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Liselle · Guru

Rooting Attempt

sage brush nursery · Guru

can't wait to see her finished ,love the hair color. remember to keep your rice sock warm. sage aww

Liselle · Guru

Uhm.....hehehe....I'm not even using a sock. I just hit it with the heat gun every now and then. No pattern to it, just random line punching basically.

Does it look ok so far, though?

sage brush nursery · Guru

the hair's a little hard to see, like you said camera problems. take about a cup of rice(uncooked) in a sock put it and cup water in microwave for about 3 minutes. put sock in head. this will keep head warm /soft for a good amount of time. you'll get a lot more rooting done with it. sage aww

-- Edited by sage brush nursery on Wednesday 21st of April 2010 04:34:50 AM

sara zata · Guru

I agree with Sage, also if when you are finished and the colour of the hair doesn't hide the grooves you can dye it with human hair dye. I love the white hair , you can also use mouse and give it curl, she would look great as a human fairy. I love Citytoy Babies, I'made two and have a dark one and another white one to do. XXXXX June.

sage brush nursery · Guru

my baby ole honie is a cittoy ,what do you think. sage aww

-- Edited by sage brush nursery on Wednesday 21st of April 2010 01:33:39 AM

Liselle · Guru

That's the same baby??

sage brush nursery · Guru

yes liselle, it's the same baby-- i took her apart --gave her a bath-- dyed her--painted her and rooted her with alpaca. did you like her? sage aww

Liselle · Guru

The transformation is simply AMAZING!! I can't believe it's the same baby. You did an excellent job of taking a clearly caucausian baby and making it ethnic.

What did you dye her with?

sara zata · Guru

Yes share the secret. XXXXX June.

-- Edited by sara zata on Wednesday 21st of April 2010 10:18:21 AM

-- Edited by sara zata on Wednesday 21st of April 2010 10:18:49 AM

sage brush nursery · Guru

i'm so glad you two like her,there's realy no secert-- you just take 1cap pink,2 caps tan and 1 or 2 caps wine liqued ritz dye. easy on the wine cause if you leave baby in to long it'll be mite redder then you want. i used the ethnic color for aa's found on secrists special techniques dvd to paint her. she's fun cause she can be an aa ,hispanic or native american . if you haven't dyed a baby before, use one thats not important and don't get in a rush.but i will say the hotter the dye bath the sooner the vinyl will take the color.it'll still take awhile, to check color pull a limb out and dry it to see color. as vinyl drys it'll darken a little so go a little lighter then the color you want. let me know if you do a baby this way i'd love to see it. again thanks for likeing her sage aww

-- Edited by sage brush nursery on Thursday 22nd of April 2010 02:06:33 AM

Dee · Guru

I love your baby, when I first started to reborn I used dye too I practiced on cheap dolls then made 3 18 in berenguer dolls, I like painting them better.

sara zata · Guru

Thanks for the tip, will try that on the next kit I do. XXXXXX June

Liselle · Guru

Worked a little more on my fairy baby today. I'm supposed to be reading my materials for class tomorrow. Shhhh!! LOL

I used the air-dry paints, a little more sparingly this time, so tell me what you think? I may just use regular acrylic paints to give her a bit more "pizazz" or something a bit brighter. I haven't decided yet.

I will be using sculpey to make ears, I just haven't done that yet either.

I think, even with the crappy photos, that you can tell the hair is thicker now. I'm almost wishing now I'd gotten a darker color, or brighter even, but this is coming along nicely, I think.

How's it looking??

-Annie- · Veteran Member

Awwww

soo cute!!!

Dee · Guru

You are getting there,I just love seeing what my babies look like after rooting, I love working with angelic touch curly hair.

sage brush nursery · Guru

to cute , can't wait to see her finished. with the fairy ears she'll be to lovely. are you going to do the fairy painting on her face. sage aww

Liselle · Guru

Thank you all! Yes, I'll be doing fairy painting on the face. Thats where I'll probably use acrylic paints, cos I don't have others.

Liselle · Guru

Ok, hit a snag. I realized that I can't put the ears on, because they have to be molded to her own ears. I don't think I can bake it with the hair on, and Sculpey HAS to be baked to harden. What do I do?? Do I have to take all her hair out? And if so, I will, but how do I do that? Just yank it out??

*sigh*

Glad its a cheap doll.

sage brush nursery · Guru

if it's mohair just put a wet washcloth on her head then bake. sage aww

Liselle · Guru

And if it's not?

This is the description:

1 oz of light Bordeaux varagated mohair curls for your doll, felting or spinning project
This batch has had permanent moth proofing applied during dyeing , it is not a pesticide and does not wash off.
color is lanaset Bordeaux dyed to a pastel shade and over dyed with darker bits as shown
bulk dyed Mohair
the lot you will receive is from the lot shown about 1 oz used for the picture

This has good length (mostly 3-5" locks) ready for you to craft with, turn it into hair for your favorite fantasy doll. needle felt or spin , as it is shown as it will arrive dyed as far as vegetable matter goes there is a little .
Great for when you need small amounts for accent colors.

Bulk dyed mohair , Bulk mohair means it is in a pile as it was dyed and dried and is not lined up or sorted

Tina W. · Guru

Yes you can bake mohair. I usually dampen it with the same conditioning spray I use to style my hair and just rebake the same way I paint my layers.

Liselle · Guru

Well, I opted to yank out the hair and leave a bit of fuzz. I'm gonna reroot it anyway. Here's a couple of crappy pix (LOL) to show what I've done. All in all, I'm actually pretty impressed with her ears, for the very first try.

Liselle · Guru

So here's a question for you. I did NOT color match the sculpey, and there is an obvious color difference. How do I go about blending that color better? I was going to paint her blue, but I didn't like the effect, so I stripped her back to natural. I'm not sure how to color a whole baby. LOL

jburle · Senior Member

You did great so far.... I don't know how you would do the whole fairy baby... unless you paint like you would if it wasn't a fairy baby... I don't know I never done one before...

Liselle · Guru

I got the ears SORT of to match, but I'm overall pleased with it. I can't wait to get hair on her.

Tina W. · Guru

OOOO....... I think they look great Can't wait to see her done.

-- Edited by Tina W. on Thursday 15th of July 2010 07:55:58 PM

jburle · Senior Member

I can't wait to see what she/he will look like when she/he is completed..... I love the face design you did...

Dee · Guru

I love the design.

Liselle · Guru

Thanks all!! :)

Play Days Dolls · Guru

I'm impressed and LOVE what you've done with her. Can't wait to see the finished doll!

Linda

Liselle · Guru

Ready for crappy pix again? LOL....here's the rooting I did today. Got a little bored with it, so I stopped.

It's not looking bad, but I broke a needle. It was brand new!! :(

Dee · Guru

Looking good, I am working on BBs Aisha I am rooting with a 40 gauge one barb needle I get bored with rooting because you only get 1 or 2 hairs at a time but I like the finished product, I have broke all but 1 needle, I ordered them from BnB but they are not taking any orders right now because one of the owners had surgery they were suppose to start orders again july 7th but have'nt yet I hope she is ok, I'll have to shop around for needles, when I get bored I put it down it could be days before I pick it up again so I know what you mean.

sage brush nursery · Guru

liselle its looking great , can't wait to see her finished. i broke 9 needles on bekkies head so it not you. it happens. sage aww

jburle · Senior Member

Since I have started reborning... lol don't get upset...hehehe but I broke like 1 needle and have what I bought with rooting kit.. lol I guess I am too careful...

Liselle · Guru

Thanks ya'll!!

I'm sure that won't be the last one I break!

Tina W. · Guru

I found that with brand new needles I need to root a few hairs s l o w l y at first then I'm ok. If I root as quickly as normal right after I put a new needle in they break ARGH! I think she's comming along great though! I too get a little bored seomtimes....it depends on how well the hair is grabbing and sometime it goes slow to get the results I want and I get frustrated. No two head root alike no matter what you do. Some just take a longer time.

Buffington · Guru

Secrist now carries the 43 guage no barb forked German needles.

Now, in some of the pics, I can see you have larger gaps than others. Try to get your hairs fairly evenly spaced.
And it looks like you're at the right angle with the needle to the head. Are you holding your needle kinda parallel to the head or are you at a steeper angle or straight up and down? It's kinda hard to tell.

ok needle: l
head surface __ = not good

Needle: ___
head : ____ except for a little more tipped down on the front

needle/head:

Liselle · Guru

Buffington wrote:
ok needle: l
head surface __ = not good

Needle: ___
head : ____ except for a little more tipped down on the front

needle/head:

What? I don't get what you're trying to convey here, Pat. I'm dense I know. LOL

When I originally rooted her, I was going straight up and down. Now I do try to go in at an angle in the direction of the hair. You might get a better idea on the video.

honeyloves · Guru

Pink hair

Buffington · Guru

Yep, fairies have all kinds of colors of hair.

Kim... I don't know what I was trying to say. Must have lost my mind! lol

honeyloves · Guru

pat :hahahahahaha !

Noantum · Senior Member

OMGoodness Liselle she is looking awesome! I love the design and can't wait for her to be finished.

Sage you did a wonderful job on your baby! aww

I couldn't think of dyeing a doll. I definately wouldn't do it right. The difference is amazing! She looks so comfy and cuddly I just want to hug her aww

I keep seeing the rice sock thingy...hummm think I'll try that next time. My hands are beginning to bother me (as I've done crafts and hair for years) so I'm looking for a way to ease the rooting process. I'm also looking to learn how to paint the hair.

Oh! BTW Liselle I love the color hair you've chosen! Again, can't wait to see her finished. smile

-- Edited by Noantum on Tuesday 15th of February 2011 01:39:25 PM

Liselle · Guru

Um......lol. I need to work on her some more. Now that I KNOW how to paint and root some.....I've taken all her hair out and she's simply sitting here bald.

I'll post more pix soon as I start back to work on her.

Noantum · Senior Member

hehehehe yeah I saw that you had rooted but didn't paint yet. I was thinking hummmm okayyyy confuse

but then I read on and saw the rest. I know she'll be great! aww

Buffington · Guru

Took her hair out??? Wow! I hope you can root back in those same holes again kiddo! :O
Can't wait to see her allll finished hun! :D

Liselle · Guru

Well, I'm not sure I can, Em. She was my very first rooting attempt and she is $5 Walmart doll. I ripped the hair out before I realized I really shouldn't. We'll see how it goes.

Buffington · Guru

So have you tried to re-root her yet?

Liselle · Guru

Not currently. I stripped her paint since it was chalky and am repainting. Been too busy working to do ANYTHING. :(