With Jude's outfit done, my goal was to address all the little blank dolls I have stashed away. There's three aGatti characters, and four DreamHigh Studio characters....
So I thought I'd start with wig caps. I've developed a new, faster, easier way to make them. Instead of messing with lots of tiny squares of tulle that refuse to take the glue, I tried using long strips of tulle cut from the end of the bolt, then wrapping them securely around the entire head, including the face. Then I use string to tie around the ears to help delineate them. This works best with blank heads, as it's tricker if the doll already has a faceup and lashes. then I have to leave the plastic wrap in front of the face loose, and I can't wrap the tulle or string over the face. But these four heads are all blank...
Once the tulle is wrapped in many layers, and is nice and smooth, I apply Gemtack glue all over where the wig cap is going to be. I use Gemtack since it dries waterproof, so the wig can be wet afterwards...
Then I take a sheet of plastic wrap, cover the glue, and press and massage it into the tulle...
Once the entire wig cap area is saturated with glue, I let it dry....
Once the glue is dry, I brush on another layer of glue and let that dry as well. I decided that FID Grace needed a new wig as well, so wrapped her head too, being careful to avoid wrapping tulle or string over her face, so as not to mess with her lashes....
After the glue has dried, the twist ties can be removed, and the heads removed, and the wig caps trimmed to shape. I've added this new technique to my Hard Wig Cap Tutorial
I've not made the wig caps for the aGatti guys yet. They have face plates, and the backs of their heads won't come off their bodies without unstringing the entire doll, and since I'm not keen on working with such musculature, naked guys, they need bicycle shorts made first. So they just went back in the box.
Yesterday I chose the mohair for Grace's wig. I pulled all the auburn mohair I had, then went with a less red 'Chestnut Brown', since my camera makes auburn hair way too red. I sewed mohair fringes, and glued the centre stitch lines. See my tutorial on Making a Hard Cap Wig. This morning I glued the mohair strips onto her wig cap....
I've not made the wig caps for the aGatti guys yet. They have face plates, and the backs of their heads won't come off their bodies without unstringing the entire doll, and since I'm not keen on working with such musculature, naked guys, they need bicycle shorts made first. So they just went back in the box.
Yesterday I chose the mohair for Grace's wig. I pulled all the auburn mohair I had, then went with a less red 'Chestnut Brown', since my camera makes auburn hair way too red. I sewed mohair fringes, and glued the centre stitch lines. See my tutorial on Making a Hard Cap Wig. This morning I glued the mohair strips onto her wig cap....
Then after wetting, combing , and letting it dry.....
Grace looks so much nicer now. Her new wig is roughly the same colour as her other one, but without that synthetic fly-away look. The scale of the mohair fibres is much better. So Rosie got the auburn Ellowynne Rose wig back, that she originally had but Grace stole, so now she's beautiful again too.
Now to decide who to do next. The two Averies will get auburn, boy and girl wigs. Archibald will get a white wig like my Santa, and Nolan will get a helmet sculpted from Aves Apoxie, with bits of hair peaking from underneath. I figured it would be safer to build a helmet over a wig cap. Also less likely to scratch his head.
Now to decide who to do next. The two Averies will get auburn, boy and girl wigs. Archibald will get a white wig like my Santa, and Nolan will get a helmet sculpted from Aves Apoxie, with bits of hair peaking from underneath. I figured it would be safer to build a helmet over a wig cap. Also less likely to scratch his head.
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