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[cupcake_goth]

 Soooo, around 5 years ago, a bunch of friends got together and got me a LE doll from Wilde Imagination, because the face sculpt on her looked ... eerily like me. And had my hairstyle, pointy bangs and all. (This is when I had black hair with pink streaks.)



I'd been idly wondering how to change her hair - for once in their dratted production, Tonner/Wilde Imagination didn't make a doll with a wig, but with actual rooted hair, which I don't want to cut off. But! I realized I had a pale pink (with bangs) doll wig that I bought ages ago online, and it's too big for my dolls. I then headed deep into cosplay blog land, and discovered that my hunch was right; not only can you sew additional hair wefts to a doll wig, but they can be dyed with Copic marker ink. Y'know, like how I dyed all of the lace appliques for my VMB dress.

And if I bundle up all of Mini Jilli's hair under a doll wig cap, that will solve the fit problem of the soon-to-be customized wig!  

EDIT: Dammit, no, the pink wig is too small for her. And oh no, not only have I found the doll making wig tutorials, but I have all the supplies I need in the right colors. Pray for me.

Comments

[staxxy]

awesome!

[ironed_orchid]

I feel like the doll makers should have paid you for inspiring their doll design ;-)

[cupcake_goth]

Right?!

She did come with all-black hair, but adding the pink streaks took me all of 10 minutes, including the time I needed to make her ankh necklace. :-D

[carmenbeaudry]

I have a BJD and so does Gwen. We’ve been talking about having a day to get together and make dolly stuff.

[sistawendy]

Pray for me.

I don't do supernatural, so I guess you're doomed.

[tura]

What do you want to do to her hair? I might be able to help - maybe you can just re-style it? I'm giving a Monster High doll some ringlets today.

[cupcake_goth]

I need to completely change the colors to burgundy/fuchsia, but I don't want to remove her existing hair. So I'm probably going to end up buying a wig in the right base color that will fit over her hair, and then do some customizing.