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thank you so much for this tutorial. I have done other wigs before but I didn't like the way the hairline came out. I used alpaca and pantyhose tops.
My doll has a very large head and the tulle worked so much better. the wefts were so much easier also as I did not have to sew them!
(By at the way, I have you marked as one of my favorites on Etsy.)
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Thank you very much! I'm so glad that this tutorial was useful for you! Please feel free to post here a link to your doll in a wig that you made!
Hope you'll find something useful on my Etsy too!
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Just wanted to thank you for this tutorial!!! I did my wigs differently, because usually they are curly wigs, and making the wefts from curly hair is almost impossible. This straight style was wonderful to work with!
I used the tutorial, in part, to create my wig for my original, 1/4 scale (43cm overall doll height) Loki head sculpt on a Tonner body.
I use a different fabric for the cap.
It's a glue infused, craft gauze (Dip-N-Drape) that I cut into pieces and make a hard cap to glue the wefts onto:
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Thank you so much! The wig you made is great, and the sculpt itself is amazing!
Seconding what you said about the curly wigs, as I had a very hard time making this one: Baby Hiddles
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Thank you!! ... and thank you for all the faves!
Yes, Baby Hiddles hair is even curlier than my Jamie Fraser and Jon Snow! The hair just wants to curl up over into the glue, and since the urethane glue isn't an "instant grab" type like Fabri-Tac, the ends won't stay on the netting. That's why, up until now, I've been making very small, flat glue weft locks of curly hair (about 1.3 cm each) with the Fabri-Tac and glueing those to the cap. Very intensive and time consuming!!
I was thinking about this, and since the urethane glue is waterproof, maybe a boiled permanent AFTER making the wefts onto the netting?? Going to try it on one piece and see if the glue holds up. Will let you know!
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You're welcome, your art is gorgeous.
Yeah, exactly, I had to press the pre-boiled curls and to wait until the glue holds them up. Spent a ton of time in a respirator under the extractor hood. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to form the proper curls after the straight hair was glued to the cap, that's why.
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Well, I'll let you know where my experimentation takes me. BTW, does your urethane glue have bad fumes? If you are able to get Liquid Fusion through Amazon, it has no odor and is non-toxic... at least it says so!
www.amazon.com/Liquid-Fusion-C…
Your work is an inspiration to me, so thank you so much again!
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Will wait for your report then!
Is that Liquid Fusion waterproof? Looks so, but it's too expensive including shipping to my location. And it takes about 50-100 ml to make a sturdy SD wig that will last for years.
Thank you very much for your compliments!
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Yes, it's waterproof. Too bad you can't get it. You would need at least one bottle per head though!
The SD heads are SO much bigger than the Tonner sized heads. I only used about 1/4 of a bottle and I was being very generous with the product, but I guess I saved a lot of glue using the different wig cap which had its own glue in the fibers. By the time I finished glueing all the wefts onto the hard cap, the cap (not originally waterproof) was completely covered in the urethane.
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Yes, SD heads are much much bigger than those of Tonners. Great that the fabric has its own glue layer so you could save on glue!
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SOOOOO cool!! Thank you for taking time to share and explain this!!! ^_^
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Have you ever tired using modgepodge? Or would that hold not well enough?
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Sorry, never tried it, and I even need to ask Google to know what you're talking about.
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Thank you! I've been trying to figure out how to make a short wig with a defined hairline for some time, this is just perfect.
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Hi i am trying to use this method on making a wig for myself and my clients, how would i do it for a human? The wig cap? I'm a beginner and i know how to make lace wigs, but i have been searching for a way to make a silk base wig/silk top wig, so that it will look more natural with freestyle parting. Please help me I've learned a lot just from the tutorials you made.
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Oh dear, I believe that a laced wig is still the best technology invented for humans! Human wig cap should not be hard, but soft and stretchable. I invented the method described in my tutorial especially for BJDs, because there are a lot of certain limitations and requirements. Human head has another limitations and requirements, that laced wig fulfills beautifully. Doll head is bald, but humans have their own hair that has to be concealed beneath a wig cap somehow, so it should be soft and stretchable. Head skin should breathe even under the wig, while the doll doesn't care. So tutorials on YouTube on making a laced wigs is your clue to success.
The irony is I still ended up with lacing, adapting it for a dollie usage to my best ability: th04.deviantart.net/fs71/200H/…
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Hi i am trying to use this method on making a wig for myself and my clients, how would i do it for a human? I'm a beginner and i know how to make lace wigs, but i have been searching for a way to make a silk base wig/silk top wig, so that it will look more natural with freestyle parting. Please help me I've learned a lot just from the tutorials you made.
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Great tutorial! I've made a glued wig before, but I didn't make the wefts like you do, and they shed like crazy. I've got to try this method!
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Thanks a lot! The wefts by my technology are very strong, that's why I use it for a super long wigs that need regular brushing
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If you have the time, could you perhaps make a quick description or diagram of the weft layout (like in part 3 above) for other hair styles? The ones i'm curious about are the center part, like here scargeear.deviantart.com/art/S… and how to finish the center whorl of a wig where the wefts are laid out in a spiral.
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Well, Simon wig layout is rather obvious. I made a similar wig, please look at these photos:
scargeear.diary.ru/p78165067.h…
The parting on Simon's wig is rather tricky, after the two last wefts were glued close to each onther I sewed them from the back side:
scargeear.diary.ru/p66976882.h…
But it was a long ago. The best results would be if you pull the small patches of hair from the back side one by one and fix them with glue on the back side. The same is for finishing the top of the head on a spiral wig.
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Thanks so much for this tutorial! I made my first doll wig today and it helped quite a lot... it turned out a little clumsy but I'll keep trying 
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Thanks a lot! I'm really happy you made your first wig with the help of my tutorial, and it's so important to start! I believe you'll master your wigmaking skill soon!
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Can you tell me about the doll, where did you get him? Sculpt?
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Yes: wgrass.org/?p=dolls&dolls=…
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thank you!!! you are very talented. Keep up the great work!!!
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Looooki~! this is awesome~ *A* i'll try this~
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Have you ever tried to make sideburns on a thin layer of silicone with a rooting technique like it's used with reborn dolls?
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Never. Let me explain you why.
Silicone technique with rooting is used on vinyl (soft matherial that allows making holes in it) or on people, and makeup specialists cover the edges of silicone application with makeup in that case.
Polyurethane resin is a totally another story. Drilling the holes damages the material permanently. Human makeup stains the resin with grease and ruins it permanently. All the applications should be 100% removable. It's very hard to match the silicone base with rooted hair to the resin look, texture and color.
Maybe someone will reach the desired match someday, but not me. I just don't have time and money to invest into the experiments that don't quarantee any success.
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Thanks for the explanation. I thought it might be possible, and I think painted beards look like crap. I love your mice, by the way. You are such a skilled artist.
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Thank you!
Your question raised a discussion in my blog, and we couldn't find a solution for making a durable silicone-based wigs. Though we found more flaws in that technology than I listed here
But maybe it would be possible - someday, with a new hi-tech materials.
Thanks a lot for the compliments!
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Sorry for double-answering, I hate that you can't edit comments. The sideburn idea was something like making a fine layer of silicone, "rooting" the hair in and adding another fine layer. Since the hair would have to be quite short it wouldn't matter if it wasn't that steady.
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Nooooo, the main issue that the silicone wig should be removable! Silicone doesn't harm the resin, but it doesn't stick to it either. I can control the shape of the stiff wig cap, but I can do nothing to a flexible silicone.
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I thought about making wig caps from elastic bandages in skintone (I've done that for wefts, works great), pulling fine strands of hair throug with a superfine crochet hook and hotglue it. And seal and fixate the strands from the inside with silicone "super clear", because it's flexible, water resistant and works like glue. But maybe I just think too much 
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Actually some of the doll makers already use a similar technologies for their one of a kind dolls, but one thing is to root the wig hair by hair for 3" head and totally another one to do this for SD size doll (about 9-10" circumference. It's a very time consuming task, and the precision could be much more great than for the human wigs, because every mistake looks huge on the macro photos.
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