Dolls with Custom Scars (Tutorials are welcomed!)

NOTE: Sorry if theres other threads with this subject- but I am looking for specifics on what materials are used for different scars.
Hi all!
I am interested in seeing peoples dolls with custom made scars! This is for people who are interested in doing their own scars (like myself ).
If you could post the photo with the company, and company name of the doll and list of what you used to do the scar. You could also put your dolls name down if you desire.
Example:
Dod: doc krill
Materials:
Heavy duty paint, acrylics,.. ect.
Tutorial: (Optional)
If you have a doll with a scar but you did not do the modification please get the information from the person who did the scar for you. Don't just post the photo and say "I don't know what they used." that is not helpful at all.
Also:please don't post photos of a doll head that came with a scar.
Update!: Lot's of people have been requesting tutorials! So, if you like, add a tutorial to your info!

 

Mods and scars done by me

Doll: Raurencio Studio- Baal
Material: Regular white glue, Mr. Surfacer, Air brushed head color, pastel/acrylic colors for both make up and scars

 

... not the best photo. I'm also planning to re-do this faceup soon, which will require doing the scars. I will also be tackling redoing his body scars (which he no longer has, since his body was changed. I can't seem to find photos of the old ones either.) I'll consider posting an update when I've got those done, but that probably won't be soon.

Mold: Crobidoll Yeon-Ho, no actual modifications

Materials: Acrylic medium, pastels, white paint, thinned gloss


I've actually gotten a hold of a thicker acrylic medium (Golden Heavy Gel) which I have found is much better for building up surface. I used it on a doll once to create wounds, though I haven't used it for the scars yet. If you want a raised scar it would be ideal. You could probably also create an indented scar with it if you used it to build up "skin" around the indent and then painted it the appropriate color.

Do not, unfortunately have good photos of this either. It was created for a display, and the lighting was not conductive to photography.

Edit: I should note these are intended to be old scars. So they are flattened and only obvious enough to photograph.

 

I have several dolls with custom scars.

This was my latest attempt...Acrylic gel medium, toothpicks, pastels and water color pencil.


I also put some on this puki


Who is customized to look like my Breakaway

I didn't do his facial scarring, it was commissioned by his previous owner, but he has "burn scars" on his arms (done to cover up mods also from a previous owner) that I did do. Same supplies, but I applied with a qtip.


Currently that's all I have, but I've got two more dolls lined up for scars, I just have to figure out how I'm going to do them.

 

My boy Kevya, an Iplehouse Barron/ Lost Angel Thunder Body hybrid. Work by me.
Scars done with pastel, Aileene's Tacky Glue in carefully applied thin lines, allowed to dry and repeated, then blushed some more and sealed. Burn scars are watercolor pencil and Tacky Glue dabbed on for some texture, sealed with acrylic semigloss varnish.

It REALLY helps to have a very good idea of what real scarring looks like depending on how old it is and precisely how it was made.
Research, research, research!

 

It'd be a lot more vivid because of the contrast (but real scars are on dark skin), so I'd say it would be very striking! If you use a method similar to mine and thin the white acrylic down a lot you can build up the contrast slowly to get more or less effect as you would like. I'd suggest that you get some references of how scars look on dark skin before starting, and then try to emulate the tones. ^^

(I would have done that even for my NS doll, but I actually have a decent scar of my own I could reference XD)

Different supplies, but more or less the same idea. :3

1.) Use of base pastel for skin flushing/irritation. (This will be darker the fresher the scar is ... incidently I also use this to create contrast so that you can visibly see the scar for photos.)
2.) Use of some medium to build texture/raised surface--acrylic medium/gel medium, glue, . . . I've actually heard of clays being used to sculpt scars as well but this would definitely be more permanent. And of course, there is the opposite route of carving into the resin itself for an indented scar, also more permanent.
3.) Use of paint or pastel of some sort to blend the texture/surface into the resin and/or create the coloring of the scar itself.

Breaking it down like that it's really easy to think of tons of different ways to do these, depending on what materials you happen to have on hand.

(Also key to keep in mind is that fresh scars will have more contour to them and will be darker/more red/pink, over time as scars heal in general they tend to become more white and flatten out ... unless it's a keloid scar, but those are something else altogether. The more research you do into the type of scars you want to create, the more likely it is to look real!)

 

Since someone asked for healed scars on dark skin, this is Fariq, he has many including some on his face, arms and chest, but these perhaps best demonstrate them on tan resin:



S'just pastel and watercolour pencil with one coat of MSC. His tan doesn't allow more than two MSC coats anywhere so you learn to work minimal.

 

There are a lot of threads in this forum with detailed explanations of how members have created scar mods. I found these by typing "scar*" into the Search Forum box, then scrolling through the results.
[thread=235458]Glasgow Smile Mods[/thread]
[thread=217837]Burn Scar Mods MILD GORE WARNING[/thread]
[thread=347984]Geoff Severe scar modifications[/thread]
[thread=337922]yet another horror mod Elf Chiwoo small gore warning[/thread]
[thread=345774]How to do scars tattoos and wings[/thread]

 

This is a Fairyland Winking Sugar face-plate with a custom face-up and non-permanent scarmod by me.
I made the scar using pastels, white glue, a tiny bit of acrylics and some gloss. I blushed the spot for the scar a bit with pinkish pastel, built that up, layered a few small layers of white glue on top of that, then added some more colour with a bit of acrylics and more pastel. To top it off, I glossed the scar so it'd be shiny

 

I just finished the scars on Phineas' body. A first attempt but not as bad as it could have been.


More pictures can be seen here.

I used pastels and waterbased glue. They are a bit raised too high but they are meant to be slightly on the large side as they are cursed scars and heal badly. When I have time to work on them a bit more I might sand them down just a notch. Or redo the glue part all together.

 

Speaking of scarring. I'm going for the less dramatic scarring. I'm getting a Kyo (dir en grey) DIM Minimee. I'm trying to make it look as realistic as I can. Pores, scaring, whatever. Piercing scars. A scar that has tiny holes (lip piercing). What do you suppose I could poke my SD resin head with without chipping a chunk out? Any advice would be very helpful to me. Thank you. I'll post pictures later.

 

For those of you who have redone your scars, is the glue difficult to remove? How did you do it?

 

I used fleshtone acrylic paint mixed in with Loxley acrylic modelling paste for this scar mod I did:

 

i did mine with white glue and pastels to they are a bit to dark for what i wanted but i was quite pleased at the result

 

Oh God ! Beautiful scars and thanks for the sharing !
I think to make scars on my obitsu but I asked me on ^^ :

What would paste on a soft bust (Obitsu body), please ?
( a varnish ? )

 

You'd be surprised at how soft resin is. Your best bet is probably to take a drill bit like you would to actually make a piercing hole, work extremely carefully and make a shallow hole that way. (If you put much pressure on it, it'll probably go through, though ....) You can read more up on this sort of thing if you search for ways to pierce dolls. Some people put tiny drills into pin vices and such, I've been too afraid to attempt that sort of thing myself, though.

I don't use glue, but I imagine it would be fairly similar to the acrylic medium in the way it acts. It's only difficult if you have it on really thick. It comes off fine with a bit of elbow grease. Actually ... if you get it a bit loose you can peel entire chunks away. Sorta like liquid latex (used for special effects makeup). It just takes a little bit more time to get it all off is all.

I use brush cleaner to remove faceups, and I use it on the scars as well. I put on some initially to sort of soften up the acrylic medium I use and then peel off as much as I can. Then use the brush cleaner and elbow grease to get the last sticky bits along with the pastel blushing.

 

Getting the glue of later is kinda easy C:

One of Hans' scars, he has also one on his upper arm (from a bullet), on his chest and on is left thumb:

 

Ara, what materials did you use for this scar?

 

I used "Ponal", it's a glue brand here in Germany. I used their wood-glue, since it's absolute mild, solvent-free and easy to remove.
The glue is white and get's clear later.

Afterwards a layer of MSC, then heavy blushing with white pastel-chalk and another layer of MSC.

More scars:

Ripped open and healed together then ->


And something in the face:

 

I recently discovered that white glue scars stained my white skin doll. I did seal him before putting on the glue, but when I cleaned him, he had yellow scar stains.

 

Kurokami what kind of glue were you using?

 

I have a Bobobie Mei MSD doll. For her character, I need to apply some scars. I have heard of people making scars with super glue and chalk pastels for color, but the super glue won't come off, even with sanding. I don't want to damage the resign, so how can I apply the scars? any advice on this issue would help

 

Some people use regular elmer's glue. It's clear after drying and comes off when you need it too.
DON'T use super glue! D:
Just apply the elmer's glue, let it dry and blush it as needed.
That's what i've read and seen pictures for. :3
Maybe someone else will come hop into the thread and answer some questions.

 

I've made a scar on a puki puki faceplate once.
I first blushed with pastels where I wanted the scar, in a pinkish tone (WS puki). After that, I applied a thin layer of white hobby glue over the blushed area and let it dry. After that I checked to see if I liked the look, adding more tiny lines of glue where needed. After that dried, I blushed it some more with pastels and added some more colour and white highlights with acrylics. Final step for me was glossing the scar et voila Click here for a picture.
It was my first ever scar, so it didn't come out super but it actually looks better IRL then on pictures

Maybe this thread can be of help too.

You're right that superglue won't come of, so make sure to steer clear from that. Tacky glues and white hobby glues are much easier to get of and won't damage the resin from what I've gathered. I don't know if hot glue works too for this.

 

and what about hot glue? would it work too for making a scar? I didn't fin anything about it.. so I just ask :P
anyway, thanks sharing all those links!

 

Elnuyn85, if you want to try hot glue, go ahead! Any glue that can be removed from resin easily, and that can be painted over with pastels or acrylics, is a good possibility. As with most BJD modifications, you really won't know how well it works for you until you try it. I think most people use craft glue just because it's easier to work with than hot glue (slower drying time and no burnt fingers!).

 

I've heard that HOT glue pay hurt resin.
So people use the Cold tip, glue-gun?

 

yes you need to use a low temp. glue gun or else it will melt the resin!

 

When my Kizdollz Vince gets here I want to try a scar without modifying him.
Also I'm a newbie at face-ups so anything is helpful.Thank you for your time.

 

Most people who want a temp scar for their doll either do it with just blushing and watercolor pencils to get the right look, or with layers (in small lines, over top of eachother) of white glue or gloss, that is blushed to look like a scar, now raised, with a light gloss coat overtop of the sealed blushing. That way, the scars come off when the face-up does.

If you do a search in this forum, you'll find a LOT of posts about scars, many with tips, tricks, and even tutorials on how people have done scars on their dolls, in every way from blushing, to sculpting with epoxies, to carving them into the resin.

 

@ Kurokami: Strange, one of my dolls has the scars for...over a year now, and when I peeled them of last week everything was fine

A new commission...poor guy has a lot of scars.

 

I need to try that wood glue stuff! That looks awesome!!



I did Gene's scars (and extended elf ears) with superfine white Millliput. ^^ He's a Puki Sugar winking faceplate.

 

Um.... I'll uess I'll ask here, since I can't seem to find much

Does anyone know of good methods of doing burn scars (mostly contractive scars, but anything helps) ?

 

I would like some tips on this too - I have an explosives expert on his way (he only became an expert after a mishap or two) who will have some burn scars on his face.

 

I would say just paint it~

 

I gave my Lazule a scar on his nose~





I didn't want to mod him permanently, or have it raised too much so I incorporated it into his faceup:
I blushed his nose, and erased the pastel with a kneadable eraser where the scar was going to be. Then I drew a very fine line in white acrylic, and glossed it very lightly to finish.

 

Here's my boy Patches with some scars I made using water soluble wood glue. Then i added a touch of color with some water color paint

 

I gave my Soom Grit, Greer, two scars when I gave him a new face-up. The one on his forehead is to hide a white speck, the bigger one is because the sealer did something funky and the pastels didn't stick well their, so I made a scar of that one as well.


Greers new face-up 2 by Mittebam, on Flickr
The small one is made by drawing a thin line with a white watercolour pencil, I added some soft pink and light blue too, and then just put some gloss on it.


The big one was made in a similar way, giving it shape, colour and depth with watercolour pencils, but then I build the shape up with some white glue. I finished it off with a bit of gloss, to make the ends more narrow. This scar is less shimmery then the one on his forehead, I like it better and may redo the forehead one with white glue as well.

 

Here's my boy! This thread was so helpful as I was working it all out!
Heavy body acrylics, pastel and gloss.

 

Here's my DollZone Mo's, Vulgar, scars! Done with white acrylic paint and pastels. ^ ^

Vulgar's Scars by gr8story, on Flickr

 

I want to give my girl a scar from open heart surgery would there be any complication from making an actual cut into the skin?

 

Hi kezza_teh_fezza...I have a friend who underwent open heart surgery and have witnessed the various stages of healing.
Making an actual cut into resin is time consuming and not really realistic unless it is incredibly fresh...if you want it realistic I suggest doing raised scars.

Onegreyelephant has some really good tuts in achieving this effect
Scar Tut 1
Scar Tut 2

 

Thank you, Mechakal! It is great getting opinion from someone who has seen up close what I want.
It would have sucked if I had gone ahead and then regreted after.

 

That's alright...I actually mentioned it to my friend, she's happy to have pics taken of the scar for you, but then we did a search on google images and there are quite a lot to choose from so good luck with your pursuit!

 

My boy is an ancient knight Templar and I want him to have "stigmata" on him (the 5 marks--hands, feet and side.) It is not a "scar" per se but an open wound that does not heal. I am thinking that I will dremel into his hands and then paint them but I would rather see some pics or get some advice before I "jump into" this mod. Any ideas or pics?

 

Here's a thread that has some questions about stigmata. It doesn't link to anything that great (just this thread, lol) but it does have some good asnwers.
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?440097-Stigmata-tears-of-blood-and-nailholes&highlight=stigmata

And Belladonna has a boy with stigmata:
http://www.denofangels.com/forums/s...-(CP-Miyu-boy-Soom-hybrid)&highlight=stigmata

And I think there may have been some other stigmata-type stuff earlier in the thread, but I don't remember where.

 

wow--much thanks

 

Oh, lol, I just edited my last post with more info. :P

 

Has anybody used a dremel to make their scars before? Like a little rough gouge and then painted into it ?

 

^^ I've never had the guts to cut into my dolls before. Jono's got extensive scarring but it's all done with acrylic gel medium and pastels.

 

Wow Blithefool, that looks really cool. I could see this method being used for burns/chaffing and such.

 

I totally forgot I had posted here already...like...an eternity ago XD

Here's a bit more ->

 

Dang, Ara, those are amazing!

And thank you Silvertora! Gel medium is pretty easy to work with. It did take the better part of a day to dry though. Admittedly, I had it on there pretty thick!

 

I am happy to found this thread~
^-^ ~ I am planning some scars and one big scar which shall look like a hand on my next boy.

Maybe some ideas for the hand scar? This could be really hard I guess.