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chibitachikoma in geekcrafts

So glad to be apart of an awesome community!

Jul 13, 2010 16:18

Yeay me, first post! A few years ago I found out about customizing my little ponies and fell in love and it's been my most loved/expensive hobby. I also knit afgahns, but making my little ponies have attitudes will always be my fav.

( Enjoy the poniness! )

my little ponies

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theonlyevidence July 13 2010, 22:02:35 UTC

These are all so cool! I love the yellow fairy and the green one with the wee glasses. So cute!

I've always wanted to try this, so exactly how expensive can it get?

chibitachikoma July 14 2010, 14:23:52 UTC

It depends on the materials you use. I like mine to be as high a quality as I can so I order real my little pony hair with runs about $3.25 a skein. If its for something really important I'll buy a brand new my little pony and customize it which is about $5 to $10 depending on what it is. You can get huge lots of "custom bait" ponies on ebay which is usually the best way to go. I use a special industrial solvent to clean and remove all markings and that runs about $15 to $20 a bottle. Then you have to decide if you want to paint the body or use dye. To keep cost down I try to recycle items I already have. Like the bride pony, I had a lot of seed pearls on a garment I didn't wear any more so I took them off and used some of the fabric as the veil. I also have a special tool I bought to rehair them, which was about $8. I highly suggest you get one of those if you want to try this because it cuts down on time and aggrivation! If you have anymore questions or want some advice please feel free to drop me a line at chibitachikoma@gmail.com

theonlyevidence July 16 2010, 01:41:17 UTC

Thank you for the info.

I'm going to mem this for later on.

jgkimmy July 14 2010, 04:58:06 UTC

Fun! What are those wings made of?

chibitachikoma July 14 2010, 14:26:48 UTC

On the flower fairy ponies its heavy duty wire and mesh. They started life as garden decorations that I took apart and painted. On the blue pony its stuff called fantasy film. It's kinda like shrink wrap and the more heat you use on it the more color you get. It's moderatly expensive so I got a trial pack of colors and was experimenting with it.

mas69ter July 18 2010, 21:47:51 UTC

These are awesome! What kind of paints/dyes does one use to repaint these?

chibitachikoma July 19 2010, 16:29:13 UTC

the paint is just general acrylic from walmart and I like to use Rit dye because it seems to last the longest and have the brightest impact.

mas69ter July 19 2010, 21:22:55 UTC

Oh wow, cool! I thought you would need a special kind of paint for plastic. I have ponies and I have acrylic paint and Rit dye. sweet!

Now I just need motivation.