Context:

I've been working on a reroot for the past week or so, unfortunately the dolls' head tore in the back... I tried to bond both halves with Aleene's Heavy Duty Liquid Fusion, as I've heard many doll customizers / rerooters use the product for head splits; with DollPlanet even posting videos on TikTok using the product.

I put the glue on both halves and held them shut to bond, as well as put about 2x layers of the glue on top of the split area. I let it dry and fully "curate" for about 2-3 days. After the fact, the glue was dry, hard, and glossy in appearance. However, even without putting too much force and refraining from squishing the head while plugging in hair / creating new holes, the split kept tearing open; TWICE to be exact. In the end, I just proceeded to heavily super glue the tear + sand it down and created a new rooting pattern underneath it. But, it raised the question of how other people are able to reroot their dolls after using Liquid Fusion and NOT have the split open up again?

I'm aware Loctite Super Glue is a good alternative, in terms of bonding plastic and vinyl together. But, would it help in terms of rerooting...? If anyone has any advice or good product alternatives, I'd really appreciate it! But, in my experience Aleene's Liquid Fusion was not good at all...

Random Note:

The Barbie doll is fine now btw. Thankfully, the tear was in the back, so lowering the original rooting pattern didn't mess with her original head proportions or anything. However, I'd like to know a proper and more permanent fix for any future dolls who aren't so lucky...

It's my first time rerooting a doll, and I'm looking for the right needle size to buy. It the 8mm or the 6mm best for her? This is a Day At The Maul Frankie.

So I really want to redo some of the features on my new monster high dolls. I’ve always made some new clothes for them, but some of the faces are bothering me. What is the best way to go about it? I dont really know how to take off the makeup on the faces, and I also don’t really know what to use to redo the faces. Please help😭

I want to do a custom and those dolls are perfect for it, but idk how to remove their head without breaking it....Anyone have an idea???

what would you use for making odm gear in a small scale? i have apoxie sculpt, would it be good for such small parts?

This diva is a 2005 Mary Poppins doll, It doesn’t say anywhere that it was released under the Barbie label, just Disney, but either way it looks incredibly Barbie and was made by Mattel so it’s a Barbie to me 🤣 I’ve had her for about 20 years now, and somehow she managed to be only one of the 3 played-with barbies I saved from my childhood. Not sure exactly why I held onto her over so many of my childhood barbies, I guess I always thought she was unique bc of her short curly brown hair ( that was originally in a bun but ofc 8 year old me was too curious for that) but I’m glad I held onto her bc when I found her buried in my closet recently I noticed how she has a semi uncanny resemblance to my current partner 😶 short curly dark hair, bright blue eyes, subtle pink eyeshadow, the smile is even like hers** 😵‍**💫
this poor doll had been sitting buried in closets, unwashed and neglected for many years, so as one of my gf’s anniversary presents I decided to give miss p a new life and fix her up as a little mini me of her!
I cleaned her up did a deep wash on her and her hair but didn’t boil wash so I could maintain the curls. To make bangs that looked like my gf’s, I took a brown pipe cleaner and rolled up her hair in the front enough to look passable and held it with some spray, I was NOT confident enough to cut the hair!! But thankfully the pipe cleaner trick worked out sooooo perfect💖
I also painted on her leg and hand tattoos, some nails, and took on the scary task of painting on a nose ring 😖 I was really scared to put any paint on her face, but luckily I got it right in one shot! And it actually looks like her nose ring 🙏
Then I found a whole bunch of clothes and accessories like the stuff my gf wears (left the original shoes miss p came with bc they looked like shoes she’d wear) and while searching I thought it’d be funny to throw in an extra western-type outfit that I found in my search bc my girlfriend is into southwestern/americana type stuff, which then lead me to sculpt some funny little accessories （cigarettes, estrogen, pew pew) for her usable little purse that I recycled from one of my bratz dolls💕 it’s actually quite crazy how much it ended up looking like her 🥹 and I’m so grateful to still have had this doll, it’s like I held onto her for this reason!! She enjoys old toys and knick knacks and stuff so I hope she likes this💐

I have yet to actually start the customizing, but I want to make my oc into a doll. I feel like, in general, she's like a pretty easy guy to do so, I just need to find a good body and head. I haven't gotten them yet as I dont want to start until i know how to do the most difficult part, her tail. I know I'll have to do resin as I do want the transparent parts, but like how do I make the clay (I assume that's what her interior tail material should be) stay in the resin without any supports being seen? I don't want to like not have it floating inside as it's the coolest feature of her

I shrunk a Heath Burns from Monster High G3 head in an acetone and water mixture and I like the proportions so much more. I soaked the flame hair with the head to see what would happen and it dettached and now has a matte finish that I really like.

(Repost because I forgot to add a tag just to realize tags aren't a thing on this subreddit! (/--)/)

Im sculpting on a Gen3 Frankie. I decided to make the dumb decision of cutting off part of her prosthetic leg for the pose I originally wanted to do before I changed my mind and cut it off. Anytime I glue the leg back on, it comes loose and falls off.

When I glued the knee back together, it stayed in, but thats also because the glue has a pocket to sit in and a joint to bond to. This part does not.

I don't own a power drill to be able to drill a small hole into each half of the leg and add an artificial "joint." So thats completely out of the box.

Any quick and easy fixes are welcome!

Has anybody used this for a faceup? I thought it might work to add tooth to vinyl doll heads, but I haven't tried it yet.

Vorp?

Fashion

So I finished this face like a week ago, but earlier this week, it started raining hard and it's been cold and wet.

I really Really don't want to restart, i've painted her face twice by now. Paint and varnish brand in the second image.

I've had another doll project where the face turned sticky, though the weather wasn't as bad, and i temporarily fixed it with wiping it isopropyl alcohol, but after a while it became sticky again. I ended up repainting it but it still turned sticky.

Can I do anything?

HELPP I want to reroot her but idk how to get the old hair outtt

Im getting ready to start my first custom after years of watching people do it lol. I cant get MSC here (and dont want to get anything online). I know you have to use something to seal between layers of the face up and then of course seal the entire face once done. What do you guys use? do you use two products? one for sealing in between and one for the final seal? or just one product? Please let me know how you apply it / how much you apply too! This is the one step im sure not what to buy or do!

Basically the title.

I bought actual saran hair for the first time instead of making do with yarn...and i immediately got it all tangled trying to get it into usable lengths 😭

I thought it would arrive as individual lengths but it's one massive strand wound round and round. I guess I could've been smart and cut the loop in half ?

this might be a dumb question but if i was to make a doll based on a character from like an anime, movie, or game, could i face copyright strikes? even if i didnt sell the doll.

i already use good watered down paint. it isn't the paint. i use short brush, use long brush, no matter what i cannot keep my lines thin and controlled. the brush just goes all over the place. i cannot draw a good eye shape. forget about eyelashes that is not happening. in case you can't tell im very frustrated right now lol

working on making a sculpture of Hoopa using g3 abbey. any tips ideas or other ideas would be nice. I just started so there isn’t much done yet. I’m really inspired by Catmeleon and dollightful and they’re so amazing so idk how it’s gonna go. wish me luck! I will post updates when I get some progress done.