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Repaint tutorial - Part 2by ~Amber-Honey

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Please visit my materials list [link] before asking any questions! It's been updated after making this tutorial so there are some new techniques and tools!

Part 1:[link]

Took me a little extra time, but here it is! I really hope this is helpful ^^ And I have to say, while ubiquitous, the mantra "practice makes perfect" is very true. Don't give up!

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~SunreiCreations 3 days ago New member Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

this is my first repaint attempt! the before and after shot [link]
I wanted her eyes to look slightly more natural, I should have went against the original shape of the mold. Also, I painted her with binder, added the pastel to it when wet ( which I probably shouldnt have done in hindsight) and used a fixative on her when I was done.

I really love how you paint eyes T.T So expressive, hard to achieve. I couldn't find Mr Sealant, and even with the binder on it was hard to get the pastels to stick, tried mixing the pastels with the binder but it looked shiney and it peeled off o.o after getting the base color on it was slightly easier to get the other colors to stick, provided I mixed water with the powdered watercolor pencils.

I'm going to have to try experimenting more, thank you again for uploading your tutorial, it gave me confidence to try this even though I ended up deviating in some ways.

~Amber-Honey 2 days ago Hobbyist Traditional Artist

(sorry for my delayed response! been having spotty internet, lately!)

Thanks for sharing with me :] I really love her eye design and the overall idea of a sweet face! I think it's very tasteful and fits her sculpt well.

I can definitely see that there may have been a struggle with the base binding material you used because it's creating a thick texture on the surface. But, I think if you can get a hold of some sealant that'll be fixed immediately and you'll be able to make your design more solid and cleaned up! C:

Do keep working at it!

~SunreiCreations 2 days ago New member Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Thanks for your feedback

~SunreiCreations May 13, 2013 New member Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

This is so cool, I went to Toys R Us the other day and saw that the Laguna blue Doll had little webbed hands. What paint do you use if you wanted to change the base color of the doll? You mentioned that the sealant would burned th plastic on the dolls body.

~Amber-Honey May 14, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Hi there! The sealant does not melt the plastic, it's the acetone used to remove the face make-up that can damage the body. The sealant is safe to use for body blushing ^^ Unfortunately I have no experience in changing their skin color- you may have to look elsewhere to find resources for that. My apologies!

~SunreiCreations May 14, 2013 New member Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Thank you for your reply

your tutorial is really helpful, don't apologise! I guess I'll have up go through some trial and error,as with trying anything new

~SunreiCreations May 14, 2013 New member Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

woops! edit *the nail varnish should not get on the dolls body. I wanna repaint the Laguna Blue Doll a more fleshy human color cos shes blue now. Do I just use the same technique using the pastels?

~TraditionalBebeDoll May 10, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

I've always wanted to try re-painting a doll. This gave me some great information on how to. Thanks!

~Amber-Honey May 10, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks so much for your comment ^^ I'm more than glad to share what I can <3

~TraditionalBebeDoll May 11, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

Other than the highlight of the eye, did you use paint at all? Or did you use only pencil between the sealant layers?

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