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Dyeing Phicen figures with Rit Dye (NSFW)

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gooboo


Sure, you can post pictures here.

47Dyeing Phicen figures with Rit Dye (NSFW) - Page 3 Empty My Experience Tue Mar 24, 2020 3:06 pm

Titan


Thank you, GooBoo. I followed your instructions to the letter with a few modifications: To get a more realistic skin tone I mixed two Rit Synthetic dyes together.

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I fully submerged the body for 20-30 minutes dipping the body every ten minutes:

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First batch, I do not remember the Pale TBLeague body designation:
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Second batch was on a TBLeague Keir body which has a blueish tint to it and bloody calves and forearms (covered in the photos):
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Both together:
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Second batch after I added more red dye:
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This is a game changer for me. My welcome back to the hobby.

gooboo


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?

GubernatorFan

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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?

I did have to convert some of your images to links because of our hosting site's policies. You can check the Forum's policies HERE. You can apply digital censorship patches over the respective areas and repost the altered photos.

For example:
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OR

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Ovy

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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?

Titan

Titan
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:
Master, your Padawan used 1 whole brown bottle and half a red bottle. Can't thank you enough for this education.

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:
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.

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:
GubernatorFan, I used a Prismacolor pen.
Well, that was an embarrassing entrance. When I first saw the images in this thread they didn't have the censorship covers so I thought it was okay. My apologies. I will re-post with the corrections in place. Thank you for being so gracious about it.

skywalkersaga

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Really gorgeous results, and great photos!

Did yours have any issues with the dye fading over time?


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gooboo


Yeah you should take pictures of your figures over time and see if they fade or not. Mine have all faded to some degree, and I wonder if using an entire bottle of dye will lessen the fading or not.

Titan

Titan
Did yours have any issues with the dye fading over time? 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.

Master, there has been no fading over the the three weeks since I did these although the dye is still transferring to light materials (fabric, paper, desktops).

gooboo


That's really interesting. I wonder if using a lot more dye prevents it from fading. I had just been using a few cap fulls of dye for my figures. I'll have to try out using an entire bottle and seeing what happens to the figure afterwards.

Stryker2011

Stryker2011
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Fascinating results, Titan. And welcome aboard.

I’m wondering if using too much dye is what is causing it to still leach color onto other things...


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Diana

Diana
Welcome, Titan! And thank you very much for sharing your process!

They turned out beautiful. And I love that Triad head!!

Titan wrote:I fully submerged the body for 20-30 minutes dipping the body every ten minutes:
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?

And I'm guessing you used the same bath for all three? Only adding a little red (how much?) after the first two ladies?

Do maybe half a bottle would be best then? Achieve the same consistency (no fading) while avoiding the staining/dripping afterwards...

Titan

Titan
GooBoo, I wanted dark brown not light brown. I would at least start with half a bottle. I did but didn't like the results.

Stryker2011, thank you! The dye is setting more each week I did four figures and only 2 are still leaching. Very minimal now as I did then over 3 weeks ago. The big part was to letting them dry standing up in a cardboard box. Especially for allowing the draining dye between the SS skeleton and silicone to escape.

AerynDiana, thank you too!
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. Every ten minutes of soaking I would lift the body out, examine it briefly and re-submerge it.
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:
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.
Do maybe half a bottle would be best then? 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.
while avoiding the staining/dripping afterwards... 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.

I will be doing another four figures the first week of April and will let you know how it turns out.

GubernatorFan

GubernatorFan
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Titan, if you are trying to let any trapped dye liquid escape, shouldn't you be keeping the figures standing vertically upside down?


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Titan

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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?
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

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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.

No doubt, it would be pretty impossible to balance it upside down unsupported -- but if you did manage to hold it in that position, any liquid that might have made its way in ought to be able to escape through the neck hole.


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You could tie some string around the ankle pegs, and use a hanger to suspend it over a bunch of paper towels...


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Diana

Diana
Titan wrote:I will be doing another four figures the first week of April and will let you know how it turns out.
Thank you so much for all the info! I am already looking forward to the next batch! Very Happy

Matt.s99


Wow, this looks fantastic. I just recently made a custom Mystique with a generic and cheap Kumik body I had laying around, but would like to try dyeing a seamless body one day.  I’ll definitely be coming back here for tips and tricks!

Also, may I ask where that Gal Gadot head sculpt is from? The likeness looks better than the Hot Toys sculpt

gooboo


If you're asking about one of the heads I used in my pictures, I got it from ebay. I think it was this one-

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-6-Gal-Gadot-Wonder-Woman-Head-Sculpt-For-Hot-Toys-PHICEN-TBLeague-Figure-USA/163680317720?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item261c1b7118:g:6uIAAOSwZ79c0bZO&enc=AQAEAAACUBPxNw%2BVj6nta7CKEs3N0qWT2S8CzwFE8Lj8dXvzOheqe3imU3Fm5Pvkz8CeBUNpuxWTPyOw2aqcYFwLOMoSqXbWL15zJveTjTKfOo5jTxC%2BgwLfPeZYqA1%2Bwm3OGCi5oAW0fjXw0V6IeTZn0S6G2pE3cBfp6FHQyggtTzRhioi%2BisvBlqKWHRtPFX6wL7h3JCBbdXChwkoEuvMVhwmIHuUyj333zFk8bnmOZmfk%2FHpu0DY3sDnW%2FQhKZ91E9JBlUc9CqQDdwUf%2Feji7kcwidYFkgNcs44TNG1vN36fG6%2F9oqawtgbZRm9J%2FUuvMThn9pzCVTsEpPGAsyUSTx5VaT4ktIhrEV69yWrGCkZkxjrXjDUaJNiH2UiSQ9Rcd45sFSGsDkv5FlnoKT0sSCe%2FdPmlIlGGhwUTd%2FLD32RyLMvWQZ3538%2BkC7X2nF0fRBFvqQGFATwSrkvbkLojyeqm2mx%2Fp8%2BZ%2F5huCLrmBoMHF%2BOU2fLumBMfpQdEkvmVbKhSe1EKBMXL3dO81Z%2BQVw7TrU8n9GPaEn9tkh6Ob2WpM4rw3nTPzxxWPt6EyyjrvYTHBvO9xZwjUlKa9ruDzdSembxSJKexJ%2FooZqYMrj9nD5lhgfGIUqlUEDd629cUqFM5A%2B8KCTRAkklx7hnOR4jczSv5FGpwG8Lla%2B7RQ4cZq%2FjP6R2ckjJ%2FMBzVYCv2f%2BoYqBKWzaf9wMaQebW5gXmDQJ%2BnrRAFgvknUm0n9B69jAg2rRaMNZl%2B2eokOX0dCnTzIrw%2Bctw%2Fdy9Jw3hc34M7Ccdg%3D&checksum=16368031772071696f88ca52434f98f05a77b877b1d4

Stryker2011

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How is the dye holding up on your figures, gooboo? Have they faded any more?


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gooboo


The dye on one of my most recent figures (the s28) faded a few days after dyeing, but seems to have stopped fading since then.

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It looks like this figure has fully evened out in terms of the dye spreading throughout the figure. I think I'm going to try dyeing it again, but this time using about half a bottle or more of dye as shown earlier and see if that fades at all after dyeing.

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