a fistful of doll eyes

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For followers that don’t follow my other doll-nerd friends, the group has been discussing how to de-yellow vintage dolls. John (oak23, dolljunk) has been working on vintage Takara dolls, and Chris (dolldirt) posted his progress with a vintage Allan head.

Orie San’s before and after, and compared to when John first got her

gen 1.5 Licca’s progress (the last 2 pics are the retrobrite’s change), and project notes

orchids hair take 2 >.> i think it’s a bit too voluminous (and top heavy) but i still need to sand it so we will see… i am just happy it stays on without any sticky tack !

i also discovered a major flaw with one of his legs and had to fix that, it’s scary to have such big mistakes this far along! one of his legs kept on rotating inwards when standing straight when sorting that out i realized his legs were also different lengths and just _(:3」∠)_

i managed to fix that for the most part in one go but now his knees and knee joints are a mess, but at least both of his toes pint! small victories

Quick and easy skin texture/freckles tutorial

What you need: Pastels, old toothbrush, q-tip, brush for mixing, patience

Our vict- eh, head that needs freckles.

Scrap some bits off of your pastel stick (the finer, the better). I’m using Schmincke soft pastels (Burnt yellow ochre H plus Pouzzuli earth D). Add water, mix everything. Dip the toothbrush into the mix.

Flick the brushes onto a paper towel, to get it a bit less watery. Its not a must, but if you’re using that technique straight onto the head, you a) don’t know how vibrant the colors are and b) will get big blotches. and you’ll want small dots for a (semi-) realistic look.

Flick the toothbrush bristles over the head/areas you want to add freckles/textures on.

Use a q-tip to remove dots that you don’t like. Since they’re wet, its easy to remove them.

Repeat 4 and 5 until you like it. Take some time between layers to let them dry; yo can also vary the colors you’re using.

Tadaa! Done.

Tips: ▸Don’t do it as I did it -after- you’ve done details like eyebrows/lashes, but before, otherwise you’ll layer the dots over the details.If you want to do it after the detaisl, remember to seal everything before the freckles/texture, so you don’t accidentally remove details when removing small dots with the q-tip.

▸Be aware that even though you can remove dots when they’re dry, they will leave some kind of very faint blushing.

▸Work form a very light color to heavier colors. Pastels mostly look more vibrant when freshly sprayed onto a head, but dim a bit down when drying.