I got tired of looking at Adem’s wig being the wrong color, so I finally decided to do something about it. It’s a mohair wig I got off Etsy from a Taobao reseller, and it wasn’t available in green, the closest was cyan but it was still definitely too blue.
I did an experimental dye job as I didn’t want to spend money on a whole bottle of dye when all I needed were a few drops. So what I did was add a couple drops of acrylic paint (Army Painter Warpaint Air in “Feral Green”) into some isopropyl alcohol and mixed it super thin (I didn’t want the wig bright but a light/muted green). Then I dabbed it in with a brush and used a fine toothed comb to disperse it and keep the wig from clumping. I’m not sure if it is natural mohair or synthetic, I did add some leave in conditioner I use for my own curly hair, so it would remain soft. Then I removed excess paint with water and let the wig air dry overnight.
let me show the before and after of the wig:
honestly I am really happy with the results of the impromptu and unconventional dye job. I even made him some new brighter green eyes on Wednesday. Don’t get me wrong, I loved his Ashuradark eyes, but I wanted his eyes a brighter green.
The wig looked like a lump of grass as it was drying haha!
I’m just really happy the wig finally matches his eyebrows. So far the wig has not transferred color to the resin nor his clothing, and it’s been a few days, though I would caution people to do this mostly to synthetic wigs rather than natural fiber wigs. The reason is that the wig’s texture did change, so it’ll require styling or a wash to remove the conditioner again. For now I am happy though!
Hopefully I will be able to take nicer pics of him soon with my DSLR, as my phone is terrible and I have to edit the snot out of the pictures to get the coloring remotely close to reality…
The what is what:
Sculpt: Lost Chronicles Naris in normal on a TD Doll 72cm V2 body in normal pink
Clothing: rRabit
Wig: Etsy
Eyes: 14mm small Iris resin eyes made by me
Faceup: me over at @izasfaceups
