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| Arrrgg, whonnng whooong |
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Not your average Family Photo
Ted the one eyed tentacle pirate, Cosma Shiva da Diva and Millie the lightsaber wielding minx
Theres a New Girl in Town...
We've not been properly introduced yet.Just before Christmas this little Makie snuck in under the radar. I've really not had time to redress and photo and play much over that time, so today I set aside some time and took a few pix.
Without further adieu, let me introduce Cosma Shiva...
Without further adieu, let me introduce Cosma Shiva...
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| Looking very studious in with her new tortoise shell reading glasses |
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| A bit glammed up |
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| This is a VERY good book! |
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| This Gal is ready to PAAARTeeee |
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Blythe feels a little blue...
I came across this while googling, What an amazing paint job
You can view more of this artist COCOMICCHI on her Flicker stream. Looking through her photos I wish I had an ounce of her AMAZING talent!
You can view more of this artist COCOMICCHI on her Flicker stream. Looking through her photos I wish I had an ounce of her AMAZING talent!
Thursday, 10 January 2013
A Very Hairy Experience...
Here is my step by step experiment on 'rooting' a cap! I have to say that with the Welsh wool I used it was easy to create this effect
I got the idea from a Pullip Japanese magazine, though it's not too informative and I can't read Japanese :-O It uses wefts of hair sewen onto a strip. I will look for these in future or try to sew my own! Please note I didn't put wool in all the holes, just 3/4 of the front of the cap and sides as I had too many holes and my wool was too thick!
I start off with cutting lengths of Welsh wool and a needle threader (though some fine wire looped and twisted would work well too)
You can see the underneath of the cap, I have been pulling yarn though and then knotting the end to keep it in place. I didn't do it but if I was doing again, I would snip off the end of the yarn so it doesn't get too full. When all is done, a little glue could be applied to the underneath to keep it all in place.
I pulled the threader in from under the cap
So the loop came through the top. I would then slide the yarn into the loop
and gently pull the yarn to the underside of the cap
I then tie a knot and pull the yarn from the top end so the knot is against the skull cap
Then ta daaaa! It's a wigged cap
This is just a simple first step version. I've never done any sort of root work before but I think for Makie dolls this came out great.
Some more experimentation to come!
I got the idea from a Pullip Japanese magazine, though it's not too informative and I can't read Japanese :-O It uses wefts of hair sewen onto a strip. I will look for these in future or try to sew my own! Please note I didn't put wool in all the holes, just 3/4 of the front of the cap and sides as I had too many holes and my wool was too thick!
I start off with cutting lengths of Welsh wool and a needle threader (though some fine wire looped and twisted would work well too)
You can see the underneath of the cap, I have been pulling yarn though and then knotting the end to keep it in place. I didn't do it but if I was doing again, I would snip off the end of the yarn so it doesn't get too full. When all is done, a little glue could be applied to the underneath to keep it all in place.
I pulled the threader in from under the cap
So the loop came through the top. I would then slide the yarn into the loop
and gently pull the yarn to the underside of the cap
I then tie a knot and pull the yarn from the top end so the knot is against the skull cap
Then ta daaaa! It's a wigged cap
This is just a simple first step version. I've never done any sort of root work before but I think for Makie dolls this came out great.
Some more experimentation to come!
Wednesday, 9 January 2013
Drilled Skull Plate for Makie Doll Tutorial Part DEUX
I finished this last night so this is part two of the Tutorial of preparing the wig cap for making a Rooted Makie Wig. I forgot to Mention before that you can purchase extra skull plate direct from the Makie shop for £9.
I decided with the yarn I plan on using that I needed a bigger hole than what I originally started with. I also found that by using a 2mm drill bit, it was a bit more sturdy and I didn't break any bits!. So as an amendment I would recommend trying as much as possible to use the hole punch to start the holes and then use the drill to re-drill them to make it bigger. Being a curved surface it is much better to have prestarted hole to drill the bit onto.
So... I re-drilled ALL the holes to 2mm
As you can see underneath there were some holes with little scraggly bits hanging out. I just wanted to tidy them up a bit (being pedantic and all)
So I got a craft knife out and cut to my best ability as many of the nibbly bits off.
I wanted a smooth surface on the top because I didn't want the 'hair' snagging at all so a light sanding over did the job. I used a fine grit sandpaper.
To smooth the holes, I used a rotary tool round filing bit on the holes that still had a few rough bits. A 2mm round jewelers file will do the job too but I just didn't have one and improvised.
So this is the finished product, I am quite pleased with the results!
This is the finished wig I made with the skull cap, but I will put up a full tutorial on how to make that :)
I decided with the yarn I plan on using that I needed a bigger hole than what I originally started with. I also found that by using a 2mm drill bit, it was a bit more sturdy and I didn't break any bits!. So as an amendment I would recommend trying as much as possible to use the hole punch to start the holes and then use the drill to re-drill them to make it bigger. Being a curved surface it is much better to have prestarted hole to drill the bit onto.
So... I re-drilled ALL the holes to 2mm
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| New Drill bits- so I drill again! |
As you can see underneath there were some holes with little scraggly bits hanging out. I just wanted to tidy them up a bit (being pedantic and all)
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| I don't like the scraggly bits! |
So I got a craft knife out and cut to my best ability as many of the nibbly bits off.
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| Careful not to cut yourself |
I wanted a smooth surface on the top because I didn't want the 'hair' snagging at all so a light sanding over did the job. I used a fine grit sandpaper.
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| A fine gril, about - I used P180 |
To smooth the holes, I used a rotary tool round filing bit on the holes that still had a few rough bits. A 2mm round jewelers file will do the job too but I just didn't have one and improvised.
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| The start of a pin head? |
So this is the finished product, I am quite pleased with the results!
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| Where a hole in the head is good! |
This is the finished wig I made with the skull cap, but I will put up a full tutorial on how to make that :)
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| Lovely 100% Welsh Wool |
Drilled Skull Plate Tutorial For Makie Doll- Part One
Part ONE!
Ok this is a LONG post, it is instructions on how to drill a skull cap to allow you to make a rooted wig. I started this back in November so this is the first part I had posted over at the Makie forum. I have posted it here too so you can use for future reference.
So - started off marking the cap with pencil dots
I then used my beadsmith metal punch which works perfectly on the nylon and punched as many holes as I could. It doesn't have a long neck stretch so I will have to drill the remainder.
I also found that towards the back of the skull was harder to punch so they will need drilling too.
As you can see I can't reach all of the holes but I got a lot done!
Out comes the heavy artillery for the drilling- I used the biggest tiny bit I had which is a 1.5mm. I accidently broke it before I completely finished it so I have decided to order 2mm ones which is close to the beadsmith punch. The nylon is VERY easy to drill. I had no issues at all
This is it for now, the skull came went back on fine, just have to wait for my new bits to arrive and I'll be able to carry on. I did think about sticking some pins in to create a pinhead from Hellraiser effect but the holes are too big for dress pins, so that would need to be another project another day LOL
Ok this is a LONG post, it is instructions on how to drill a skull cap to allow you to make a rooted wig. I started this back in November so this is the first part I had posted over at the Makie forum. I have posted it here too so you can use for future reference.
So - started off marking the cap with pencil dots
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| Lots of dots! |
I then used my beadsmith metal punch which works perfectly on the nylon and punched as many holes as I could. It doesn't have a long neck stretch so I will have to drill the remainder.
I also found that towards the back of the skull was harder to punch so they will need drilling too.
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| The tool of choice for punching thigs! |
As you can see I can't reach all of the holes but I got a lot done!
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| As Far as I could punch- the rest will have to be drilled |
Out comes the heavy artillery for the drilling- I used the biggest tiny bit I had which is a 1.5mm. I accidently broke it before I completely finished it so I have decided to order 2mm ones which is close to the beadsmith punch. The nylon is VERY easy to drill. I had no issues at all
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| Drill on hand, good ole fashioned stanley handrill |
This is it for now, the skull came went back on fine, just have to wait for my new bits to arrive and I'll be able to carry on. I did think about sticking some pins in to create a pinhead from Hellraiser effect but the holes are too big for dress pins, so that would need to be another project another day LOL
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| Times where a hole in your head is useful! |
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Eye will be seeing YOU!
I ordered some eyes off eBay for my Makie doll and thought I would try them out. These are full glass eyes so are not suitable for the eye holders that Makielab have inside of the head so they have to be put in with a bit of white tac. These are 18mm eyes but I think the 16mm glass ones would work fine.
It's pretty poor light here, so the natural pictures are probably not the best! The flash makes them look in your face, though the purple ones looked fine with flash
It's pretty poor light here, so the natural pictures are probably not the best! The flash makes them look in your face, though the purple ones looked fine with flash
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| The red Devil Eyes- Natural Light |
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| The Devil eyes in flash - OH MY |
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| I like this purple! |
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| Perfect Colour Purple |
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| In the natural light it is hard to make out the gold sparkle in the blue |
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| VERY STAREY!!! but you can see the sparkles |
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