Ideas for making home made custom eyeballs.
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NOTE: These were not glued to washers yet.
NOTE: Make sure to fully align the Iris printouts with the back of the cabochons when you glue them on. Failing to do so will result in some of the eyes failing to look natural. (See pics.) Also. Make sure that you don't use TOO MUCH superglue when gluing them on. Because when you go to trim the overhang off the sides of the cabochons it will crumble like brittle glass taking some of the printout with it.. (See Jolie eyes picture (dolls right eye.top right portion.)
No Irises:
Lima Eyes:
Perry Eyes:
Lou Lou Eyes:
Aniston Eyes:
Clarke Eyes:
Richards Eyes:
Jolie Eyes:
Re: Ideas for making home made cusom eyeballs.
Have found that Modpodge matte takes allot more time to put on layer by layer but its a fair trade off as it allows for greater control and a better end result .Mod podge sands nice with fine grain sandpaper and is easily buffed with some of those felt pads found at the dollar general in the hardware isle.The easy cast epoxy is shiny but ends up being hard to tweak once its hardened up and is hard to buff out if you use sandpaper/ a dremel on it... It also takes allot longer to be useable. (cure time).
Don't just throw any old washers and magnets into the bottom of your mold as sometimes the manufactured products you buy aren't consistant in their quality. If you buy multiquantity packs sift threw them to get the best ones! Pay attention to details! Dont rely on the magnetism alone to hold the pieces together.Make sure to glue the washers to each other;then glue those to the magnet and then finally glue the screw on to the opposite side of the magnet. (Otherwise silicone will creep into the micro space that is between them and will result in ALLOT of cleanup work that can potentially upset the insert quality of your finished piece.
NOTE: Correction on image.. the wooden ball size is 1 1/4" not 1/14".. lol
Re: Ideas for making home made cusom eyeballs.
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You've been busy man! The edges do look way better already. Also the puncturing looks pretty decent! It's not for me tho and it do not particularly like the blonde, but I applaud your craftsmanship and creativity!
Honestly I cannot believe not a single person has replied to your pics of your eyes which you'd already shown the photoshop pics of earlier and now have also managed to produce even. I mean for a doll the eyes are a big part of the realism and look. I've got some very nice detailed eyes but also quite some standard not really 'special' eyes. And I would really assume (before seeing it demonstrated otherwise here) that a lot more doll owners would be very interested in this...
Just wanted to say that I for one really enjoy reading all this (and chats we've had) and your thorough presentation and also sharing your trials and errors. You are making huge steps! I particularly like Katty Perry's, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Aniston and Emilia's Clak eyes!
My doll experience : WM 158D tales & pics: viewtopic.php?f=215&t=85063&start=465
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Ey man, well first eyes that spring to mind are those of Aletta Ocean and Alison Tyler; they're really pretty to me. Size wise well I think 14mm is good size for iris, if you mean the outer diameter prob 30mm will be best for me personally, but in WM heads I think 28-32mm will fit nicely.Zippy81 wrote:If people have Iris requests they can feel free to post them i'll do my best to make them. And if you have a specific size you need as well.
I'll pay more attention to the eyes in the future :p
My doll experience : WM 158D tales & pics: viewtopic.php?f=215&t=85063&start=465
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With Small Pupils:
With Medium Pupils:
With Large Pupils:
With Huge Pupils:
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Also mostly like how the other stuff around her eyes 'is not overwritten' but relocated (moved) with the bigger pupil size. Does that happen sort of automatically, or do you have to manually replace everything?
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My doll experience : WM 158D tales & pics: viewtopic.php?f=215&t=85063&start=465