What do you use to color your custom?

[SoSilver]

Hi!
I've designed a couple of custom i'd like to create but i've never tried to do a custom^_^'
What do you use to colour your ponies?
If you use a blank pony how do you color the "skin" and hair?
And there is a site that teach how to reroot ponies?
Hugs!

[thebeth]

Usually paint is used for the pony's body.
You can also dye the body, and the hair.
The most common way to change the hair color is rerooting. You can buy hair here: Doll Hair- DOLLYHAIR.COM Saran and Nylon for rerooting or my little pony custom, dolls, saran, nylon hair, fairy wings stockists, blythe, eye chips, Sindy, angelina, dolly hair, reroot, supplies and many other places.

These sites will also help you get started...

this will help with painting the body
Birth of a Custom Pony - How to tips!

LOADS of sites can teach you how to reroot, here are a few... the video tutorials are really helpful. watch them all to see how you want to do it.
how to reroot
Aikarin.com - Custom Pony Tutorial - rerooting/rehairing
video tutorials
Video tutorial for the “Reroot Tool” rerooting instructions « My Little Customs
Video tutorial for the “Knot Method” rerooting instructions « My Little Customs
Re-rooting your doll / Blythe – video instructions / tutorial – The Lock & Loop Technique^_^ « My Little Customs
more tips and tutorials
Doll Hair- DOLLYHAIR.COM Saran and Nylon for rerooting
Doll Hair- DOLLYHAIR.COM Saran and Nylon for rerooting
Doll Hair- DOLLYHAIR.COM Saran and Nylon for rerooting

painting eyes
Aikarin.com Custom Pony Tutorial: How to paint pony eyes

how to dye the pony's body
Changing Body Color

That should get you off on the right foot!

[SoSilver]

Hi!
Well rerooting is way more simple than i thought!
Is there any hair or tools shop in Europe?
thank you again so much!

[sweetlittlejenny]

I believe there is a shop called MyLittleCustoms.com out of the UK. They supposedly sell the same hair as DollyHair.

[piper]

I don't currently have any MLP reroot tools in stock, only doll ones (the needle is longer and therefore a little too fragile to recommend using on ponies)

Sweetlittlejenny is correct in saying I stock dollyhair Nylon - I also stock restoredoll Saran too if that is any help to you SoSilver?

I am glad the video tutorials are helping everyone! I keep meaning to do a MLP specific one x

[beechan2]

Originally Posted by SoSilver

Hi!
I've designed a couple of custom i'd like to create but i've never tried to do a custom^_^'
What do you use to colour your ponies?
If you use a blank pony how do you color the "skin" and hair?
And there is a site that teach how to reroot ponies?
Hugs!

I tend to just use simple Apple Barrel, Folk Art, and Michaels brand of craft acrylic paints. They all work just nicely, since they're smooth enough to work with, yet you can still easily thin them down to reduce the look of brush strokes.

~~Bee

[SoSilver]

Thank you!
Piper, do you know if you will receive the reroot tools soon?
Hugs!

[Daffy Dilly]

Can thoroughly recommend Piper. Somehow my stuff always manages to arrive the next day even if I order it at the last minute!

Personally I paint bodies. I haven't quite had the guts to try dying just yet, and I'm putting an air brush on my christmas list.

Rerooting is surprisingly simple, just time consuming. I started off using a needle and dental floss but these days I use a tool which is quicker and better for rehairing awkward areas.. like backs and feet.