A Doll Worth Dyeing For (IMG Heavy)

[fleacollar999]

The objective--

To turn a PukiPuki Pukisha into this:


Her name is Nissh, and she's my cat-folk cheetah. This will be my first major doll mod (if you can call it a mod) so please wish me luck!

Steps:
1. Unstring-- this was an adventure in itself, as I had never unstrung a doll before
2. Remove Faceup
3. Sand and Clean
4. Dye Job-- This took two attempts, I hadn't properly cleaned Nissh and I was using the wrong kind of dye the first time.
5. Blushing/Faceup-- Right now I'm sealing Nissh before I start blushing
6. Spots
7. Restringing

KEY: complete in progress to do

Here is Nissh, clothed, wigged, and eye'd before I started.


Nissh in the nude.


Before faceup removal:


After faceup removal:


Mid-dye, first attempt:


Successfully dyed!


My Plan for Nissh's Faceup!


To be continued....

[Morgan]

Nice! What dye did you end up using?

[fleacollar999]

Thanks! I used a strange mixture of RIT dyes: 1 package Golden Yellow powder, 1/4 tsp Cocoa Brown powder, 1/2 tsp Sunshine Orange liquid and 1/4 tsp Tan liquid. I did the Golden Yellow and added Cocoa Brown, but it turned this zombie green/brown color, so I added the Sunshine Orange. Then it was really orange so I added some of the Tan, and out came this beautiful gold color. I was quite pleased with myself lol :3

[famedglory]

That color is beautiful! There's something about that gold that really reads to me as "feline". I can't wait to see what Nissh looks like when she's finished!

[fleacollar999]

Updated the first post with Nissh's faceup mockup! I'm sorry the picture is so small, I think Flickr dislikes me.

[fleacollar999]

Nissh's faceup in progress!



I drew her spots on with watercolor pencils, blushed her ears and mouth with pastels, and painted on her white bits. Sealing in between steps, of course! Next I'm painting over her spots!

[fleacollar999]

Nissh with her wig, eyes, and new faceup! It's not totally complete yet-- I'm going to brush some pastels over the white so it isn't so blinding, and I have yet to do her spots, but I am very happy with where I am with this project!

[L63player]

She is very cute!

[MrKaffiend]

She looks amazing!! Dyeing is much more adventuresome than I've been with my mods, and it looks like it turned out really, really well for you! The face-up is striking and fabulous c:

[Trethowan]

This is really awesome, I love the faceup.