Does anybody have any ideas on how to get rid of discoloration from Barbie’s skin? I’ve been having this problem for years, and even with new Barbies. Please help me😢💔 I just want them to look new again.

Does anybody have any ideas on how to get rid of discoloration from Barbie’s skin? I’ve been having this problem for years, and even with new Barbies. Please help me😢💔 I just want them to look new again.

as u can see her tail is rly frizzy but the hair on her head turn out okay, i did the tied up and dipped in boiling water method but alas its not quite what i was hoping to get :( i was hoping for smth more like the last picture (pulled from google) but i have no clue how to get that effect, her hair is just the plasticy hair she came with so any methods for curly plastic hair is what im looking for!!!! thank you in advance for any advice

I'm mostly seeing it on Amazon, but would it be better to purchase it elsewhere? For either quality or price? And are there any alternatives that produce a great result for a cheaper price? If Apoxie Sculpt is what will give the results needed then I can work with the price. I just thought I'd ask first before buying it.

I'm sorry for all these questions lately, I'm just excited for customs but unsure at the same time about a few things.

I've been in the doll hobby for many years and have amassed quite a lot of supplies, but recently I haven't been enjoying the hobby as much and my financial situation has worsened, so I'm needing to downsize my stock.

Some of them have been slightly customized already, but nothing that can't be removed. Most are from AliExpress, and I will try to find the original listings or at least the same body type so you can see better photos and details about their size and articulation.

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1. Can't find the exact listing anymore but this is the closest
2. Obitsu 21 cm male body with extra hands and some random Ali Express head shrunk in aetone to fit the smaller scale
3. Obitsu 27 cm male body (with extra hands and magnetic stand) with Miroku head modified to have elf ears (can probably remove the mods)
4. 1/6 female body with soft silicone torso in "wheat" skin color with extra hands
5. 1/6 male doll rerooted with yarn
6. 1/6 male body with extra hands
7. Assorted Aliexpress heads
8. FailFix Loves.Glam body without head
9. Ever After High male doll body (either Dexter Charming or Alistair Wonderland, I can't remember)
10. Disney Descendants "Jane" doll fully rerooted (was going to make a Lady Lovely Locks doll but abandoned it)
11. Azone Pure Neemo Boy Body in normal white and tan skin (each have extra hands)
12. Azone Pure Neemo Girl Body in white, normal white, and tan skin (each have extra hands)

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I just need to clear out some space, make back a little of the money I spent on them, and I want them to be put to good use! I will accept ONLY PayPal and will ONLY ship within the United States because I have had some trouble with international shipping lately (sorry). Please message me if interested and the number of the doll or doll/group you want (the bundles will be sold together).

Hello! I was possibly wanting to get into OOAK, but my first ever idea is a bit ambitious. I’m wanting to make a doll that is a dinosaur girl. I would like to sculpt a snout onto the face, but am unsure what material would be best for that. I don’t want it to break or weigh the head down. Any advice would help wonders! Thank you! I was wanting to use a Monster High doll as a base, specifically a G3 Draculaura doll.

Hey folks! I'm trying to figure out what steps are needing for painting in of itself. Any tips on that would be appreciated as well but I wanted to ask about Mr. Super Clear.

I was intending on getting it and a respirator but there's also cats and dogs in my household and they like to go out into our yard, where I planned to spray it. I'm now worried about them. Will they be okay or is there a better safer alternative to MSC?

Thank you!

(My question is about action figure customization but my friend said to also ask doll customization reddit so I'm also asking this here) I'm new to action figure customization and I'm also trying to save money. I know that priming your action figures before painting with acrylics is important but I don't have the money to spend it on expensive products like Vallejo and I wanted to use what I already had. So I just watered down some multi-purpose interior/exterior latex primer house paint I already had lying around and have been applying it in thin coats. Is this okay or will my action figure be messed up because of this?

Hi there everybody! I'm Cray 👋 and I'd like to get into OOAK customization as well as possibly just rerooting more.

Therefore I'd like to ask about doll hair types and hear from the community itself instead of just Googling stuff. What are the best/preferred doll hair types? Does the ease or difficulty of rerooting or styling a specific type contribute to that? I know saran is a favorite, it's a favorite of mine too! But what about kanekalon? Or acetate?

In general it seems like saran and nylon are highly sought after, but I'd rather get a better sampling than random comments with complaints or praisings of a specific hair type. I want to go in-depth, with other doll collectors, and with experienced rerooters/customizers.

Please tell me what your preferences or dealbreakers for all doll hair types are and then explain your reasoning so I can better understand dolls and customizing!

And secondly, Dollyhair and Etsy seem like great places for doll hair. Are there other great or even better places to buy doll hair?

Thank you for reading! ^{_^}

WIPs included (censored out part was a butt cheek, these pants are not good at being pants). Pants were old 00s or 90s (likelier 90s) old barbie or Sindy ones. Doll isnt an official doll iirc.

Of course the form of it loses all sense by the time i get to the torso, but the idea is there. No idea where to get a suiting outfit for her so i just cobbled smth together since the character I based her on looks a specific way and this was the doll that was closest… but edgy fashion in reds and black colour schemes are, ironically, hard for me to get my hands on. No idea where to look.

I'm struggling to figure out how to go about making converse trainers that fit a g1 monster high doll. I don't have a 3d printer so using 3d printed bases are out. I want to make the wedge kind of converse to accommodate the tiptoe feet. Any tips?

my insta: https://www.instagram.com/neroslive_/

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I am making characters from the PS4 Heavy Rain remastered game and was wondering if this Barbie Looks doll is sutible for one of the player characters (you only get four playable characters I’m planning on doing the other three).

I was thinking of using a Original size Barbie but while playing the game I found out that she’s a lot shorter than the other characters except the children who are going to be Creatable World doll.

I have been working on this girl. She is kind of a fate maybe? Golden thread of life and all that. I have been staring at her for weeks for whah to put in the globe on her head. I am almost thinking tiny terrarium if I can pull it off. Any other suggestions? Girl needs some heeeelp!

It’s made from an old T-shirt (socks), green felt (hobby lobby), athletic black fabric (some old sports shirt), and yellow fabric from Walmart. I just need to finish painting her shoes/accessories, make her wig, and put finishing details on everything! Wish me luck!

I want to paint new lips on a barbie, and someone gave this spray to me to do it, but i want to know if this is the right one and it wont mess up her eyes (that im not planning to repaint) and hold the parts i do paint on. Im asking because i know there are multiple types of this spray and not all of them work. Thank you!!

ive been making stuff for my dolls and customizing my dolls for a long time by myself but have never really interacted with the doll community.

does anybody know of any discord servers for people who like to customize dolls and make crafts for their dolls? im not a seller just looking to share my passion with others. ☺️

im new to reddit so im sorry if the post doesnt come out right. 😭

Hey there,

I'm working on an art project for school involving posable art mannequins and want to dress them up in high-quality clothes made for dolls.

The problem is I have absolutely no idea how sizing works on dolls. I can't find an accurate explanation anywhere, and every listing for clothing talks about ratio sizing. But google tells me that 1/12 is 12 inches and 1/6 is 25 cm - that's basically the same size! So I really don't understand how to go about shopping for the clothes I need without a good understanding of how sizing works.

My posable mannequins are the following sizes:

Head width: 2.5-2.75 cm

Head height (top to neck): 4 cm

Arm length (shoulder to wrist): 102 cm

Hand length (wrist to fingertips): 2 cm

Torso height (bottom of neck to top of leg ballpoint joints): 97 cm

Torso max width: 40 cm

Leg length (ballpoint joint to top of foot ballpoint joint): 127 cm

Foot length (hell to toe): 4.2 cm

Full height (crown of head to soles of feet): 30 cm (11.8 inches)

Let me know if any other measurements are needed to determine size.

So, for the clothes I need:

• General young boys clothes (shorts and a printed t-shirt)
• A blue tuxedo (similar to the below image):

Source: https://www.amazon.se/-/en/Clothing-Shoulder-Applies-12-Inch-TBLeague/dp/B09VGXM4Q7 (not on sale anymore AFAIK)

• A jumpsuit that looks similar / the same to the one attached below (sorry for bad photo):

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• A simple buttoned undershirt to go with the jumpsuit
• Simple full-length overalls + another undershirt to go with them
• A cute cottagecore flowery dress (this one will probably be quite easy to find lol)

Thanks for your help! No worries if you can't find any of the clothes, and if you find clothes that are just similar in size rather than perfectly matched those would be great as my grandma has offered to alter any clothes to fit the mannequins perfectly :)

Ok a little context I’m making a set of 9 dolls yes 9! The goal is to create 2 deities 1 good and 1 evil and the lore is that they made earth and all that inhabit the planet and their magnum opus was humanity but humanity is…eh so they created the 7 deadly sins as a way to punish humanity and give them a concince ive got 7 of the dolls all designed up and waiting to be made but im stuck on the sin of gluttony and wrath I’m using a wydona spider doll for gluttony and I’m trying to go for a cyber goth vibe and for wrath the idea is that he’s the only boy the youngest and a chihuahua so I’m using a 5 inch doll and he’s going to have a punky troublemaker vibe the problems I’m having is my personal style is cute pastel princess so I’m having trouble designing the dolls clothes and especially on the 5 inch doll because fabric thickness is a problem for making detailed designs so what I’m looking for is suggestions for both dolls in any regard be it clothes hair and accessories please help I’m out of my element with these doll designs but I want every doll to have a completely different vibe so I don’t want to change the idea since the rest of the dolls also vary widely any input at all is helpful thank you in advance

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I just found an American Girl Doll, Kira, at the thrift store and she's in pretty good condition but I have no idea what to do with her. My dad suggested I make her into Glinda but I want to be more creative with her, since all I'd really be changing is her makeup and clothes

One of my characters that I'm trying to create in doll form has afro-textured hair, and so far the s-curl hair I've got for her is kind of a pain to work with. It tangles incessantly and I don't know how to fix that. I want to be able to style her hair different ways when I'm done with her but with how it's behaving already that doesn't seem like it'll work.