This kit had a recommended eye size of 20mm, so that’s what this is. Should I cut more of the eye socket out, down a size, heat the head? What do you all do when there is a weird eye gap?
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I don’t know, I hate eyes but this baby is beautiful!!!
I struggle with eyes.
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I used 22mm for her. Perfect fit.
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Not sure what to tell you about the gap as I’m terrible with eyes. But, wow, you painted that head amazingly!
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Cutest air dry ever 
Still amazes me that it isnt GHSP lol
Have you tried a larger eye?
I havent done this kit.
I want to though. lol
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Thank you all for your nice compliments on my painting. Definitely still air dry. I have never tried ghsp, but I have to tell you that I am really curious. I saw someone painting hair with it and those strokes just seemed to go on forever. Plus being able to wipe off mistakes seems rather nice. Hahaa
Anyway, the eyes. If I can’t fit a 20mm in there right, how am I going to get a 22mm in there? Am I supposed to cut off more of that eye socket part?
If you want to paint this kit, I will sell you one @jlesser . I have extra and don’t want to paint her again after all of this. Lol
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Hmmm. Have you tried side glance?
Or maybe it needs the glass oval eyes? Sometimes those sit better with the raised iris area. (I dont know if I said that right.)
I just bought 4 kits this month… but I do want her. Just cant at the moment. Got to get more painted and sold first.
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Note to self: STOP buying awake babies. The sleeping ones are so much easier. 
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Lol that’s my problem. She’s beautiful though gap n all lol.
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I am new to reborning, but I just like the awake babys! I said ; “ If I am going to work so hard on you, at least, I want to see you awake, looking at me! “.
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A looooong time ago I had one eye that wouldn’t fit so I mixed a tiny bit of polymer clay as close as possible in color and pressed it in after the eye was glued. I shaped it and sculpted it, added a bit of paint after and it was much better. Not amazing but better then a gap. That being said, it wasn’t a huge space. She’s really beautiful, well done!
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This is Shaya with 22mm oval glass eyes. Not the best picture but you can see how well the eyes fit.
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I painted my Shaya last summer (I think- lost track of time) and I do not remember the eye size I ended up using, but I do recall having to try several sets and ended up using oval glass eyes. I also remember having to stuff some poly-fill in the sockets, so the fit must have been a little off. I had several sets of full round glass, but none worked.
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I just bought Christine Woolley’s hair painting pen from Dolls By Sandie. It has an ultra fine brush tip on a pen that you fill with your paint so you can get much longer strokes. I just got it so I haven’t tried it yet but I think I’m going to like it. It was $15.
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I will wait for your review of that pen. It can be a clever idea!.
I don’t know if they actually filled the pen with paint. I think maybe it is just used as a regular brush. Maybe someone else will comment to verify
I’m going to try filling it with paint and see what happens.
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Please do a review when you are done. I’m curious to know what you think of it.
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The paint brush is just a fine tip water color brush pen trimmed down more, they’re fun to use though there is a bit of a learning curve with pressure and dilution needed to get the right amount of paint/water onto the tip. I use them for water colors myself. I recommend practicing with one on paper before moving to vinyl because if you’re not careful they CAN make a huge mess.
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Beautiful painting!! I have often seen artists do the next size up with the eyes. So if its calling for 20mm, i would say use 22mm.
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