That was my question.
I am customizing a doll to look like someone. The customization involves changing the hair, clothing, and accessories of an articulated Christie. I chose this head sculpt because it most resembles the person the doll is fashioned after.
The hair needs to be pixie short and gray. I knew finding a wig in the desired style and color would be a challenge. This is the reason I opted initially to make a wig cap, buy hair, and glue the hair onto the wig cap. The makings of the wig cap are illustrated in the slide show below:
Creating the wig cap was a piece of cake. I have done these in the past for smaller dolls. Curly hair was used for their wigs. Gluing straight hair to the most recently created wig cap proved to be quite a chore. In my frustration, I wound up yanking most of the wiry (Kanekalon braiding) hair off the wig cap and rooting the hair directly onto the doll's shaved head. Surprisingly the rooting tool that I used in the past for reborn dolls worked.
The result, shown above, is my first attempt at rooting hair on a playscale doll. In the future, if I ever do this again, I will exercise more patience, after I buy the proper rooting tools and hair that doesn't fight back.
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After witnessing my struggle to apply hair onto the wig cap and later watching me root hair onto the doll's head, my husband informed me that I was trying to glue too much hair at a time to the wig cap. He proceeded to explain how it "should be" done: "A few strands at a time. You're trying to rush it," he said. I rolled my eyes while I continued to root. Then I challenged him with the following statement, "Here, [shoving the wig cap in his direction] you do it, since you know how." The image below is what he was able to accomplish in less than 30 minutes.
It would look better if the Kanekalon fibers were not so wiry, but I can tame it after he completes his process. He stopped to allow the "few strands at a time" to dry. He'll fill in the gaps later. (Show off!)
Whether I use his wig cap for another doll is questionable. Maybe I will transform a playscale doll into a grandparent after I tame the hair.
I am customizing a doll to look like someone. The customization involves changing the hair, clothing, and accessories of an articulated Christie. I chose this head sculpt because it most resembles the person the doll is fashioned after.
The hair needs to be pixie short and gray. I knew finding a wig in the desired style and color would be a challenge. This is the reason I opted initially to make a wig cap, buy hair, and glue the hair onto the wig cap. The makings of the wig cap are illustrated in the slide show below:
Creating the wig cap was a piece of cake. I have done these in the past for smaller dolls. Curly hair was used for their wigs. Gluing straight hair to the most recently created wig cap proved to be quite a chore. In my frustration, I wound up yanking most of the wiry (Kanekalon braiding) hair off the wig cap and rooting the hair directly onto the doll's shaved head. Surprisingly the rooting tool that I used in the past for reborn dolls worked.
The result, shown above, is my first attempt at rooting hair on a playscale doll. In the future, if I ever do this again, I will exercise more patience, after I buy the proper rooting tools and hair that doesn't fight back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After witnessing my struggle to apply hair onto the wig cap and later watching me root hair onto the doll's head, my husband informed me that I was trying to glue too much hair at a time to the wig cap. He proceeded to explain how it "should be" done: "A few strands at a time. You're trying to rush it," he said. I rolled my eyes while I continued to root. Then I challenged him with the following statement, "Here, [shoving the wig cap in his direction] you do it, since you know how." The image below is what he was able to accomplish in less than 30 minutes.
It would look better if the Kanekalon fibers were not so wiry, but I can tame it after he completes his process. He stopped to allow the "few strands at a time" to dry. He'll fill in the gaps later. (Show off!)
Whether I use his wig cap for another doll is questionable. Maybe I will transform a playscale doll into a grandparent after I tame the hair.
