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CustomAnon — Custom Tutorial Part 4- Manes
Published: 2011-03-29 07:02:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 21608; Favourites: 328; Downloads: 247
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So this is really late. If anything is unclear let me know. I've been super busy with real life so... yeah.Related content
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I really really want to start making custom ponies or at least make customs of the ponies I've created, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get all the material seeing as I'm a teenager without a job and is a full time student I won't be able to order things online without parent permission and why(Chances are they'll just laugh at my reason.) so I have a better chance of getting all these things from stores.(This way I just have to say I'm going to go to the store be back in a bit) Do you know any stores that might nice carry doll hair, needle thread, and a pushpin for reasonable price?
Great tutorial btw.
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Oh my... I think the best thing you can do is be honest with your parents. You shouldn't feel the need to hide hobbies from your parents.
However...
Push pins are in any office supplies or school supplies store.
Needle and thread can be found in about any craft store, or even dollar stores sell sewing kits, with little bits of thread and needles.
However unforunately you won't really find nice doll hair anywhere in a store. You can usually get a very limited selection of curly doll hair in a craft store- white and brown sometimes black? but it is low qualiy and kinda lame. Dollar Tree, a US dollar store depending on where you live sells a 'children's hair extension' that comes in lots of colors, cheaply, but it is pretty hard to use/style and is not as nice as real pony hair.
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Alright I guess I can ask my mom she understands me better.
Thanks for you help 
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I'm considering trying this to rehair a Fluttershy to the right color, and I was wondering, it is easy to mess this up? How hard would you say it is for a complete beginner? D:
It looks fairly simple, I'm just afraid of taking all the hair out and somehow not being able to put new hair in properly.
Also (and I apologize if these are stupid questions), is there any real difference between the regular nylon and the My Little Pony nylon hair on the Dolly Hair website?
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You can't really mess it up as long as you take it slow and patient. The only problem you could run into is plugs being too big and ripping-- even then you don't really ruin it, it just doesn't look as nice. There is very little difference between hair- the new stuff might be a touch easier to tangle, but it's not a big enough difference that it will matter.
If you are afraid though, some countries are starting to get Fluttershy with light pink hair, so waiting is always an option.
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I would wait, but to be honest, this rehairing process sounds kind of fun. I actually enjoy repetitive small things like this.
And so, do you just superglue the neck plug back onto the body when you're done with the tail?
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I would actually suggest putting the plug into the head when you're done rehairing, then put super glue around the lip of the plug (there is a clear indent where it was formerly glued) and then push the head onto the body. It will make a tighter head connection
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Ok, cool. Thanks for all the help!
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Just wanted to drop a line and let you know that you are my savior! I was going about it a much more difficult way and I found your tutorials and things have been much easier since. Plugging has been easy, I'm taking the hair straight from my donor Applejack and tying it off and putting it right into Derpy's head.
But thank you, thank you, thank you!
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It's great hearing that I've helped people!!
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This a great tutorial- best I've seen!
Though, just wondering, could you use normal hairdye to change the pony's hair colour? (Yes, I'm a lazyass)
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No. Hair dye is not made for plastic. It would only make a nasty mess. It might color some, but not well. If you want to use dye, you could use RIT dye made for fabric to dye just the hair if you carefully dip it into the liquid dye, but it will only go darker, not lighter. I.E. you can dye pink hair purple or blue, but you can't dye purple hair white or light pink
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will you be doing a eye tutorial any time soon
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I will work on one soon.
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I'MMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT I'd just like to point out and clarify for anyone wondering that you take the needle OFF the thread/dental floss/fishing line/whatever you used once you get it pulled out the neck. This leaves you with a loop sticking out the neck hole, and a pair of strings sticking out the hair hole on the pony's head. Then you put a strip of hair (which should have a knot in one end) through the looped end of thread, pushing it through until the loop wraps around the middle of the hair strip. Then you just tug hard on the two loose ends at the top/back of the pony's head until the hair comes through the hole. Hope that saves some /co/mrade or /b/rony the trouble I went through on that.
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I'm sorry you had problems! I will have to amend the tutorial. Someone requested video, which I'll be happy to do if I can figure out a way to record something that involves having two hands.
If anyone, yourself included, ever get stuck up on anything in the tutorial, I am more than glad to help. I am not a pro at explaining this kind of stuff, so knowing you have problems will (hopefully) help me make a better tut.
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It's not your fault at all. I'm just glad I have what you posted to go by. I would never have figured this out on my own. Also, maybe you could use a web-cam to record the video-tut.
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How do you remove the needle once the thread is looped inward? I'm aware it probably sounds stupid, but I've been looking at it from all angles, and I've got nothing on how to get needle off with snapping the thread or using one of those creepy old style ones with the hole in the eye of the needle.
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Thanks so much for making these! I'm planning on making my first custom pony ever, and these are a big help. By any chance, will you be making a tutorial on styling the mane?
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I have had a lot of requests. If I can get time I will. I am in college and have one week of class and then finals. Maybe sometime after that. Anything in particular you want to see?
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Well, the thing I'm worried about is making bangs/shorter sections of the mane and sculpting. I'm totally not sure what's safe to sculpt with on the newer ponies, because they're made out of such soft plastic. :[
Thanks for uploading these, by the way! They're a big help
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If you are worried about heat elements to bake the ponies, you could use Apoxie Sculpt. It dries hard and nice without baking.
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When you bake the ponies, do you use less time?
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I've never read the box ever. I put it in at 275 and wait until it looks firm. :V
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Looks great, btw. Will you be showing how to get the neck plugs back into the heads? I'm currently struggling with that =/
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Yeah, I will
How are you having problems?
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The plug doesn't want to go in and when I tried it decided to crack/ripple the paint on the pony's head.
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Have you tried using a blade to enlarge the hole in the pony's head some? not too much, but big enough that the plug will go in easier
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I did after I stripped the head for the one that messed up and tested it before I am to paint it. It seems to work better
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Two questions.
Firstly: So when you say "push the needle in from the outside", do you mean push it in through the neck hole, or through the hole that you want the plug to go into?
Secondly: what does putting the pushpin in the plug-hole do? Thanks.
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Push the needle in through the plug which will be filled with hair . It should go from the outside of the head into the neck hole.
The pushpin opens up the hole wider. it is thicker than the needle and will open it enough to pull the plug of hair through
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Can you also do the mane just with the hair directly threaded into the needle, or will taht not work? Awesome tutorials by the way!
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If you get a large needle eye you can thread the hair into it without knotting any side, pull a loose end into the head through the neck, then knot it. otherwise, you can't just pull the knotted plug into the head from the outside. You would have to do it from the inside and it's very hard to find the hole you want.
The reason I don't thread the hair directly into the needle is you need a big needle/needle eye which is likely to split the holes on the pony's head, or you need a needle threader. I broke so many of those little wire-coin-headed-needle-thready-things that it was easier to do it this way.
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CustomAnon, thanks to you I just started to try a custom pony (and that's awesome!) ...buuut I want to try a thing: spraying the original hair with some paint for avoid this passage of the tutorial (I'm lazy, I know). Do you think some paint spray colors works on nylon hair? I want to make Derpy, Dj Scratch and OPPP
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No, don't do it. It will turn out terrible. Paint + hair = one gross looking sloppy mess. Ever seen those spray-in colors that preteens use because their parents won't let them dye their hair bright blue? Yeah. That. Don't do it. If you -have- to, use sharpies, but that won't work on colors going lighter, only darker.
If you use paint in their hair you will ruin your pony.
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Heh, it's what I'm suspected and fears; Oh well, I'll go buy some hair and using your tutorial^^
Thanks for the hint!
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*so awesome*
I'm definitely going to make a rainbow dash in the future. I just hope I have the patience to deal with putting the mane in...
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It's very repetitive, and not too bad. One of those things to do while watching a movie.
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This tutorial is awesome and very helpful. The loop part was slightly confusing, but I'll figure it out. Have you ever considered making a little video on this too?
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No, I hadn't thought of it, but next time I'm working on a pony I might see if I can record it. If you need help let me know!
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great guide, this'll help me out with my new hobby
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Wow, this definitely looks helpful! Many thanks!
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Ooooooo.
I've got a funny feeling I'll be needing this somewhere down the line.
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