#doll customizing

[dinolich]

Gwen! My second custom Monster High doll. I used a Twyla as my base for this one, her eye sculpt was nice and large which worked really well for my art style. I'm so obsessed with how fluffy her hair turned out AHHHHH!! LOOK AT THEM TOGETHER!!!! Pre-Order HELLAWEEN: Spellbent

#hellaween #doll customizing #monster high custom #the art times #gwen #dollblr

[dollsahoy]

This is Shep! Shep is a Barbie Extra #2 pet head on a My Scene guy body that was spray painted white to match.

The biggest challenge was getting this head--which only has a big squared-off cavity inside where it was attached without rotation to the original small dog body--attached to the old-style "the head has a flanged knob that goes into the otherwise flat neck" Ken body. I'm sure I could have rigged up something that would allow for tilt, but, since the body was being painted, a rotation-only cut joint was fine (there's less chance for paint rub with that kind of joint.)

Not too long ago, I realized that twisty lip balm tubes could be scavenged to make a cut joint, and this is the first project where I tried that out. I trimmed the tube down close to the base and puttied it into the body neck opening with the cut part down, making sure the end could still rotate freely. I put a small screw into the center of the end, to provide more for the putty to grip; I also put the lip balm cap into the head, open-end-up, to fill some of the space inside. (I'll mention here that I also Dremeled the head opening to be larger and rounder so it would fit without conflict where I wanted it.) Then I put more epoxy putty around the screw and smooshed the head onto it so it was low enough to hide the putty holding the lip balm end in place, then let it cure. The connection is solid and the head rotates freely, but with enough friction to hold a pose. I'm happy it worked!

#custom doll #doll customizing #anthro doll #i'm amused that the head and body are still both mattel

[jazzajazzjazz]

My most detailed doll yet and the first where I documented my process with the intention of posting it online. I hope you all enjoy!

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Everything made by me expect the following:

* Trousers (originally standard Mattel Ken doll trousers)

* Shirt (made by MonaSobotkova on Etsy, modified by me)

* Bones (made by LIKEMiniature on Etsy, modified by me)

* Hatchet and axe (found on Amazon)

* Doll stand (an eBay find)

Original doll is a Gal Gadot style Wonder Woman Diana doll

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#art #ooak #ooakartdoll #huntress #huntress dbd #dbd #dead by daylight #huntress dead by daylight #videogames #fanart #gaming #ooak doll #doll custom #custom doll #horror #doll customising #doll customizing #Anna dbd

[patchworksoda]

Wisteria in action!

Wisteria is an Ortomi gen 4 on a CF Doll Dai body.

#.wisteria #ortomi #mjd #dolls #doll #ooakdoll #hybrid doll #doll hybrid #custom doll #custom dolls #ooak doll #doll customising #doll customizing #wow tags #robotics #desk pet #robot pets

[sleepytoycollection]

I can't resurrect GlamBon in canon, but I can make them alive in my collection!

I love they're design so much, they might be my favorite design of Bonnie. Even better that they're associated with bowling, I LOVE bowling. I wanna go again for my birthday this year. I wish we got to know a bit more about them outside that, but alas. At least I can play pretend with my doll version now lol.

Custom uses a modified Bubiloons head on a Rainbow High Uma body. Outfit and face up my moi, as always. Really love how they turned out!

#fnaf sb #fnaf security breach #glamrock bonnie #custom doll #doll customizing #five nights at freddy's #fnaf ruin

[sperotonin]

figured out how to repaint the inside of the rainbow high eye chips.

here's how I did it since there's no real how to anywhere, and I'll make an in depth tutorial next time I do it

1. take the eyes out of the head (there's plenty of tutorials on how to do this

2. pry the colored part away from the black part. I did this by putting an exacto knife thru part of the seam on one side and an awl in the seam on the other side

3. soak the eye chips in white vinegar for at least 24 hours

4. FOR THE SCLERA (white part of the eyes). skip this if you're leaving it white. I used a combination of needle nose pliers, xacto knife, and the same awl to scrape away as much of the paint as I could. I used the awl especially for the part just around her iris since it had the smallest point. this part could use some perfection since u can see there's still a little bit of white around her iris. for this character it works, but for others I'll need to figure something out. maybe a sewing needle or pin?

5. FOR THE IRIS use an exacto knife to peel as much of the paper sticker away from the iris. there will be only left on the iris and unfortunately the only way I've been able to get it off is through just sanding it off. there's a little dip where the pupil is and for that I scraped it with the xacto knife and the awl again since the sandpaper couldn't get in such a tiny space

6. this part is maybe optional, you can put a layer of gloss all over the inside of the chip to provide a smoother surface for painting. I only put gloss over the iris. If you're doing glitter, put gloss over wherever you want the glitter to be and carefully sprinkle it over the gloss. wait for it to dry and brush away extra glitter with a paintbrush. now you're ready to paint! do it in layers, I recommend putting any highlights or shine down first, then the pupil, then small iris details, and then your main color.

7. wait for everything to dry and pop the eyes back in! this part is tricky again, but I found this video helped me, and I used the thicker end of a chopstick instead in place of the tool she had.

feel free to ask questions and I'll answer as best I can.

#rainbow high #doll customization #doll customizing #custom doll #ooak rainbow high #ooak doll #doll collector #spero creates #tutorial

[kavikasharma]

"Some day I'll wish upon a star / And wake up where the clouds are far behind me / Where troubles melt like lemon drops / Away above the chimney tops / that's where you'll find me"

#american girl #dorothy doll #dorothy gale #wizard of oz #agblr #doll customizing

[dolloaf]

Almost done with the faceup of my desolation girlie!! I'm loving how the Blackest Black 4.0 is working in those eye sockets, they're so dark!! Unfortunately I needed to do a coat of it over the eyeliner, because the eyeliner being lighter bothered me, and now I need to wait until this caffeine leaves my system so my hands are steady enough to do another pass. Also need to get her some lashes to go with those gaping burnt out sockets

Still not sure what I'm going to do with her hair, but the sloppy half up half down looks somewhat promising. I'll test out different shapes and see what speaks to me, but I'd love suggestions!! I'm probably going to end up giving her a sorceress style dress, but I'm fairly open about clothes as well, lol

#dollblr #Shadow high #Rainbow high #rainbow high custom #Rainbow high ooak #Ooak #doll custom #doll customizing #fashion dolls #doll restyle #dolls #mila berrymore #Customs #My customs

[depressed-lombster]

New doll!

Their name is LoGatto (any pronouns)

And her and Mitty are on a date

#my ocs #original characters #oc #ooak doll #ooak #doll customizing #doll art #art doll #my art #original character #custom doll #cute

[hello-jupiter]

to the doll customization community: any suggestions on how to get into doll customization?

what hair do you recommend for reroots? what is the best paint to use? what kind of finishing spray is the best?

i’ve been told that watercolor pencils are good for sketching out faces. eventually i would also like to get some kind of glittery powders to add some sparkle to some of my dolls skin. anything will be helpful!! 🧡

#doll custom #doll customization #monster high #monster high custom #monster high customization #doll customizing

[connectionterminated13]

The transgender skeleton is complete let's goooo!! He still needs a name if you have any suggestions :)

#doll customizing #transgender #ooak doll #dollblr

[dinolich]

Sloane is done! (basically)

This is my first custom Monster High doll, and I learned a lot of cool new art techniques in the process. I think making my own little guy irl has fixed me. Get my comic HELLAWEEN wherever books are sold Pre-order HELLAWEEN: Spellbent out Aug 20 Progress pics under the cut!

The clothes were hand sewn and the plaid pattern was drawn on in sharpie. I also ended up making each piece twice as I figured out what did and didn't work with the doll proportions. Shout out to @Dollightfully's etsy shop for having easy to follow patterns I could modify! After stripping all the paint and hair I added modifications with apoxie sculpt to better match Sloane's design, color matched with acrylics and added depth to the face with soft pastels. They also received top surgery with sand paper and a lot of patience. The best part, the face!! I sealed everything up with Mr Super Clear and got to work layering up color and lines with water color pencils + white acrylic for highlights and base coat for the eyes. For the hair I glued down pieces of faux fur and razored it into the shape I wanted. Tail needs to be attached, but otherwise this took me about three weeks on and off. Thank you to the free Clawdeen doll I got from work and a long hiatus for making this possible. Originally I just wanted to see if I could do this, but think I've unlocked a new niche hobby oops. If you made it this far in the post—

#the art times #hellaween #sloane #monster high custom #doll making #doll customizing #monster high

[dollsahoy]

This Mattel Hattie Happy head arrived with rhinestones in the eyes, replacing the original (and fragile) eye chips. I painted irises and upper shadow over them, and that blended well with the rest of the original eye paint.

The head had been in the parts box for years, waiting for an appropriate body. I stuck it on a Cave Club body as a joke, and...it kinda worked? But I didn't like the lack of shoe options for the Cave Club feet. It turns out the Cave Club lower legs are easy to remove, and I had had some Bratzillaz (or possibly Project MC2) lower legs in for a while. I really liked the proportions of the lower legs on this body, but I was never happy enough with the actual legs to go ahead and paint them to match.

I dug the doll out again recently and noticed how much the Cave Club thighs looked like G1 MH thighs, just scaled down a bit. @musicalmeowsandcandiedlemons had sent some MH legs a while ago (thanks again!), so I cut them apart to get the lower legs out, then trimmed a bit of plastic off of the knee pegs, and they fit into the Cave Club thighs pretty well.

They didn't match, though. (they had been Draculaura's)

I still didn't feel like dealing with the airbrush, or with mixing (or buying) paint to match, so I rummaged through the Citadel paints in Husband's stash and thought Bestial Brown looked close. I applied it with a broad brush, and it is a little streaky and dark, plus I wanted to protect the paint from possibly sticking to the insides of the shoes, and hosiery addresses all of those issues.

I do not like sewing for dolls this small, but that also means I don't have much that fits them, so I have to make something sometime, and sewed this dress specifically for her today.

#doll customizing #thanks to generous people #vintage doll parts

[chlorophyllium]

Everyone... HER! (I unbox an art doll)

Took about 2 weeks for Hextian's Nina Thumbell to arrive. Right of the bat, box art is STUNNING.

Like look at it?!? Something this pretty is out of place in my neck of the woods.

Rise, my master! (Best believe I'm keeping that tissue paper. Gorgeous color.)

Free her

Still freaking out over The Packaging. (A fucking wax seal, the ART AAAAAA-)

I remember watching the video of him customizing her way back when but I didn't realize it was back in 2016. She Old (and pretty!)

Oh its like a little bed!!! She's tied down with some twine? on a quilt padding panel that you can pull out with the ribbon loop.

Ever After High doll stand and brush included.

She is free! And cute!

Her! Face! (Back of hair is a flat- lmao bed head)

Up close and in my hand, I can definitely feel the painted fabric and plastic (diy skill babey) and I really adore her all the more. She brought joy to the end of a stressful work week.

#hextian #nina thumbell #ever after high #doll customizing #dont tell hextian i accidentally dropped her already #she fell off the aldis everything bagel seasoning (asiago cheese) #her face looks fine tho

[macaron-monster]

RH head sculpts

To start, I’ve grouped the sculpts by which eye shape they use. Then organized them by facial features.

I don’t own every doll, so some of these may be incorrect! However I have spent a lot of time studying irl pics, and comparing my own dolls to make this as accurate as possible!

I keep seeing a lot of collectors online who are curious about the head sculpts and eye shapes. So I hope people find this useful!

(Also graphic design is not my passion lol, I’ll go back and remake these eventually)

Original eye shape:

These sculpts all use the same eye chips. They have 2 prongs on the back.

Rows 1-4 have pretty much the same headsculpt

Georgia, Phaedra and Paris have their own sculpts (idk if Paris even uses these eyes, its really hard to tell. She definitely doesn’t have the twins eyes which I’ve seen some people suggest)

Heather and Mila share a sculpt

Twins eye shape:

These eye chips have 4 prongs on the back.

The first row all have the same face

Daria and Uma share a sculpt.

Nicole and Sabrina share a sculpt.

B2 eye shape:

These eyes are marked with B2 on the back.

The dolls in each row share a sculpt with each other. (I think Roxie might have a slightly different jawline, but I don’t think its drastic enough to categorize it as a different sculpt)

CNY eye shape:

These eyes are marked CNY on the back. They’re similar in shape to B2 but have a noticeably larger pupil/iris.

HS eye shape:

These eyes are marked with HS, they’re also similar in size/shape to B2.

These two use the same head sculpt. They even have the same face screening!

3-B eyes:

These eyes have 3 prongs on the back.

They’re similar in size and shape to the original eyes, but with the eyelashes placed lower.

River?:

I don’t own either of them, I also haven’t seen their eye chips. So idk if there’s anything marked on the back, or how they compare to the other eye chips.

NQR:

When Jr High series 3 comes out, I’ll go back and make a chart for them.

So far all the girls use the same head and eyes. The eyes are marked NQR

I’m assuming River has his own eyes, they look much smaller than the other dolls.

#rainbow high #shadow high #Doll customizing #doll info

[my-lil-dollcustoms]

Vania Vampire Goth chick

ooak custom repaint restyle cave club doll

hand made outfit shoes

hair is wool

she will be up for sale on my etsy store

See the process of creating Vania on my main page @astrasdolliriumbadasdollz

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#doll repaint #dollblr #gothic vampire #ooak doll #cave club #doll customizing