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Master, your Padawan used 1 whole brown bottle and half a red bottle. Can't thank you enough for this education.The skintone on yours looks like it came out a lot more even than mine did. How much dye did you put into the pot? wrote:
First, thank you for the welcome, Ovy. I used the hands from a Storm Toys basketball figure. The female heads: 1 is a Triad Toys head customized by Corsetkitten years ago. 2 is an old Barbie head.Welcome Titan! Great job, this Rit Dye option really opens tons of possibilities. That last guy looks epic, could totally see him in an old spice commercial. I guess you used M36 hands. What headsculpts did you use for the girls? wrote:
GubernatorFan, I used a Prismacolor pen.Very nicely done, Titan! They seem to have come out pretty flawless and have helped you make quite the entrance. By the way, what did you do to paint the nipples a darker color? wrote:
Thank you, skywalkersaga. These bodies were done 3 weeks ago. I experienced no fading but more of a evening of the tone. The problems I faced were dye trapped between the skeleton and body leaking out unexpectedly ruining whatever I was wearing. Rit Dye is real.Did yours have any issues with the dye fading over time? wrote:
What do you mean by that exactly? You left it in there for a full 20-30 minutes and... took it out briefly every 10?Titan wrote:I fully submerged the body for 20-30 minutes dipping the body every ten minutes:
Yes. Every ten minutes of soaking I would lift the body out, examine it briefly and re-submerge it.What do you mean by that exactly? You left it in there for a full 20-30 minutes and... took it out briefly every 10? wrote:
Yes. I used a full synthetic brown bottle and 1/3 of the synthetic red. Please note that one of the female bodies was the TBLeague Kier which is a light blue with red brown calves and forearms so her color was different from the one that was a pale Caucasian and it shows in the duo photo. For the male I added what equals a half of the synthetic red. I am not good with fractions but that is including the third I had already put in.And I'm guessing you used the same bath for all three? Only adding a little red (how much?) after the first two ladies? wrote:
Not for the dark hue I wanted. This was my second attempt. In my first attempt I tried using half a bottle but did not get a consistent coating which is why I went to the full bottle and longer soak time.Do maybe half a bottle would be best then? wrote:
You cannot avoid the dripping afterwards. That just comes with submerging the figure in a heated liquid. Since the liquid is a dye you will get staining if you are not careful. Only one of the four figures I did trapped the dye. I now have the figures laying on white paper. Only two of them are leaving a slight color residue from their buttocks area. The other two are not leaving anything. I hope this helps.while avoiding the staining/dripping afterwards... wrote:
Gubernator, all four figures had the usual leakage that just comes with submerging the body in a heated liquid. Usually it all comes out within the first few hours. Only one had liquid trapped in it - Surprise! I never thought of flipping it over. Standing it up and letting gravity work down both legs has worked for me. It would seem harder to balance it upside down. Maybe I will try it with one in the next batch.GubernatorFan wrote:Titan, if you are trying to let any trapped dye liquid escape, shouldn't you be keeping the figures standing vertically upside down?
Titan wrote:Gubernator, all four figures had the usual leakage that just comes with submerging the body in a heated liquid. Usually it all comes out within the first few hours. Only one had liquid trapped in it - Surprise! I never thought of flipping it over. Standing it up and letting gravity work down both legs has worked for me. It would seem harder to balance it upside down. Maybe I will try it with one in the next batch.
Thank you so much for all the info! I am already looking forward to the next batch!Titan wrote:I will be doing another four figures the first week of April and will let you know how it turns out.
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