Sharkyra's BJD Blog

 What to do if the magnets that your dolls came with for their ears are to weak to hold said ears on, especially if this doll is wearing a more voluminous wig? The answer is simple, just sandwich one more strong magnet between the weaker ones. Go for rare earth/neodym magnets as these are extremely strong and choose them similar to the size (or little bigger) of the original magnets your doll came with. Also try to get rather flat ones, as you don't want them to be lifting your dolls wig too much.   The extra magnets are supposed to sit under the wig, else you would most likely see them. Then again, if you really have an extra voluminous, curly wig, you might even consider to put them over the wig, so that the ears can still be seen and don't disappear between the curls ;). 

Jeder kennt die Situation: da gibt es so ein wunderschönes Köpfchen (oder vielleicht eine ganze Doll) von einer Firma zu kaufen, aber die Gesichtsbemalung (Face-up), die da standardmäßig mit angeboten wird ist nicht so der Kracher. Da bleiben nur zwei Optionen übrig, entweder man greift selber zu Pinsel und Stift und versucht sich am Face-up oder aber man verschickt das Köpfchen an einen netten und (hoffentlich) talentierten Face-up Profi, der euch gegen ein entsprechendes Entgelt ein tolles Face-up zaubert. Beide Varianten haben ihre Vor- und Nachteile, hier in diesem Post wollen wir aber nur mal den zweiten Punkt betrachten.

Okay, so this is a small tutorial I made for a friend to show her that's it's perfectly possible to change the fantasy legs of a doll without using any fancy tools. The only thing used here is a piece of ribbon band, that is about one meter long. The tutorial is in German by the way.