My reborn process
Many people have asked me how these little ones come alive,
let me take some time to tell you.
I use heat set paint on all my babies it is a oil based paint
that will never chip fade or crack. I don't cut any corners
on these little ones I use top of the line material such as
angora mole hair for the babies hair, geniese Heat set paint,
very find glass beads to weigh the baby to the perfect weight
and so on.
1. I start with a warm bubble bath to get the vinyl nice and
clean
2. Next I do a very light paint wash deepening on what color
the kit.If the kit is very pink I will do a mint green wash.
If it is two orange I will do a blue wash ect..... This wash
just helps naturalize the vinyl
Then I but the baby in the oven to heat the Paint on
3. Next I paint on my vein on the forehead ,feet ,hands and
knee. I will also add my blues between the eyes and at the temple
of the face.
Then I heat again
4. Next I will put on my first flesh layer to
get my base this if my lightest flesh layer I will apply.
Heat again
5. Then I will get a sea sponge if I am doing a newborn and
start layering about 3 different flesh layers with the sponge
to get that mottled baby look. I heat between each layer. I
will do this Intel I get the look I want.
Heat again
6. Now I will add some color using my sea sponge I will blot
on my blush colors very lightly to get a good base blush
Heat again
7. Now I will start my details I will blush my bottom of my
feet, palms, hands, knees, lips, and checks. Then I will do
my nails.
Heat again
8. Now I will look at it and see what needs to be done if if
need more color I will add more color normally I always add
more color to the checks bottom of feet, knees, elbows, ears,
lips. Then I do my find detailing this is where I add any birth
marks, scratches, milk spots, vein on the eyes, and so on
Heat again.
9. Now I will add a texture to make the baby look
real and have no shine to it.
Bake for the last time.
10. Now I hand root the hair one at a time to get that real
baby look, I also will root my eye lashes too. This take me
about 2 or 3 full days to do depending on how much hair I want.
Then I glue it on the inside to secure it. Let it sit over night.
11. Now I will add weight to the baby using glass beads and
poly-fill. Once that is done I put the babies together and dresses
the baby and Thai's it. I normally spend at least a full week
on each baby just to make sure I'm not rushing anything and
everything is perfect.
