#bjd wig

My Zeri not only has a new wig, but I've also finally named her! Say hello to Marika Lusk. I started playing Love and Deepspace recently and decided to make her (as best as I could in the CC) in the game, and that forced me to finally figure out a name for her. xD Snagged her first name from Elden Ring, though I've never played it (and probably never will).

Anyway, I wanted to give her some wicks/dreadlocs for hair and this is my first attempt! I'm not 100% sure about it, but I got plenty of roving left over, so I can always try again in the future.

Progress pictures and more info below the cut.

I got tired of looking at Adem’s wig being the wrong color, so I finally decided to do something about it. It’s a mohair wig I got off Etsy from a Taobao reseller, and it wasn’t available in green, the closest was cyan but it was still definitely too blue.

I did an experimental dye job as I didn’t want to spend money on a whole bottle of dye when all I needed were a few drops. So what I did was add a couple drops of acrylic paint (Army Painter Warpaint Air in “Feral Green”) into some isopropyl alcohol and mixed it super thin (I didn’t want the wig bright but a light/muted green). Then I dabbed it in with a brush and used a fine toothed comb to disperse it and keep the wig from clumping. I’m not sure if it is natural mohair or synthetic, I did add some leave in conditioner I use for my own curly hair, so it would remain soft. Then I removed excess paint with water and let the wig air dry overnight.

let me show the before and after of the wig:

honestly I am really happy with the results of the impromptu and unconventional dye job. I even made him some new brighter green eyes on Wednesday. Don’t get me wrong, I loved his Ashuradark eyes, but I wanted his eyes a brighter green.

The wig looked like a lump of grass as it was drying haha!

I’m just really happy the wig finally matches his eyebrows. So far the wig has not transferred color to the resin nor his clothing, and it’s been a few days, though I would caution people to do this mostly to synthetic wigs rather than natural fiber wigs. The reason is that the wig’s texture did change, so it’ll require styling or a wash to remove the conditioner again. For now I am happy though!

Hopefully I will be able to take nicer pics of him soon with my DSLR, as my phone is terrible and I have to edit the snot out of the pictures to get the coloring remotely close to reality…

The what is what:

Sculpt: Lost Chronicles Naris in normal on a TD Doll 72cm V2 body in normal pink

Clothing: rRabit

Wig: Etsy

Eyes: 14mm small Iris resin eyes made by me

I am looking for what is generally called carrot red wig colour but I can't find a single one in the style I am looking for

Some of the red browns are probably close but I want that orange 🥲 i am also willing to settle for less natural shades of orange

I checked luts, legenddoll, Alice collection, Stacie's pink ocean, ali express. I don't know where people get wigs these days so any suggestions would be very welcome

I want something whith swoopy bangs middle or side part and preferably long in the back, straight/wavey/curly whatever is fine, something simular to any of these wigs, some styling on my part is fine too ( at this point I am willing to settle for a short wig as well)

Behold, me nearly dropping my friend's doll in an attempt to get a half decent vid of the wig 😅

Hello again. 👋

We parted ways yesterday with the promise of part two, and I love to deliver.

I had begun making wefts yesterday evening, and that continued into this morning.