Modification My first big modification: Elf Ears Mod

So exciting, it looks great so far! I've never done one of these mods myself but I look forwards to seeing your progress! I have seen people color-match bjd parts with many, many layers of very thin watered-down acrylic paint, that may be worth looking into, especially since blushing can balance it all out if the outcome is a little off.

 

I've done some additive mods in the past for a few of my floating heads sculpts, and some pointy (vampire) ears for one of my dolls. I always tint my clay before mixing the clay, so I can't say I have any useful info for matching after the mod is done. I did used to do it that way long ago, but I hate wasting fixative and don't own an airbrush, so I stopped doing that soon after my first few mods. I also found that I liked how they looked better (much smoother transition overall), when I colored the clay first (I used the super white Apoxie Sculpt, however). I'm sure there is good info on color matching during the face up somewhere on here, or YouTube.

As far as smoothing out the mod once the clay is cured, I find sandpaper works great. Apoxie Sculpt sands very nicely, much more powdery than resin does, but it is really nice to sand with regular good old sand paper. I personally don't like to leave it super shiny, but smooth enough that it won't look like it is a mod, just because I find MSC sticks to it better when it's texture is not super smooth and shiny/glossy. So, I sand until the mod is blended and smoothed out with the rest of the resin, but not so smooth that it's like high-gloss-polished-stone finish. I use lower grits to get started, then higher ones to smooth everything out a bit. Having said that, what works for me might not work for others, so take my suggestions with a grain of salt. n_n;;

Great work so far, good luck with the finishing touches! (:

 

That looks very nice. I am wanting to mod my doll’s ears too, thanks for the pics .