Last minute experiment

Joe, That is a great question. As far as I know the height of dolls is almost always from the top of the installed head to heal with back and legs straight. So standing height (not counting crush of any TPE from standing). But it sure would be nice to have more of the stats on these ladies such as the height you are referring to with the head removed. I personally need to consider this for storage. Also just nice to know things like leg circumference/length, crotch to shoulder and shoulder width and more. I struggle with looking at the 150, 156 and 161 dolls trying to figure out actual weight as they don't seem consistent on the site and I wonder if not all 156 are the same. When we are looking between a 150cm and 156 cm, I constantly wonder where do those extra 6cm go and what is the real weight difference.

At 125cm that's 4'1" is that just the body (neck to feet), or assembled with the head? Thanks.

I have to say I am just blown away by the before & after of the burnt umber. Fist picture I was like eugh! After the soak in period & wash, it looks amazingly good! I did not know about the soak period. I just used color & probably lost most of it from washing too soon. Next thing you know, MLD & LDD start selling permanent markers or offering to color the ladies upon purchase. Wow thank you for sharing! Can't wait to see the lips!

Her Eyes look pretty amazing! Did you use an Eyeliner Pencil, for that? And what did you use to whiten her Teeth? I have a couple of Dolls, whose Teeth are no longer White, I’d like to color back in...

Thanks for coloring her Lips, too...I am curious to see how that comes out, in a couple weeks....

Like you, I am glad Baby Oil works so well, at cleaning up my clumsy attempts at applying Makeup and Lipstick.

Circus Circus it is !

Well, how can i put it? I'll start from the beginning i guess.

So i took Anna's head off to apply the Crimson color on her lips, i started by attempting to do the outline of her lips and then fill in the center areas, but the outline came out pretty bad and the center areas came out uneven, just be glad that i am not your neurosurgeon, no matter it is all fun and games at this point.

I also accidentally put a big line across her left cheek that i then try to correct with the color blender which it actually work but it work to well so you can see an extra clean spot on her cheek now. btw these are 3 coatings.

She is giving me that look like: you don't know what the hell you are doing mister

While i waited for Anna's new clown makeup to dry off a little i figure it would be a good time to test the baby oil and the first thing i notice is that immediately all of the tan lines came off which is awesome because this means that the right side boob product is semi-permanent it resist water, soap and play, but it can easily be remove with baby oil once it is not desired any longer.

Baby oil is still king !! This was after a light dry off with a towel

Then i decided to give her a really good powdering like i was applying her eleven herbs and spices

I felt bad about the number i did on her lips so i decided to do her eyes a little bit, nothing big just something subtle

She looks kinda cute actually

I was still feeling unhappy with he lips so to make it up to her i did her teeth just a little bit, i figure it would give her a nice touch, these is the least i can do for her after all she did for me 😉

How yooou doing gorgeous? haven't i seen you before?

Dang !!! Anna !!

She looks so sexy, it almost looks like she is slightly biting her lip.

we"ll see what happens in a week or two from now once the color soaks into the TPE, i am curious on to how i may attempt to fix that issue.

thank you that is a great presentation. looks time consuming. keep me posted on the heat.

3M TPE glue !

So one of my errands got postponed and i found myself with some unexpected extra time and guess what i decided to do?

First i decided to make a cut on Anna by her hip joint to try the 3M glue, i am sure that @john p will be interested in the results, the reason i wanted to do it by the hip joint area is because i have read that sometimes there have been instances were hip joint adjustment or repair is desire or needed, although Anna's hips work perfectly fine and i was not going to attempt to actually adjust her joint i figure it might help someone in the future.

Here is Anna at the operating table, this is the area that is going to be worked on, her butt is a bit flat since she has been laying on a hard surface for a few months now ... but i'd still hit that!

I was trying to make a seamless incision but i could not find my exact o knives so i ended up using a worn out blunt box cutter and some scissors like a butcher, this was the first mistake since i ended up tearing a chunk of TPE right of her, you can barely see the cut but that chunk missing will ruin everything, you just watch.

Started to work my way closer to the skeleton

After cutting all the way to the joint i notice there was a film that looked like a mesh that sometimes is put there to protect the TPE form tearing every time the joint is moved, but it was so thin it may have been just the TPE reacting to the rusty metal, another thing i notice is how much the metal skeleton was already rusting all those little dark particles are rust that came off the joint by just touching it.

Here is a close up look, if i were to actually adjust the hip joint a larger incision would be needed to be able to properly work in that area.

Second mistake was to not clean the rust particles before closing up the incision, the reason i did not clean them was because i do not know if after using baby oil the TPE glue will adhere properly and i was trying to test the glue not so much how to do a seamless repair that is why the incision are is dark from the rust but if it were clean it would be hardly noticeable. (keep in mind this is an image from a close up but to the naked eye is less noticeable)

To add i want to point out that the 3M glue worked way better that the solvent i used before and it did not eat up the TPE like the solvent does, i have try TPE glue before from a generic brand but the 3M was WAY easier to apply since it comes in the form of gel not liquid, however unlike the solvent (unless it is over used) and just like the generic glue i used before it does not dry soft but it hardens like "super glue" and super glue does it up at the TPE, yes i have try it before also, that is the reason i just glued the surface of the cut and not all the way inside so there is just a surface "bump" feel but if i had glued all the way inside it would feel like there is a solid object inside, my guess is that the technique that will yield the best results will probably be the soldering iron so that will probably be my next attempt.

By the way the 3M glue starts to adhere in seconds so the final alignment and adjustments have to be done in about a minute or less.

If you don’t mind another test, on your Anna Doll, could you try using the Crimson Color, on her Lips, like Lipstick? I wonder if that bleeding will occur, like around the Nipple, as it becomes absorbed, into the TPE?

The coloring looks a lot more natural, now... The Tan Lines look great on both Breasts, now! I haven’t experienced any of the bleeding of the color, on the Nipples, like that, or maybe, it’s just not as noticeable, with the Powder Pink Color. I blended the Mocha Color, with the Powder Pink, on the Labia, of one of my Dolls, and once it absorbed into the TPE, it looked very natural, to me...

I always dust any colored areas, with Talcum Powder, once it dries; to take away the shine... I have no idea what effect the Baby Oil will have. It does work at removing surface dirt and stains, from TPE...

Quick update

So it has been about two or three weeks since i apply the nipple coloring on Anna and most of the pigment has "soaked" into the TPE, in fact the shade of colors has change and become less "dramatic" but it is still holding up.

As you can see from this picture taken two weeks after the initial application the dark Burnt Umber color on her left breast turned into a reddish brown and it also created a light dark area around the nipple that kinda looks like a bruise, this bruise effect is way more noticeable on her arm as you can also see on this picture, my guess is that before applying dark colors a layer of a light color should probably be applied to damper the dark color abortion in to the TPE, it does not look bad to me but it is still something to consider.

The Cadmium Orange also change turning in to a brick like color but it still has an orange tint to it, this color did not create a stain around the nipple area, it actually looks pretty good in person.

The tanned lines did not change at all and after caressing and fondling her breast with my palms for a determined amount of time (all for the name of science 😝) they seemed to not fade and left a very minimum amount of residue on my hands very much like the powder we use on our dolls.

Second picture taken with some artificial lighting

Another week went by and this is how the colors change yet some more

Here is a different angle

Then i decided to give her a very light wash on her breast, i first rinsed her, then used an antibacterial soap which is what i normally use as a first step when showering my dolls, i very lightly use my palms to gently clean her breast area then rinse her and notice that most of the tan lines on her left breast were almost completely gone, then i use an antibacterial soft-soap and repeated the same process this time just about all of her left breast tan lines were gone and the right breast tan lines very lightly decreased but remain unchanged for the most part, after that i use a body wash on her and it smooth out everything a little bit, i then carefully dried her without rubbing on her TPE and apply a very light coat of powder and this is how she looks now.

On this picture i use the flash, the nipples look really nice in my opinion and the tan lines on her right breast smooth out really nice, also you can notice how the dark "bruise like" stain turn in to a pinkish like tone.

So what do you guys think? should i rub her with baby oil to see what happens? At this point there are no mistakes just happy accidents 🎨

Thanks for the info. I will definitely be giving it a try.

Can I ask what product did you use for the tan lines? It looks amazing.

I use stencils like that when doing my dolls nipples. Although I just use eye shadow for coloring.

Yes, my colors I use are:

Pink

Powder Pink

Flesh

Light Flesh

Desert Tan

Suntan

Kraft Brown

Scarlet

and a blender pen

Im able to achieve a very natural nipple and labia coloring.

Like said before, it takes about a week for the color to absorb and looking natural.

Another thing I would suggest is to practice on the doll in doing TPE repair. And if the doll absolutely must be thrown out, save a big block of TPE and store it in a zip lock bag