Bianca ([info]red_amaranth) wrote,
@ 2008-06-05 10:03:00
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Entry tags:bjd, mikan

[bjd] Mikan, body blushing
So for the past two days, I've been working on and off on body blushing and hot glue sueding Mikan. Wanna seeeeee~? :D

First order of business was to unstring and wash all the pieces. It was kind of scary, since I wasn't sure if I'd be able to put him all back together later. XD; So, after a scrub with a Mr. Clean magic eraser and a quick rinse in cold water, the pieces were left to air dry. The next morning, I hacked up some wire coat hangers and started hang things. For the small parts, like hands and feet, I used handitak and 20 gauge wire. Here's what I had right before the first coat of MSC:





So, while the first coat of MSC was drying, I started making my pastel dust~ For this project, my blushing materials were Alphacolor soft pastels, Winton titanium white acrylic, and Liquitex acrylic gloss medium. The last two items were for the nails.



Uh, I neglected to take any more progress pictures, but it went like... MSC->pastel->MSC->pastel->MSC->MSC. And then nail details in white acrylic, covered with one layer of gloss. :D; Omg, he totally looks like he got a French manicure and pedicure. *headdesk* Hot glue sueding after the manicure dried, and then re-stringing. Here's how he turned out. > >;









The blushing is hardly there, it seems! Wah! Or, at least it doesn't show up well in pictures.

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[info]seijikat
2008-06-05 11:56 pm UTC (link)
it looks great! i've been meaning to do that with my boys but i'm too scared that i'll never get them back together. though i might try it on my vampire boy. his head is currently on my art table getting a faceup [dear god, i CANNOT draw lower lashes without making him look like a drag queen] while his body is splayed across the dining room table.

mikan's finger/toe nails look soooo good! he's got a cute belly button too! ^_^

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[info]red_amaranth
2008-06-08 07:36 am UTC (link)
Lower lashes are tough, I agree, it's so hard to get each lash looking like it's in place. x x I wound up flipping the head upside down and using upward brush strokes. As for the blushing, you'll be much less scared of taking them apart after the first shot, I'm sure!

*_* Yayyy~! Thank you! Next time, I'll thin the white paint a little more, and maybe that will look more natural~?

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[info]seijikat
2008-06-10 05:18 am UTC (link)
i've tried upside down and upside right and i think i'm just being too impatient. i'm just all BRUSH*BRUSH*BRUSH on the lashes, where i think if i just slow it down and do one-by-one slowly, that may do the trick. i'm really happy with everything else on him, it's just those lower lashes! i just want them to be done!

hrm, his nails look natural as they are. but, i wonder, maybe to mix a little of the shine pearl into the white paint? just to give it a tiny shimmer? i'm going to try that on my vampire. going to try to unstring and restring him too. figured his head was off, he might as well be in pieces. he can be a test body. ^__^

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[info]red_amaranth
2008-06-13 07:59 am UTC (link)
Ooh, pearl white? Lemme know how that turns out! :D I do have some iridescent white sitting here, but I held back on it because I thought it might look less natural.

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[info]seijikat
2008-06-10 06:55 pm UTC (link)
i forgot to ask, are you on twitter? i'm updating all of my social networking sites with new people. wheee. ^__^

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[info]red_amaranth
2008-06-13 08:00 am UTC (link)
Wah, I'm actually not... XD;

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