Rysela

I also added the Urgathoa symbol that Ophelia has scarred into her palm.

Sketch out the tattoo with water color pencils on top of the blushing/msc.. and then fill in the rest of the tattoo. I used acrylic paints, but some people prefer to do them in all wcp, and others continue to build up with pastels. It's really dealers choice for the look you're going for.

I debated going in with black to do the outlines like a tattoos have, but ultimately Xinglu and I decided to keep it without an outline.

All together the blushing and the tattoo took about 5 hours or so.

So I use chalk pastels and some fine grit sanding paper and MSC to do my blushings.

Spay the body with at least two coats of MSC Matte spray, then select your colors and brush them on with a paint brush to get really nice, soft lines. Then seal it with more MSC. You will probably end up doing multiple coats of color/spray to build up the colors.

Yes, I am jumping around between the characters because I have the attention span of a fucking gnat.

Then spray them down with some MSC, get our your favorite paints, and try to color match something close to the doll.

Wear gloves going forward to avoid getting the oils from your skin on the doll between layers of MSC.

Against, I used E6000 for this.

Knives are sharp, so be careful. I used an xacto knife with a fresh blade.

I might try and smooth down her original ear nubs a bit, but honestly her hair should hide it so I'm not overly concerned.

And you really cannot argue with the results, I'm Obsessed with the look and feel of the reroot, it came out so good! Took about two and half hours to do.

It doesn't have to be an amazing paint job or anything.

Once that's dry, glue on the horns. I used E6000 - you want something that will create a secure bond but you do you need it to stay flexible. Doll heads are vinyl and they'll squish around and dent in as you reroot and work on them, so if the glue dries hard, it'll just break off instead of moving with the vinyl.

I might add another layer when this one dries, too. I haven't quite decided yet. Depends on how happy I am with the first pass. 🫣

I used a little tool to add ridges, too, but you can't see them in this picture.

Be careful, boiling water is very hot.

Doing this many dolls took me about 7 hours. It's very tedious. Also I have never seen a doll as over-glued as Xinglu's doll was. 🤢

You will be left with a pile of glue and hair.

Cry because you still broke the neck pin on Draculaura so you're going to have to improvise that later. 😰

Anyway

Chop off everyone's hair and use acetone to ruin your nail polish wipe off the factory paint while you wait for a pot of water to boil.

I have started the truly unhinged task of turning all our characters into dolls because why not combine my special interests??

From left to right

Cave Club Fernessa as Ioxi, G3 MH Draculaura as Juniper, G1 MH Ghoulia Yelps as Ophelia, Calico Critters Algy Bullrush as Narlik, and EAH Hunter Huntsman as Xinglu.