A Wig for Baron

I don't like making wigs, especially not for guys.  Somehow there's a much higher expectation. I know what I'd like it to look like, but don't really know exactly how to do it.  So I end up just forcing myself to start, and hope the wig turns out okay.

I went through my stash of mohair, and chose a Brown/Black from a goat named 'Delilah". It had quite a curl, but was the darkest mohair I had.  So I sewed mohair strips, and very slowly hot glued them to the hard cap.  Baron looked like a 'dandelion gone to seed' ....

Next step was to soak the wig, apply shampoo and rinse, then after covering his head with plastic wrap, comb and trim the wig as best I can, not removing too much, since you can't exactly put it back on.  Then I worked in some hair gel, and wrapped his head with a cotton strip and let it dry.
​("Help! I can't breathe!!")

Then today I removed the wrap, and plastic, and did some more trimming.  I worked in some more hair gel, wrapped his head back up again, to let it dry again.  This time his wig was finally starting to look more like I had wanted.  Not bad....

I left the back long because he will most likely end up in some kind of period or fantasy outfit. Then for everyone who was asking to see him with Rex, I photographed the two of them together....

I'd say they don't look that much alike after all, although they can definitely be brothers.