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HOW I DID IT
First I bought a fakie from the
dollar store called Funny Toy.
It has a doll and a little baby pony in a plastic case. The pony IS a MLP
mold of a newborn with only a tail and ugly painted eyes. I took her home
and removed her tail and use nail polish remover to take off the eye paint.
I removed her head, it pops off easily with these fakies. Then I used Apple
Barrel Colors acrylic paint(very inexpensive, about 36 cents for 2 oz.)
in Victorian Green for her body. It took about 6 thin coats to cover up
the pink plastic. Then I used a Painters paint marker to paint the white
of her eyes(these fakies have molded spots for eyes so you can paint it
correctly. I used Newborn Twin Baby Tangles as a guide).
Then I used a black thin Sharpie
marker to paint the blacks of her eyes. I filled in the iris with Apple
Barrel Colors Regency Blue. For her symbols I used a very thin brush and
Delta Ceramcoat in Green Isle. They took about two coats. Then I purchased
some Curly Hair in white from the craft store and gathered up enough hair
for the tail and treaded it trough by taping the end to help it go through
her tail hole. I pulled it through the neck opening. I tied a knot and
pulled it back out. Since the hair was in individual spirals I had to brush
it out and trim it down to the length I needed. I recurled it around my
finger and it looked more like a MLP tail. The mane was easier than I thought
but still time consuming. I bought some long soft sculpture needles and
used tape to get the hair to thread through the needle. These fakies have
the lines where the mane SHOULD be, so I used that as my guide. I pushed
the needle through the head and out the neck. Tied a knot and pulled it
back through. I did two rows and then trimmed and curled the hair. Then
as a final touch I used my own blush with a Q-tip and put blush on her
and I used the white paint pen to put three freckles in her nose.
Viola! That is how I did my first custom. If you have any questions about my customs feel free to e-mail me!