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Ronel, In the first picture of the dolls together in the same crib, I would have sworn I was looking at real life babies!   Thanks for sharing their pictures with us.

Thanks Tina

I bought the German fork needles and tried them out today. O my word... it is hard to work with them. No matter which way I turned the needle I was unable to root and end up with a lot of holes in the head.... and of cause I my bruised ego. Is there a secret how to use these needles, they driving me crazzzzzy. All I gained was a couple of new words to my vocabulary. BUT I WON'T GIVE UP!!!!!

I had the same problem with those needles. I even bought a special handle for them that showed you the correct way of holding it. It's sitting over on the shelf collecting dust! I just couldn't get the hang of them either, and didn't need to add anymore new words to my vocabulary either! LOL

Your babies are so adorable! You do such wonderful work indeed. They are so realistic! Beautiful babies. I wish I could hold them and hug them

i am also doing sam he is much bigger then to peige i wish i know how to make that colering on mine im still learning this is my 2 one that im doing.  they are great.

             heather

Good advice Ronel! Most of all enjoy what you are doing!

Ronel... you go girl! I wasn't really crazy about Sam and Sera but maybe I'll re-think that. I'm still waiting on my Honey to come in. But I'll definately think about adding them to my collection of kits to do (boy oh boy, I'm gonna need to live even more lifetimes now!)

-- Edited by Buffington on Monday 10th of August 2009 04:16:21 AM

Ronel, Once again you have done yourself proud. They make a lovely pair of twins, just wish I had the time and money to buy some more, but I do have 4, I haven't even started. We are shifting house and finding it hard to have places to put everything at the moment. Keep up the good work. XXXXXXX June.

-- Edited by sara zata on Saturday 8th of August 2009 07:12:28 AM

Hi Ronel,

     Your babies are gorgeous! I didn't get to comment the last time I was on as I only had limited time. I too saw the Sera and Sam sculpts. I thought of buying Sera but wasn't too crazy about her. Now seeing what you've done....she is wonderful!
My kit has arrived (I bought the Lucy sculpt by Marissa May) and after seeing how small she is.....I'll tell you.....I have an even more appreciation for what you ladies do. I mean the babies look beautiful and you know that it takes great skill to make them look so real but when I actually see the "naked" sculpt....then I realize how far the artist has come to achieve that look. You all are so talented! I was frightened when I saw how small everything was (nose, eyes, toes, fingers) and wanted to just stop. My youngest child is now 10.5 years old so I've kinda forgotten just how small they were lol.
     I started thinking, "how do these ladies paint these little guys/gals? Oh my, can I really do this?" Then I saw the rooting needle and thought how on earth do you get the hair in with that! LOL I soon calmed down though and realized that with the video I'm going to get from Secrist, I'll be okay. If not, I always have you ladies to help me. Now I'm just praying that I can a good job and not mess her up too terribly.

Thanks Ronel, I'll try my best. 6" eh? Hummm I couldn't do that. I tried to look at the showcase but am having a bit of a time. I'll figure it out shortly so I can have a look. I've done so much reading, viewing tutorials, and talking on forums. I hope something has stuck lol Hopefully it'll be fine. I will definately keep you posted. xo

I bet you will do just fine, Emily.  You have definitely done your homework.  And, if you forget a step, everyone here is more than happy to help.

Yep! Those little 6" minis are like rooting hair on a plum! I'm working on Danielle Zweers first set of triplets. Macy, Mae, and Madeline. what cuties. I'll put them on when I'm done. I'm rooting them now.

I, too, am in the middle of rooting a Secrist mini. What I'm finding is that it gives almost instant gratification (at least compared to the bigger dolls) because the little heads allow me to get them done in one sitting, LOL! Almost done with my little one already, hope to finish today. I'll post pics if I when it's finished.

So far, one of the girls looks like she's got monkey in her heritage line cause she sure has wild hair lol
The other one I'm a little more careful with and maybe I'll paint the hairs on the 3rd one. We'll see how they look when I cut their hair. :o

I can hardly wait to see them!