The 6 Steps to Creating a Reborn Doll
Reborn baby Doll
As a starting point for creating a reborn baby doll, many people choose Emily, Ashton Drake, Berjusa or Berenguer baby dolls. These are very popular makes of reborn baby doll, and they have been around providing the highest quality to the consumer for a good few years now.
Berenguer baby dolls are probably the most famous of these makes for their very malleable vinyl texture, realistic faces, as well as being very inexpensive. The attention to detail of this particular kind of reborn baby doll is something that the berenguer company have been priding themselves for, since they started producing the reborn baby doll some 50 years ago.
Reborn baby doll creators and one of a kind (OOAK) dolls use a very similar rebirthing procedure. Just to add, it is unsuitable to use vintage dolls for rebirthing. The facial moulding and vinyl construction with the vintage dolls will not allow the level of realism required to transform that type of doll into a reborn one. As a breakdown of how these dolls are assembled, we have put together what we consider to be the main six steps involved in the creation of a reborn baby doll.
Reborn Baby Doll
The Six Steps…
1 – The original reborn doll must first be first disassembled and its paint and hair must then be removed because the skin tone and hair provided at the factory stage is far from suitable to make these dolls look like the realistic baby dolls reborns are.
2 – The doll must then be cleaned with a long handled paintbrush to remove residue and chemicals. You can use a delicate soap such as any kind of baby soap. This will ensure that any impurities from the factory are fully removed.
3 – The hair must then be rooted as well as dyed. Mohair is commonly used and each hair must be individually micro rooted using a special needle by hand. This procedure takes a long time to complete, and with the right patience as well as care, the end result will be amazing. After all, you want this to be one of the best life like baby dolls money can buy.
4 – The paint should now be applied as well as detail to a natural skin tone. Wrinkles, lips, eyebrows as well as other realistic touches with pastels, and oils should be added and fine brushes should also be used. The paint will need to be applied to the reborn doll with a special Genesis paint. This is a heat set paint that has to be applied in several layers in order to provide the true reborn baby doll look.
5 – It is now time to reassemble the doll by filling the individual areas of the reborn baby doll with different materials like plastic pellets and polyester, as well as sand. This will make the weight more realistic all round. You must not forget the choice of eyes available, as you can choose if the doll is going to be awake or asleep. Glass eyes are normally used and are given a special coating to provide a realistic wet look to them.
6 – Finally you should dress the reborn doll with appropriate clothing for dolls, as well as hats and dolls shoes. You should then of course give your reborn baby doll a name.
Reborn Baby Doll
Another Consideration
Many of the professional artists around today are making custom reborn dolls called Ooak baby dolls. These are basically one of a kind dolls. Some people even have them made in the same likeness of their own children. If you are starting out, you should consider buying some reborn doll kits from eBay or other online auctions, as most of the materials needed for you to create a reborn baby doll come in the one pack, making life much easier for you.
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Filed under Reborn Doll Articles by on Jan 30th, 2009. 