oh lots of wonderful babies being offered. hope you find one that is just perfect.
Just thought I would add mine to the list. This baby is listed on reborns.com
http://www.reborns.com/item/53345
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Here is the eBay link to Honey: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Baby-Girl-pink-teddy-bear-/271700532213?pt=US_Dolls&hash=item3f429d1bf5
Thank you all so much for all the pics, but we are having one made. I hope we made a good cN
choice. We are having Betty at Sweet Thingz custom make it. Has anyone heard of her?
Havenāt heard of Betty? How did you find her? Have you seen detailed pictures of her work? Hope it works out well for you.
Update! I found her wed site and Betty Blackburnās work is lovely. I am sure you will be pleased. Who is she reborning for you? I canāt wait to see your baby and I will bet you canāt either!
She is doing the little girl Noah. I found her on eBay under custom Reborns.
I am so excited and I canāt wait to get her! My daughter is so excited! Silly meā¦ I thought I could paint my own, but it is to confusingā¦ One lady said she used 20 - 30 layers of paint and I canāt not find a tutorial that tells me how to do that may layers of paint and since I cannot find a tutorial to tell me exactly how to thisā¦ Seems you canāt get an updated one to tell you step-by-step instructionsā¦ Iām just going to forget painting them and buy the ones I like!!
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Congratulations on finding an artist to make a reborn for you. If you are ever looking for tutorials in the future, try our own @lamafer1101. She has some great ones available for sale in PDF format.
Take a look at this one by Rachel Maynard. http://www.joomag.com/magazine/precious-little-babies-free-painting-tutorial/M0504740001397902023
I found her on eBay. Here is the custom you have ordered? What color will her hair be and when will you get her. I guess you pay $349 and then $349 when she is ready to ship? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Reborn-Baby-NOAH-by-Reva-Schick-or-other-sculpt-50-payment-auction-/111511627642?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item19f69c677a
I did order 2 of her tutorials, however it just added to my confusionā¦ Stripped it again for the 4th time!! Is there a tutorial that actually shows howā¦ Step-by-step how to achieve all 20-30 layers instead of hurry and do 5 layers and you are done? I want something that shows every step and what it should look like after each step, so you know you did it right instead of a video showing how to do veins and yet you canāt even see what the veins actually look like after they have done themā¦ The invisible veinā¦ Sorryā¦ Iām just really disappointed with all the videos that are supposed to show you how to do something, but show you nothingā¦ Iāll just buy the dolls already doneā¦ Itās an expensive hobby to not get anything to teach you how to achieve anything but the 5 step basics and then stripping it because thatās not what you wantedā¦ You wanted an amazing real life looking baby!! Iām a beginner and I would rather have the full 20-30 steps that you can learn by instead of trial and error!
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this is the one I ordered and I put her on lay-a-way. You have to pay half of the lay-a-way before she will start the baby and you have 6 months to pay it off.
I tried to open the magazine on her website but it wouldnāt let me and when I went to YouTube it goes to older baby part 2 older baby skin tones, but where is part one?
Thank youā¦ I couldnāt open it with my iPad because it is a mobile deviceā¦lolā¦ So I turned on my computer and Iām looking at it nowā¦ Itās nice and does explain and really show her workā¦ Wowā¦ Now I know what mottling looks like!! I just wanted a clue as to whatI was supposed to be achievingā¦ This is great, but I think it will be awhile until I try this againā¦ I donāt like stripping and they need to do more for the beginner than just sell them the stuff!!!
That means you will not get it for Xmas.
Itās okayā¦ I will just print out a pic and put it under the treeā¦ I canāt wait to see her!!!
Congratulations Erose, your daughter will love her even if it is after Christmas! Itās so exciting huh? About that layer thingālayers are decided on by the artist, how many they choose to use is strictly up to them. They just look at their baby and decide if they want more color and then they add it or not. You can go on adding as much or as little as you like, there really is NO set number of layers that must be painted thatās why you wonāt find a tutorial showing you how to apply 20-30 layers. Remember THIN layers always turn out a much nicer baby.
Should you always neutralize, for instance, mint green to give it more depth? And I read itās best to do it at the beginning before you do any flesh. On he other for times I started and stripped you couldnāt even tell I had any paint on it, but the veins and when I stripped her down there wasnāt hardly any paint on the stripping sponge, so Iām not sure if Iām even using enough paint. I made it thin like water color, but couldnāt even tell it had any on it. It looked the same as it did before I started painting it except for the veins.
I tend to make my first flesh layer a little heavier as recommended on the tutorials, then I do thinner layers after that. Donāt forget to bake in between in each layer.
The neutralizing layer I donāt believe is for depth so much as it is for color correction, You donāt want the vinyl too pink or too orange to start with.
Be really careful with the use of blue as it tends to really grip the vinyl. Go lightly here, you can always apply more, much easier to add than take away.
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