Dolls with Custom Scars (Tutorials are welcomed!)

Scars can be created using pastels. If you look at a real scar, you can see that scar tissue is definitely several shades lighter than the skin, so shades of white and light pink pastel to create the scar tissue, then around it are shades of darkened skin where it's pulled together to heal- so darker shades of the normal skin are used around it.

Then carefully blend the darker skin into the normal tones.



Hope that helps! ^^

-Annie

 

just wondering has anyone attempted to do a bullet wound before? not a fresh one obviously, i've seen a few face scars but i'm just after a little bullet wound effect..

 

Hmm.. I dunno. I've got a lot of round scars on my hands, and I think it would be similar to the way they look..

I'd say, take the liquid latex, and draw an asymertrical circle-type shape, and have the edges be rough and uneven, then blush the skin darker around it (also with rough edges).. maybe even make some pinkish (depending on your doll's skin tone) around it. The scar should be paler than the rest of the skin, but maybe a line of the darker shade through it would help. (I'm just sitting here looking at my scars.. you got me thinking about it now!! :grin: )

I hope that helps!! ops: Show us when you're through!!

 

Depending on how fresh you want the scars to look, too. I used my poor boyfriend as a model (he's a carpenter and has scars and cuts everywhere :cry: ) and his more recent ones look pink and darker than the skin. Eventually though they'll get lighter.

I built up a slight texture using acrylic, just painting over in layers, though it doesnt raise it high it gives it a slightly rougher look.

 

Perhaps try looking up Richard Corson's Stage Makeup; it's a classic.

As it is an expensive book, try first looking in local libraries for a copy.

He shows how to achieve all sorts of wonderful effects, including various scarring techniques.
The exact tools need not be used for bjd's, but I bet the effects to aim for are worth a look or three.

Ann in CT

 

Observe the amazing beat up Narin Doll... I'd love to have a doll like this, or a Unoa with a face plate painted up with scuff and scars.

Here's the pic

and here's the gallery:
http://www.my-gene.com

You really should look at all the Narae/Narin Pics ^_^

 

I'm very very tempted to make this huge slashing scar across the back of one of my Hounds. I'm wondering though how best to do it and also to colour it and to seal it.

Have you had experienced doing scars?

 

Here's how i would do it

put some not-that-sticky tape on a table top, and using an exacto knife cut out the desired shape of scar. Make sure its really thin! If tape isn't too sticky tape the area of ur doll which desires a scar (choose the kind of tape that doesn't leave that gray stuff around the dges. Although it won't be on for very long...so maybe you dont' have to worry). Then crush some pastels that are darker than ur doll's skin type, and using a water color brush (or makeup brush) brush it over the scar so it leaves a bit of a tint around it. Then come in with a q-tip with the same color and apply over the scar so a teeny tiny bit borders the tape. Then, peel the tape off of your doll, and spray it with whatever sealent u used on ur faceup (i use fixatiff for charcoals and stuff...but after a while it starts flaking off so if you have something better go for it *cries*)

 

Ok, I've read lots of brilliant tutorials on doing scars through various methods of visual illusion - but I was wondering if anyone does scars that are actually raised?

I was thinking I could use thick paint - or maybe even water-soluble glue (you know, the kind you spread over your hands when you were a kid and peeled off like a second skin).

Anyone done raised scar-work before?

Thanks,
~moomintroll~

 

The way I do scars is like this:

1.) Brush a layer of pastel on in the shape of the scar (I use the same color I use to do basic blushing on the face). You'll want this to be somewhat dark. I'd recommend looking at pictures of scar cusomizations that you like to get an idea of how dark you want to go.

2.) I brush on layers of thinned white acrylic (I use water to thin myself, though that's probably not the ideal medium . . . .) on top of the pastel for the actual scar. It'll be thinner than the blushed area of course. I keep putting on layers till the scar is as white as I'd like it to be (the older the scar is, the lighter it will be).

3.) I seal my work with MSC. Though Testors Dullcote would work just as well.

4.) I put a light layer of gloss on top of the white paint. This is because scar tissue is naturally more shiny than actual skin.



Good luck with painting your scars :3

 

I haven't done raised scars, but the glue sounds like it'd work, though you'd probably have to paint over it.

You'd probably have to do most of the visual illusion anyway, just add the layer of glue for an actual raised texture . . . .



I might have to try this sometime. Though I don't think any of Satoru's facial scars are actually raised . . . .


Now I'm also curious about emulating the different texture to scar tissue as well . . . .

 

I've used thick paint to simulate scarring on the paris Phantom of the Opera I did... I just built it up a little with some thick flesh colored paint, then went back over that with some red to make it look bloody, since it was a tear around his eye. Liquid latex might also work well, since that will peel right off too once you tire of it. I've seen other people here use apoxy sculpt for a more lasting scar. :3

 

i do some slight blushing with pastels as a base, then after that I paint the scar in acrylic. (I thinned with water too)
I painted with the light source from the top of the scar, so its more acceptable to look at even if its at some wierd angles.

 

I painted scars on my Lune today. I used basic Scotch tape and pastels and they came out beautifully! I'm so glad I came across this thread. The weird thing is, Alex looks much more pleased with himself now that he has them.

 

Caulking might work, too - it dries hard and paints over just as naturally as ceramic does. (I've used ot to repair a number of blown projects in my ceramics class last year.)

 

I'd recommend Liquitex Texture Gels... they're made to be mixed with Liquitex paints to achieve the right color, and they're thick while still being brushable. You can apply them in layers to form the base scar shape, then paint in the remaining details with regular paints once it's dried.

http://www.dickblick.com/zz006/09/


~Kalmia

 

There's always acrylic modelling paste as well, it's wonderful for building textures.

 

Hey everyone! I am thinking of applying scars to the back of my next doll, and i was wondering what the best method is and also what the best materials are.

the scars will have been from a lash or whip, if that makes any difference. n.n;;

thanks!

 

Not the fresh cut kind of scars...those are simple and i've already managed those. But the old healed over kind? The idea of apoxie scares me since i've never used it before so are there any alternatives that could be used to get the same old scar effect?

 

i use acrylic gel medium, in matte. it's good for both very fine scars and larger, wider ones, and is easily removable should you flub or decide you don't like how it came out.

 

I'm at a total loss as to what to do. As of right now my boys scars are a pale gray and I have no idea how to color them ect.........im a total newb to such mods. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Try recoating over the scar with MSC or testors and then go over the scar. You can also try mixing a peach paint with a white to make a shade lighter than skin.

 

naomi's scar i just used some pink pastel and gently filled it in... it looks whiteish pink..
Most of my scars (i pick my scabs..) are white, some have blueish tints but my brother's (surgery) is a very very faint grey white...

 

For colors, use flushed out shades of Orange, Pink, and Peach.

I usually do burn make-up in real life, and those colors work best.​

 

okay! thanks
any...other kinds of advice, should i keep the scars darker than the skintone?

 

Well, I guess you can make the outline of the scar a bit darker than anywhere else, to give it a more realistic, standout effect.​

 

i've heard people building it up with some type of glue or gel, (sorry can't think of the name or where on DOA i saw it) which is NOT permanent, so it should work out *goes off to find it*

 

Heavy burn mods are easily made with universal glue and acrylics. Just mix it and apply with a tooth pick or something similar when the glue starts to become sticky.

If you don't want it that extreme you might want to try the following. I haven't done it myself yet, but I asked someone here how she did the scars on her doll and she told me this: Try brushing with a reddish coloured pastel and then apply a lighter colour of acrylics on top of it. Make sure you don't cover the pastels completely, but leave reddish edges. You can mix an acrylics medium with the paint so the scars become raised. Then you brush very lightly with a red/pink pastel on top of the acrylics.

 

If you use white glue, just plain Elmers or anything, you can get a nice scarred-feeling surface to put your pastels on. And it washes right off! So that might be an option. And you could leave it on a bit smoother than Naiara's Lishe boy (link earlier in this thread) to give an older wound look.

 

Kei-chan ~ hmm..i have elmers glue..is it safe? how should i get it to textuize since i am obsessive about getting things smooth... and than i just lightly paint over it?

 

Some reason it didn't post.. so here it is again..
've gotten the idea to make a severe burn victem gore mod. I came up with an awesome character concept and I need help on this. I have down pretty much how I need to get the colouring done, but I want his eye kinda, looking like it's stuck/melted together..as well as blistering and such. I have honeslty no idea on how to do this. I wasn't sure on if I should use hot glue or what. And yes I do want the mods to be perminant. So any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you..

~Pockets~

 

For eye mod, I would recommend a combination of apoxie sculpt and hot glue^^
You would want to use the apoxie to build the rough shape and roundness of the "melted-close" eyes and then build the blistering, guey, if any, texture on with hot glue. then just colour and coat it generouly. A touch of gloss here and there, the gore should look quite good

Now this is very hyperthetical coming from me, as I've only done simple mods. but I have seen some very good examples of "glue" burn scars, and so on.

I hope this helps^^

 

Thanks for the advice. Now...where might one find this apoxie sculpt..and would using thinned acrylics work better than chalk pastels for that kinda thing?

 

I bought mine from the US. Here's a link to their company's site.

And if you'd like to find out about resin colour matching, try typing in "Tinting" for a search and you'll find threads such as this one.

Painting with acrylic, I suggest painting the whole part (including the adjacent resin) white and then paint/airbrush on the right skin tone. It's best you experiment a little, as different skin tones have different level of difficulty in colour matching.

 

Well for my doll Alexander (who I just made the first payment for his body on! *dances*) i need to scar up his body.
He's a suicide kid (long story... don't feel like telling it, hahaha) so he's got lots of scars on his arms, a couple on his neck, some on his chest, a few on his thighs, some on his fingers, and two wing-shaped scars on his back.

I was wondering what would be the best method to do this? They're old scars that have probably been re-opened a couple times, so they're a little sunken in. There are gonna be a couple open scars (fresh ones), a few lighter ones i might just paint on, and some deep open ones.

So, what tools and materials would i need to make the cuts into the actual resin, make the skin a little puffy, effects with the paint, etc etc?

Oh, and on another note, Alexander is supposed to be VERY skinny, so I'm thinking of sanding down his limbs to be smaller, but I don't wanna like... sand a hole in his resin or make him very fragile on account of thing resin.
So same deal; what materials would i sand him with? What level of coarseness, how much I should sand him, etc etc...?

Thanks!

 

Do not carve them. Simply don't. Unless you are an experienced resin modder, keep that knife away from your doll!

The best way to do raised scars is using Apoxy or paint with a medium. I'm actually doing reseach for the right techique myself, because I wanna give my carved-scars boy some raised scars

Real scars are most of the time lighter than the skin tone itself, and to make it look even more realistic you can make the edges darker with some paste blushing.

You can sand bodies the same way you sand seams: start with a fine grit and end with a very fine grit, make smooth, circular movements and stop every minute to see where you're going. (Don't forget the mask!) If you come across an air bubble, ignore it at forst and fill it up with Apoxy.

When Apoxy hardens out, you can blush it in the right color to match the skin tone. You can also mix it with paint.

Last but not least, here are some Gallery threads of scar mods. I hope this will help!

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154687&highlight=scars
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156272&highlight=scars
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137551&highlight=scars
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131257&highlight=scars

 

Poor alexander! (keiji feels bad too)

I use just layers of MSC and pastels/water color pencils. Cuz i fear major mods..

 

This might be helpful, scars database:
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52158

I would probably go with raised scars or even just painted on ones with a bit of shadow to give the impression of a little bit of depth because it is easier to do and fix if you mess up. Its easier to sand something off or wipe it off than to fill something in if you carve it out of the resin.

The scars that have been opened a few times in the same spot would probably have healed raised depending on how wide they were. To give the impression of older scars blush them a lighter colour than the skin tone and for the newer scars they will be more pink/red/purple than the skin tone of the doll. Looking at actual scars for reference is a good idea.

 

My AR LF Cien has carved scars but that's because they're supposed to look new. The raised scars tend to look better though, if done right.

And Pete, how are you supposed to become an "experienced resin modder" unless you practice somewhere? (see the infamous Henry for my reasoning)

 

Scars are really not that difficult to do. The tricky part is using pastel shading in conjunction with the medium- I used matte gel acrylic medium to make raised scars- and they're easy to remove without damage if you don't like the result. (I stuck mine up in the critique section not that long ago.)

... I think this weekend I'll try to work on that scar tutorial. I need to redo Vincent's arm anyway. XD

 

I would think that what Pete was trying to get at would be that if you're gonna start modding it might be a little easier to start off with something like a small amount of eye opening or something rather than to start hacking into your doll with a sharp instrument (at least that is how it came across to me anyway...I could be wrong)

I find that the carved scars look less realistic than the raised ones unless they are blushed correctly and look like barely healing wounds or fresh wounds even (even though I know that some people do actually scar like that) but that is just my opinion on the matter.

 

Yep, that's how I ment it Sorry if it seemed a bit harsh, but I took a knife to my Cien and it went horribly wrong because I had no experience with modding at all. Resin was such a different material then I expected it to be.

@ Em 'n' Chu: whatever method you choose, good luck with modding your Alexander ^_^

 

I searched for scars, and scar, but nothing came up [other than places you could buy them], so I made this thread to discuss them!

I'm interested in giving one of my boys a scar across his back. I've thought about painting them on, but I think I'd like it to look more realistic.
I saw some in the marketplace for faceup and mods that actually, uh, "bubble up" (I'm not sure what to call it?) But it looks very real and very nice.

How do you suppose they make those? Clay? Glue?

What do you think is the best way to make realistic scars?

Thanks!

 

Oh, I always though of trying this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR2PvbLpV4U

I thought it would be cool, but I wouldn't put it on the doll when making the wound. Only after the product is done... or something like that. :P

 

scars are suppose to be raised in my opinion. Some people dont like them like that but thats their preference.
I use elmers craft glue to make a raised bumpy effect while using pastels to blush, or sometimes my airbrush. just make sure the glue is completely dry. then seal afterwards

you can use almost any kind of glue as long as it dries clear.

 

Oh that sounds good!

Hmm.. do you think pressing crumbled tissue into the glue will make it have a better effect? :3

 

I think when I do scars for my friend's doll,or my own future dolls,I'll just look at my scars for color comparison(Think what you will. Some of them are just clumsiness.)They're all raised,and a lighter pinky color than the rest of my skin,because they're all old,at least a year,most more than two. Very few are inwards,because generally old ones are puffier,so to speak. ALSO,the larger ones are mildly shiny,so maybe some gloss?

Thanks for the Apoxy sculpt tip,everyone,I'll look that up!

 

Yes, yes, definitely don't carve it if there is another alternative! XD
Especially the kind of scars you are going for, are best without being carved. ^^ In my experience, you can even just build them up slightly with coats of acrylic paint, and then strategic painting to add an illusion of depth if you need.

I think the most realistic colours to use are to go for something slightly darker and pinker than your doll's skintone JUST at the edges of the scar on places, and lighter in the center area.

This way, also, you can practise and if you mess up it is completely redoable.

If you wanna do gloss there'd be nothing wrong with that! I'd recommend being very careful with it and just adding it to the middle area of the scar, like the light colour. : ]

 

That's what I was thinking of. Especially for a larger scar,as they do tend to be a little shiny in the middle. And definitely a darker pinkish color around the lines forming the shape of the scar,then lighter,almost white on "normal" peachy skin,so I guess if your doll has white skin,then it would be super white, in the middle,the "puffy" part. I'm glad I found this thread,it's pretty awesome! VERY helpful!

=^_^=

 

uhm well for old scars (like a year old one) They're not even raised (unless it was a deep scar I'm thinking about 1/8th into the skin?) they're really light too and if he's white skin well damn use white xDD

 

It DOES depend on how deep in the scar is. If the wound is deeper,it raises up,but if it's just BARELY enough to even scar in the first place,it wouldn't puff up. However,if he is meant to be a "suicide kid" then they would probably be raised scars,as they're likely to be deeper wounds than lighter ones.

 

Woot, I'm glad I found this! I was wanting to mod Nos when he comes in, and this was just the thing I needed. X3

As for the scars themselves: I have quite a few, from various things, and they're -all- different. I have some newer ones (accidents, mind you) that are only a few months old, but are raised, much darker than my skin, and somewhat shiny.

The older scars I have can't be lumped into one description. I have one from when I was seven and was burnt by a cigarette that is neither raised nor sunken, and almost the same color as my skin, just a tad darker (but not enough to notice it if you weren't looking HARD). At the same time, I have one I got a few months later from a bee sting (it swelled up huge) that is just a tiny bit raised, and way whiter than some of my shirts.

As for self-made cuts, they're very unnoticeable to other people (though whenever I look at my arm it's all I see). They're a peachy-white, and they don't have any "edges". (They were all made with a box cutter and were pretty deep, for reference.) Some of them are kind of blurred into the surrounding skin, so there's a noticeable transition, but others are just there.

Haha, sorry if I sound overly morbid or flashy/show off-ish. ^^; Just throwing my experiences out there to help.

 

Mine are fairly noticeable,they were done with a razor blade or exacto and were fairly deep,but they're raised up,pinkish but lighter than my skin,and the larger ones are shiny. They're all at least a year and a half old,some older than that. The accidental ones,on my knees from falling down so much when I was younger,are very raised and super white. The lighter scratch ones are sunken a little,because they weren't very deep. My guess is it also might just depend on your skin type and such as to how you scar.

Of course,if you're trying to scar the dolly realistically,maybe just go with a mix? Or decide which ones are easiest for you to do,that you can pull off reasonably well,and go with that? =^_^=

 

For my current doll (AoD You), the step after painting his face will be to paint realistic old burn scars/slashes down his left side. I think I can figure out the basics, such as finding references and such, but I'm a little troubled about the technicalities.

Should I Dullcote the whole body when prepping, or would it be okay just to do the area I'm working on? Also, would using acrylics and pastels work all right? How easily will the color rub off the body as opposed to the face, or ae they all basically the same material?

 

it's normaly a good ides to seal the whole body, mainly because the dullcote can change the skins color a little. it's not that bad, but enough to annoy you. good luck!

 

On that note, though, I don't need to layer it every time I apply a coat to the painted sections do I? O.o As it is, I'm doing to have to wait for spring to do it because I really don't have a place indoors safe enough for that much spraying. *L*

 

I like to layer between additions because I screw up a lot and use a wet Mr. Clean Magic Sponge to remove the boo-boos while they're still fresh. If I didn't coat between new paint I'd be removing the stuff I didn't screw up on, too.

If you're more confident about not screwing up and you use paint as opposed to pastel, then you probably won't need to coat too much.

- Mel

 

The question isn't so much if I need to coat between layers of paint, that I've learned just from surfing the rather good informational sections here. ^_^

No, I was wondering if I had to coat the ENTIRE body -- even areas left blank-- every time I need to coat the painted areas.

 

On a standpoint of protecting the paintwork, nope, not really. Sometimes some sprays can alter the "look" of the resin a little. For example the Zoukeimura spray I use gives my doll a matte appearance, and when uncoated she's still a little shiny.

If that little difference would put you off, then you would probably have to coat the whole doll. Otherwise, nope, not really.

(:

- Mel