I've been doing some more work on Dominic's wig. The Monique Lovely wig he's been wearing since he first arrived has a combed back centre part which would be almost impossible to duplicate if I tried to make a wig from scratch. So I've been trying to improve upon it. I'd already heat set the long bangs of the wig to the back, but it still didn't seem quite right.
The biggest issue with commercial wigs, in my opinion, is that they just don't look good on the guys. They don't look masculine enough. Mostly because men have a totally different hairline than women, and they need sideburns, which the wigs just don't have.
So I decided to try make sideburns. I took some pins and marked where they should be on his wig, removed it from his head, then cut bits off the bangs that had been pressed to the back, and hot glued them to the inside of the wig cap between where I'd marked with the pins. Then with some more trimming, and some hair gel, I thought he looked a lot better.
So I decided to try make sideburns. I took some pins and marked where they should be on his wig, removed it from his head, then cut bits off the bangs that had been pressed to the back, and hot glued them to the inside of the wig cap between where I'd marked with the pins. Then with some more trimming, and some hair gel, I thought he looked a lot better.
I also cut some more off the length. It's still not 'perfect', and could still use a bit more trimming but I'm a lot happier with it. It would be really nice if I didn't have to make him a mohair wig.
SartoriaJ dolls have a rotating elbow joint, but the elbow itself just won't hold a pose in any kind of bent position. In that regard Iplehouse guys pose a lot better. So I wired his arms so he can finally bend his arms and do something other than just stand there with them straight down.
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