I reborn dolls ....anyone else?

[Chicks Galore3]

Are you sure they aren't real?!?!?! Those are amazing!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

Silkie_Sue... I recognize some of those kits!
You do great work!
I am working on a more "creative" one, like your zombie babies...
I found people are more into the "odd" creations than real looking babies.

 

[silkie_sue]

Some are into the more unusual reborns but their are still many that seek the natural babes.

Since you say you're working on a unusual reborn. I'll show you close up's of the Zombie twins faces that way you can get an idea of how different they really are compared to the natural ones.






And a few more pics I found of reborns I have made ...



Juliet


Hand painted hair on Juliet


Rose


Shaylee...She is also part of my personal collection


Libby




That's all the older pic I have found but I have new dolls that haven't taken pics of and a few kit's that I have started yet...lol

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I think the zombie babies are too funny!!! LOL

Molly:




Another Taite with dark hair and the twins together


The twins might be featured on Hard Core Pawn at the ned of the summer... we just filmed for the show on Friday
I am sure I will be portrayed as the crazy baby lady. I feel like I made a complete idiot of myself.


Some lil clay babies I have sculpted and painted




And Heather... I am still working on her... She will be my display doll for craft shows. She is the biggest baby I have done so far!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

The dark haired Taite is for sale
The blonde one is the first one I made... but I would sell her if someone wanted her... she has a magnetic binkie.

Molly is sold (I really like this sculpt)

Heather is my display doll (She has such a sweet face)

Then I am working on 3 more... with another 3 on the way in the mail!!!
4 out of those have been special ordered

 

[silkie_sue]

Crazy baby lady????....lol.....who cares right

Molly is adorable. The clay babies are sweet that has to be time consuming.

Thanks for sharing

 

[silkie_sue]

I order mine from bountifulbaby.com
You can order premixed paints (Genisis Heat Set Paints) to paint on them.(you have to bake them on)
A lot of money and technique goes into them. I, and a lot of other people, suggest buying cheap dolls from a resale shop and stripping the factory paint off of them... to test different techniques on. I found that it was more difficult to paint on the cheap dolls than the kits from BB.com. I am glad that I tried the paints out on the cheapies though.

Good luck

As you say...
Not all doll kits are created equal...lol..some kits except the paint easily and others are a freakin nightmare. I had one kit not a BB kit I ordered and I bet I had to put 5 layers of flesh paint on it before it would take any other color....For any new to reborn dolls..Flesh is the first layer need to start...grrr..it's the background for any other colors.

 

[silkie_sue]

I just finished my first reborn the other day... I want to add a magnetic binkie to him so I had to remove his head...

I was wondering what you use to secure the magnet and what you use to seal the rooted hair with. What needle size do you use? I feel like mine looks too plug-ish and I am too afraid to use it on my reborn. I like him as a baldy anyway.
I was going to sell him... but I think I am attached to him. LOL
I just ordered another kit... the same one so I could make another one to sell. BF thinks I am crazy, but I would like to get in to making silicone babies! It is so darn expensive to start though!!!








What do you think?
This kit is "Taite" by Denise Pratt
He is a premie and is only 15in. He is weighted at about 2.5 lbs.
I think I achieved all the fun colors a very angry baby turns! LOL
I wanted him to look freshly squeezed (just born)

I bought 2 really cheap dolls from a resale shop to practice on, but to work on a new kit is totally different. It is much easier and the paint is accepted much better.
I would like to improve my mottling techniques... I get somewhat impatient with doing layer after layer of super thin paint. I like to see results right away, but I have to catch myself and stop and bake before I do the next layer.

I use a size 38 felting needle the trick is to learn to use very few hairs. Anywhere from 1 to 3 hairs is exceptable. Also the lighter the hair color the less it shows where it it's rooted. I try to just take a few hairs when I'm rooting and not a bunch. Slowly slide the needle over the hair to catch it. If you get more than you want...tweezers! pick out the unwanted.
For gluing, Gem Tack, it's cheap, easy to find. Takes a bit longer to dry but who doesn't need a break by then...lol

 

[silkie_sue]

Now if I can just get some pic's of Conner and Cara (SweetPea awake and asleep) big babies
Another 20 inch baby and ummm...dang it! Oh yes!
a Cooper kit I'm working on..another big baby

 

[silkie_sue]

Backyardfarm mom....BB is having some great sales right now