Face-up Material List
Materials to use:
- Acrylic Paint:
- Liquitex soft body acrylics
- Dry Soft pastels (not oil pastels!):
- Schmincke
- Prismacolor Nupastel
- Watercolor or water soluable pencils
- Watercolor pencils: Fabercastel, Derwent
- Click eraser to erase mistakes (you can cut it to a fine point)
- White Cotton Gloves
- Exacto Knife (to CAREFULLY pick off dust that gets stuck between sealant layers or to cut pastel stick into fine dust)
- PVA glue - Clear-drying water soluble craft glue (for applying eyelashes)
- Aleene's Tacky Glue
- Elmers glue that dried clear
- Paper/cardstock (palette for pastel dust or paint)
- Brushes, thin line brushes, fluffy brush for cheeks
- Pencil Sharpener: A good metal one (for watercolor pencils)
- Faber Castell Sharpener
- 70% Isopropyl Alcohol or Winsor & Newton brush cleaner (For cleaning purposes, these are safe bets.)
Sealants to use:
Always use "flat" or "matte" so your doll does not look plastic-like, greasy, or shiny.
☻ MSC flat (Mr. Super Clear)
☻ Testors Dullcote
☻ Zoukeimura (ZM) Finishing Powder spray
☻ Volks
☻ MSC flat (Mr. Super Clear)
☻ Testors Dullcote
☻ Zoukeimura (ZM) Finishing Powder spray
☻ Volks
Materials to NEVER use:
Most importantly do not use anything that contains acetone, wax, or oil! This damages/stains resin! You want to use water soluble materials so you can have a clean doll when you decide to change the faceup.
- Krylon sealant
- Regular Colored Pencils (wax is not good for resin)
- Markers of any kind
- Any oil based paint or pastel (Oil eats away at resin, so spend for the preservation of your doll, avoid oil-based products.)
- Do not use anything containing acetone! It breaks down resin and can caus gashes or other injuries to your resin’s surface.
- Human make-up (Human make-up tends to contain oils. Although some does not, it may still stain your doll.)
- Sharpies or other markers (Markers are meant to be permanent and will stain your doll.)
- Colored pencils (Colored pencils may stain your doll.)
- Colored nail polish remover or acetone (Nail polish remover with a color (ex. purple) to it may stain. Acetone has been known to eat Cerberus Project resin. )
- Super glue/Crazy glue (While these glues are okay for repair work, do not use them for attaching eyelashes. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to remove super glued eyelashes..)
If you find any of this information to be incorrect please let me know! :) [email protected]