visit my site at www.Dirili.com

I’m not sure if my next video is going to be about rerooting in the hardened shrunken vinyl, or on reshaping the heads. If you have any input, feel free to chime in.

This is some preliminary information about shrinking vinyl doll heads to help people determine what method they would like to use and let people know some things that don’t work. Tutorials for 2 different methods are coming up soon!

The original written tutorials: http://www.dirili.com/mh/shrinkop.html

I’m starting a video series now on YouTube about the processes I use when doing my OOAK custom dolls.

Unfortunately the footage is a bit shaky and the audio isn’t so great, but I ordered a few components so the rest of the videos can be better, and I may redo the premium treatment video altogether. 

Collar x Malice - Chapter 0 Part 7 (English translated narration)(graphic audiobook)(PS Vita) You can see this video with it's original Japanese voices and English subtitles in this video on the translator irmoony's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzfC_5D5KwdnumNklvUogxw

Specific corresponding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RejSctZwvns

We are only doing videos for chapter 0 as a way to advertise for this game since it is getting an official English release, mostly likely in 2017. Hope these entices you to buy it when it comes out!

The Hakuouki Shinkai games are officially getting and English localization called Kyoto Winds in spring 2017!

Hakuouki Kyoto Winds official site: http://ideafintl.com/hakuoki-kyoto/

Tumblr campaign post: http://tenshieffect.tumblr.com/post/152258031287/calling-all-hakuoki-fans-1-in-japan-theres-a

17″ Maddie with head shrunken and reshaping and a number of other modifications.There are so many details and I’m a terrible photographer, so I took a lot of pictures and I didn’t want to put them all on this post. You can see the rest of the pictures on Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/tallmaddie

Took me 15 hours to sand the seams off her body and 4 hours to reshape and sand her head. Well, I mean, with all the detail on this one, I spent a lot of time on many of the details, but I think sanding usually takes up most of my time hehe.

It may just be me, but I didn’t like her painted on spotted tights, so I lightly blushed her pale legs to simulate plain white stockings.

Her necklace is sealed in gloss except for the bow which sealed in matte. Shoes sealed in gloss to make them look like glazed porcelain. The handle of her teacup headband sealed in gloss to enhance metallicness, and the top of the cup sealed in gloss to simulate liquid.

She’ll be up in my Etsy shop soon: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dirili

Premium features: Shrunken and reshaped head Full body sanding Repaint and full body blushing and detail Full stock clothing and accessories Detailed repaint on all accessories

Sooo, ever since I finished that last Cleo, I’ve been sanding away. These are all the dolls I’ve sanded over the last 9 days or so. Took me about 8 hours average for small ones, 15 average for the 17″ers. Everybody with shrunken heads of course as usual.

Selkie Sirena is rerooted with long black saran hair and sealed with semi-gloss for the upper body that brings out the opalescence of her plastic, and high gloss for her lower tail, eyes and lips for a wetter look.

She’s up now in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dirili

This doll features: Shrunken head Hair reroot Repaint and full body blushing Handmade lace bandeau

This Robecca has had every plate of her body meticulously shaded and highlighted, along with various mixed stock that has been repainted to match and also detailed just like her body. Doll Fully sealed in semi-gloss to maintain her metallic look. Gold accessories sealed in full gloss for shinier look.

She’s up now in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dirili

Features: Shrunken head                 Repaint and full body blushing                 Full seam and molded underwear removal/sanding  (note: Even though she has been sanded, her plastic has a certain amount of translucency, so the image of the molding has remained imprinted color-wise in the plastic)                 Modified stock dress                 Repainted shoes and accessories

This is a repainted Apple White doll with her head shrunken and reshaped to give it a little more dimension. The doll is the from the Hattastic line, and since her hair color so perfectly matched Cedar's Hattastic dress, I put her in that with most of the matching accessories, being that I had turned that Cedar into a dryad. All accessory details painstakingly painted in by hand.

She’s up now in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dirili

Features: Shrunken and reshaped head                 Repaint and full body blushing                 Full seam and molded underwear removal/sanding                   Stock outfit                 Repainted stock accessories