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Faye · Member

Painting between fingers and toes

Buffington · Guru

I use the deerfoot stippler in a pouncing manner. It works rather well.

Yes, I have some of those rubbery doll kits and I usually stuff the head and limbs with polyfil so that they are firmer to work on.

You might want to put a very thin layer of matte on it so the paint sticks. Or maybe it's a silicone/vinyl mix and that is why your paint won't stick very well. The matte should help.

LovesDolls · Guru

I use a liner brush (or spotter if it is a small doll) in the creases then blot it out with a dry make-up sponge. You do want to put flesh on the hands and feet. After you set the paint go back and add the blush color to the fingers and fleshy parts of the inside of the hand. Same with feet.

precious_lullabies · Guru

on these rubbery dolls your best to start out with a very think layer or 2, for getting into the creases and between the fingers etc i'll use a mop brush (very soft almost like a make up blush brush).

i'll paint into these groves really quickly with a thick of paint, then i'll take my makeup sponge and pounce over the top to even out the thickness/excess of paint.

what is the kit your doing???

naomi
precious lullabies
http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZprecious_lullabies

Faye · Member

Hi Naomi,

I've now finished the doll and I've fallen in love with him now he's finished! The kit is called "Tanner" by Tasha Edenholm, but I've called my baby "Merlin". I filled his limbs with polyfil, as was suggested, and that made painting him much easier.

I tried my hand at rooting for the first time, and his soft vinyl was a bonus for that! I'm very pleased with the end result. I'm just waiting for his eyelashes to arrive and then I'll pop a photo of him on my website

I started enjoying painting Merlin after the second flesh layer, when I could see he WAS starting to look good after all. I think you have to work past that yukky stage you can reach when painting a reborn - the stage when it can be tempting to give up if you're new at this - and keep going till you reach the cool stage (usually after the second flesh layer, for me) and you can see your baby really starting to look good (and you think, "No way am I selling you - you're too cute!" - LOL!)

Blessings,

Faye

precious_lullabies · Guru

I've not done a Tanner but i did do an Ember recently which is also by Tasha

I called mine Mecedes -- she's already sold but can still see her pics here if you want
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&item=110251332721

Bountiful Baby is doing a comp on Tasha's sculpts, due date is sometime in June i think (i have to re-look into the exact dates etc), i'm planning on entering Mercedes pics, you could entre Merlin if you wanted.

~Naomi~

Zweers · Veteran Member

naomi,..
Mercedes is soooo Cute!!!! you did a very good job!

Danielle