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peachycheeks


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I am fairly new to reborning- made around 15 babies- I have done mostly MRing but I did one baby with  prism pencil hair (boy) and went over it with heat set varnish.  Looks nice.   Well, now that GHSP's are on sale- thought I would buy some different browns and try painting the hair.  After the actual painting is done- bake at 265 and then what do people recommend - varnish, thickener etc.?

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I will admit I'm not up to speed on all the abbreviations and was wondering.... what is "MRing"?

As for your question about what to recommend for GHSP hair, you can use the thick medium to give it a little texture.  Use the matte varnish or shine remover only if there is too much shine.  When GHSP and  thick medium  are baked at 265 for about 8 minutes, the color and finish are permanent and don't require sealing or varnish.

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Microrooting.

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Okay thank you!!! I will try that!

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I tried the pencils and I had a hard time getting the color to show up(hmm hard to explain hope you understand) So my black hair baby looks like a little old man with gray hair!

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Duh... "Mring" = "microrooting".  Thank you for letting me know, Liselle! I thought that might be it, but thought I had better ask.

Kristi, I forgot to mention if you use the GHSP for painting hair, be sure you have a very thin liner brush available. You might even want to try using a brush that is used for eyebrows as it will lay down a line that is very fine like baby hair.

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Thanks! I actually wondered the same thing, then the lightbulb went off over my head when I looked at the topic. LOL

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There is also a new paint brush out there for painting hair. I haven't tried it but I hear mixed reviews. Some love it and others don't.

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Okay that helps!! I will try the thickening medium and probably layers right? I look at my real baby's hair and he has layers of hair going in different directions from crown. Thanks

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I agree on the thick medium if you want texture/depth to the painted hairs. I use a 20/0 script liner brush with the loooong bristles. The length of the bristles gives you a nice thin line and also holds more paint than a short bristle brush.

I paint the outer edges/hairs first and go in "layers" as you said. Once I get them how I want them I bake those. Then I go to the next layer of hairs and when I paint them in, I overlap the tops of the roots of the ones before them. Just look at someone with short hair, it's all hair on top of hair, etc. KWIM?

When I get to the crown, I do directional painting so it has the crown swirl.
Just google or look on ebay for painted hair reborns on auction. Then look at some really good artists who ahve done painted hair. Just try to copy their technique.

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Amazing artist! They have really captured the look of hair through their techniques. :sigh: One can dream someday I'm be 1/4 as good at it.


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Okay that sounds great- I feel brave enough to try it. I have a practice baby I wil try it out on first. Thank you

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Maybe when you get done you can put some pics in the artist showcase!

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biggrin      heres a link that might help.                             sage  aww                                      http://www.freewebs.com/dolls2babies/tipsonpaintinghair.htm

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That was absolutely awesome Sage! Thanks :)

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It does look so lovely, but I think if it is supposed to be reborn, it shoud resemble real hair. JIMO, even though I hate, with a passion rooting hair. LOL XXXXXX June.

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The hairs are perfectly layed down and if it was my baby, at least some of the hairs would be going willy-nilly to make it look even more realistic!

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