I just finished working 10 days straight and I am tired as all get-out. Luckily I’m off the next four days before I go back to the normal Mon-Fri gig. So tonight I’m kicking back, popping open a couple of beers, and RIT-dying my CAM vampire boy red so I can turn him into Big MacIntosh. Rather than making a lot of small posts, I’ll be updating this one as I go along. I’ll try to remember to timestamp my updates, but the number of beers involved is going to be greater than one, less than thirty, so I promise nothing. (8 May, 5:30pm)
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The victim
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Falling to pieces, tsk tsk. Maybe he was intimidated by his audience?
So here’s my messy workspace and the onlookers. Dead Tired Abbey aka future Rainbow Dash, ongoing Rarity, and Ghoulia….just because. I adore her Scaris dress. I wish I had one. I’m dying him first, then if the dye is blotchy like it was for No Nap Time, I’ll be sanding him lightly and redying.(6:05pm)
I just remembered that some yarn dyers add salt to the water to help the color stick to the yarn. I might try that if the plain dye doesn’t take.
After about a half-hour of dying…
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Everyday I’m bubblin’
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After a half-hour
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Compared to the original
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Blotchy!
Ew! He’s all blotchy and nasty. I put the hands and feet in with the head because the hands and feet seem to be made of the softer vinyl like the head rather than the rest of the limbs. But the dye is wiping off.
So for take 2, I’ll be putting salt in the water (it makes the water boil hotter) and lightly sanding the head, hands, and feet with 320 grit (6:55pm)
Ugh. I added some salt and tried again, with little improvement. On the one hand, if the excess dye is rubbed off, he could be considered close to some part of the human skin tone gradient… I’m going to take a break, then switch my focus to Rarity-in-progress. I think I might be able to pull off her hair using the hair I have available. More after the break. (7:40pm)
Ermagerd, I love fortune cookies so much. Nomnomnom…