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HotaruThodt — MLP Custom - Ever Dream
Published: 2007-10-10 11:48:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 2892; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 60
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Okay, after two years of regaining interest in My Little Ponies, I finally finished my first custom. I originally made her for the Customs Contest over on MLP Arena, but I lost. There were so many entries in the contest that were done much better than mine. It's...humbling to say the least.
Anyway, Ever Dream here was inspired by the Nightwish song of the same name. She started out as a G3 Misty Blue who had a few minor factory flaws. I dyed her a deep purple with slightly darker purple gradients on her legs (though those don't show up too well). Once she was dry, I coated her with a thin coat of purple Acrylic Paint (to try and give her a slight 'antiqued' look. I then stuck little 'cellphone bling' crystals all over and painted silver 'swirly marks' and 'white stars' all over her body. She was then sealed with Future Floor Varnish with some Mica powder mixed in (courtesy of ~AyamePasse ). Her hair has been rerooted (via LadyDayDreamer's Rerooter Pro), with white Nylon hair from custompony.com along with some purple "Play Hair" I got from the Dollar General about two years ago, which I kept long and used a flat iron on. Her little wings came from a box of craft items belong to my granny and the 'crystal' on her forehead was in a box of Barbie stuff my mom's on again/off again boyfriend gave me.
I'm so happy with her and I don't have any current plans to sell her.
Also, sorry about the blurry pics. I tried sharpening them up a bit but to no avail. I hope everyone can make out my entry though.
Oh, and don't forget to download for the full version of this.
Ever Dream Copyright © Jennifer Hopkins
My Little Pony Copyright © Hasbro
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Thanks, sadly she got caught in flood water recently and I need to take her down and re-glue her bling as well as brush out her man and tail.
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Awwww, that's a shame.
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Yeah, I think retouching her might fix her though.
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Heehee. I still have this gal. The pics are pretty old though and I plan to take new ones once I can get access to a better camera.
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She's beautiful, but the wings seem to be put on backwards.
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Thanks. And I was trying to make her wings look like they're folded back...too bad it doesn't look like that though.
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*lol* Well, now you know 'til next time, right! 
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Yeah, I'd probably wind up ruining both pony and wings if I tried removing them and gluing them on the other way.
I'm not good at sculpting nor can I afford Epoxy yet. I have a few ponies who need sculpting.
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I think there a risk of that too, so don't!
*lol* me neither, but I found a paper-clay last week that wasn't very expensive and I think it might work well too.
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What's the brand of paper-clay? I might want to check it ut.
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Umm... it's... eeh, I was looking at it today. I forgot the name. It can be bought from Panduro anyway. 
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Ah, I'll have to look tat up. Maybe then I can finish up some ponies once I get up the money.
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If I get it before you I'll tell you what I think of it.
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OKay, let me know how it works.
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What's the brand of paper clay? I might want to try that out too.
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Now I know the name of the brand to that paperclay!
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Awesome. I'll definently be looking it up.
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It seems to be good. I just need to try and see if it sticks on the ponies or (like I think) it'll have to be glued on after it's dried.
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Ahhhh...I can understand that.
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Yeah, it's fun isn't it. Right now I'm waitning for a shipment of hair as well as some replacement needles for my Rerooter Pro. Ever Dream here borke one needle and bent the other.
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you have a machine that does it for you???!!!! tell me where i can get this thing of wonder!! Am doing it by HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, it's not really a machine. It's a little crayon-sized piece of wood with a needle on the end. You can get your own at rerooterpro.com. They cost about $8 (because it's in such high demand that the girl that makes them had to up the prices). Custompony also sell them (for a dollar more) and dollyhair.com just started selling them.
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Yeah, LadyDayDreamer's is the cheapest and seemingly best known, but keep in mind it takes awhile for her to ship (since she makes them in bunches), and you'll needa pushpin to widen the holes (so you won't break your needle).
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so.. sparkly.
...I'm suprised I didn't have more MLP.
I only had one.
And it was yellow.
I think it had a cupcake or something on its hindquarter.
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Thankies. 
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I think it was pink.
Or maybe orange.
Something bright.
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Oh okay. My curiousity is piqued now and I wanna hunt her name down for you as well as any other information I could find.
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XD
It was something fruity sounding.
I think.
I dunno. Its been a while.
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Oh okay. I still wish I could pull up more information on it. Did you have the pony when you were little or was it a recent edition?
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When I was little.
Chopped a good portion of its hair off.
Poor thing.
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Damn...if you still have the pony, you could probably restore her hair. It's just a matter of popping her head off, taking the plugs out and using of of the many methods to reroot. ^_^
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Oooh, is so pretty and shinny! 
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Thanks. I didn't think the silver marks showed up very well in the pics.
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They do, they do.
You ar e welcome.
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She is A M A Z I N G!
Gosh, and it's only your first!!!!!! You went into a great process to make her and you got awsome results! In fact, making a full body repaint it's not always easy so I'm even more surprised on how well she came out, that color is just amazing!
I can't wait to see the next ones!
A huge recommendation about the pics! She has awsome colors but the yellow light is eating them >.< The photos really don't do her justice!!! you can try on daylight or with a white light lamp (cold light? >.<
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Thanks you so much. 
I'm in the process of creating a second custom as well as the long-awited Dr. Ryan custom, I just need the hair (as well as sealer and Apoxie for Ryan).
As for the light, it was hard to get a good colour for her. I thought the yellow light gave her an illuminated, glowy effect, but I see what you mean and I think I'll either borrow my mom's boyfriend's floodlight from now on or just take pics outside (if I can find a good area).
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dude, whoever he was, he's now banned! XD
my hero!!!
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Wow! She's so pretty! *-* I liked a lot her hair, it's really long.
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Thankies. The purple parts of her hair also have gold and red tinsel in them.
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Oh! *-* It's a pity the photos got so blurry, I can't see the red and golden. ;-;
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Yeah I know, nore can you see the slightly darker purple gradient on her legs.
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Wow, the way you talked about her didn't do her justice. O: That's really cool!
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Thankies. And the winner for the 'Basic' catagory was a styling Unicorn named 'Starry Night' who was painted all over to resemble the Van Gogh painting. The overall winner was 'Entity' who appeared to be made from wood.
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