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Published: 2012-03-23 13:30:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 105926; Favourites: 1650; Downloads: 3173
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BEHOLD! MEIN LATEST CREATION! ZE BEAST; IT LIVES!Anyway, this monster of a tutorial ended up being about 25% longer than Fluttershy's , and I'll cry if I calculate how much longer it is than my Rarity and Pinkie Pie tutorials. The added length makes a little bit of sense since this is the first tutorial that involves quite a bit of trimming.
Also, I decided I would call the hair on her forehead "bangs", so feel free to laugh endlessly if you've never heard that term before. Somewhat ironically, although I use "bangs" to describe Twilight's forelock-thingy, the term is derived from the word "bangtail", a name for the tail of a horse cut straight across, or the name for the horse itself. So, if you happen to be a time travelling American from the 1860's, struggling to understand the terrifying technology the future has presented to you, this tutorial will probably break whatever is left of your battered mind.
I would also like to thank everyone again for your questions and comments regarding my tutorials, and the support you give me when I'm trampling though my self-assigned due dates like an elephant barging through an unfinished world record domino toppling attempt. I also love seeing the results of other people's styling both here, on deviantART, and in the ponychan thread .
And, of course, My Little Pony, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Twilight Sparkle, Owloysius and the Hasbro toys are all owned by Hasbro.
Anyway, I'm off to go replenish my stock of mana crystals. I've used up so many of them that I cannot even cook myself breakfast in the morning. I've been living off of 'Lucky Charms' and other slightly less magical meals for the past few days.
EDIT: Here are the Rainbow Dash and Applejack tutorials as well!
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Comments: 321
I just got my first pony like this, I got one of the wedding ones, The roots were similar, She's drying right now. ^^
I love the tutorial, Thanks for making it. Also, Watching My little pony from episode 1 while styling twilights hair for the win.
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A part of me thinks you have way to much time on your hands.
Mostly, though, I feel reaffirmed in my belief that bronies are some of the most creative people out there.
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So my mom said she'll do it after she comes home from work =3
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To tell the truth, this was a cool tut, but I swear to God, I DON'T GET IT O______O
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I opened my Twilight today and her hair is really a mess D: I feel so hopeful with your tutorial *____* THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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im in the process of drying for around 3 hours and mine is a gift for a friend whos a twilly fan
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Ahhh! Is your Twili's cutie mark on the right or left flank. For my pony doll its on the left but the hair looks like it is parted correctly on the right side of the doll for me!:c I might just be panicing. Also how do I get her bangs to stay down? I cut them and the curl inwards and they won't lay down on her and are poofed. Plus the left side looks more jumbled up than the other side. I could post a picture later if needed to show what I mean :c.
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From the looks of it, my Twilight's CM is on her left side. Also, if you are having trouble getting her bangs to stay down, you probably need to get them hotter during heat setting. Pulling her bangs back down tight and giving her some higher-temp cook time should do the trick.
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Alright I probably just have a different doll. I got some more bobby pins so its time for my style the other ponies I have!c: Twili is doing well now, I got them to stay down just need to trim them and get them closer to her horn so thanks a ton<3 Your tutorials are super helpful and I love the puns to bits!:3
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Thanks for the tutorial! I don't suppose you could do Celestia next?
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Well, if I have time, eventually, I plan on setting up a poll to let people choose which pony they want styled next. Celestia will definitely be on the poll.
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Oh gosh I love you. I want to redo my Twilight's hair soooo bad. Here's hoping I have time soon--this looks fabulous!
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I try to do this and the result was a FAIL
I cutted so much hair and If I was Cutted a bit more, And Twilight Hair Could be Dissapeared Totally
Oh god why...
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Thank you for all the great tutorials! I've been meaning to try one for quite a while, and I finally gave it a shot with a ratty Twilight Sparkle from a second-hand shop. She has that separated fringe that doesn't like to lay flat so I'm still working on holding that down, but I've finally got a TS with her hair cut right.
(Now I'm eager to go trimming up all my other ponies' hair.)
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Do you think this tut will work with the sparkle haired version??? I want to style them like in the crystal empire eps but I'm afraid I'd have trouble with the tinsel
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The trouble with the tinsel-haired ponies is that tinsel reacts differently to styling than regular pony hair. For example: When you hold Twilight's bangs down with an elastic and cook her noggin, all of her normal hair will curl the exact same amount, but her tinsel hair may not. This means the tinsel could end up pulling away from her regular hair, and that lack of uniformity will make her bangs look messy.
However, I have not tried this out myself. I have only inferred this from seeing what others have tried and failed to do. If you do not want to be bothered with the trouble of tinsel, you can just trim it out of her hair. If you would like to keep it in, I would suggest straightening out Twilight's hair by wetting and brushing it, curling her tail around one of her back legs and securing it with an elastic, and heat setting this section of her hair by placing her under a lamp or something similar for some time. Note how well the tinsel in her hair behaves and, based on that, decide whether you would be willing to keep the tinsel in or if you would be better off removing it from her mane and tail.
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Ah ok, thanks for the quick response
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yesterday i became a prowd owner of a Tilight Sparkle toy, just to try this out *^*
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My Twiley is cooking! Thank you so much for this! Their toy manes are awful.
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you are a genius! Thank you so much!
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I styled my Twilight but her bangs keep on sticking up 
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If her hair is not staying down, it usually means that the heat setting isn't working. Regardless of what heat-setting method you are using, you will need to get her hotter.
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awesome tutorial, I just bought a twilight figure and i was worried i had to get a special hair spray for it
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on my twilight, even after drying, the right side of her bangs are sticking up and her mane is sticking away from her body. WHAT DO I DO!?
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I suggest doing her up as shown in the fourth last picture in the tutorial and performing the heat setting process over again. If her hair isn't hanging close enough to her body, she probably did not get hot enough the first time you dried and fried her.
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im applying this techinuique to my lyra doll....
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These tutorials are so good! You make them look just like the show, I've never seen anyone do that before.
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Here's the progress of taking scissors to a pony for the first time.
Fashion Style Twilight Progress
The fun part about this is that I couldn't find my girly hair products, so I had to be resourceful and use rubberbands and paperclips to get her hair fixed up.
I have a bit more to do, but I'm quite satisfied with how the results turned out so far.
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(snipping at a fashion style pony without any experience or the proper tools probably isn't the best thing to do, but I don't have any bait ponies to mess around with. At least it wasn't a disaster. :3)
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You should make a video of it, a lot of people will see it!
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I was considering that, more so for future projects than previously completed ones. Although I do fear Applejack's tutorial may be the last one I do for a while due to time constraints, I was thinking that it might be easier to make videos of me styling then preparing image tutorials. However, time will tell.
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Thank you. Your Tutorials are great, although mine came out to look a little bit like the G3 cheerilee mane style. XD
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When I read your comment, Toola Roola came to mind for some reason. XD
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omg, you make such greeeat tutorials! i really love the way you explain
congratulations, you're making the life of many bronies much happier 
awesome tutorial!
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have you ever noticed they got twilights coat color wrong?
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Yeah. A lot of the colours Hasbro has chosen for the mane six toys have been a little off.
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the one that ticks me off the most is rainbow dash
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Yeah. They kept her mane and tail the same as the G3 Rainbow Dash.
I guess rerooting is always an option.
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yeah, hasbro is owned but lazy dumbasses
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After AJ it's the CMCs of you have time, right? Anyways, AMAZING tutorial, I lovedlovedloved it! My Twilight is right now drying as I'm doing a little more heat setting for the bangs and lower mane-part. The lower mane-part hung a little too far away from the head at first so I put the elastics a little tighter and wet it again. THE CUTTING KILLED ME SERIOUSLY!
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It depends on how well they perform in the poll I may or may not post to test which ponies people want styled next. However, given how popular the CMCs are, I'm guessing they'd win it.
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I hate how they only put the cutie mark on one side. What's that all about?!
Aside from that, very nice job!
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oh you're a lifesaver!!! I love you so much! The only reason i didn't like the pony figures was because of the hair and now i canmake them actually look like the character!
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after applejack can you do pinkamena (the evil version of pinkie)
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