Imomodoll Discussion Thread!

On 9/8/2024 at 1:09 PM, PlasticJester said:

I haven't sanded down a head, but I have carved and lightly dremeled one before. Their heads are pretty hard and have a decent thickness, I think you'd be able to sand the lips down at least somewhat.

Thanks for your reply! If I may also ask, was it hard to carve; especially around the eyes? This will be my first custom I'll be working on, excited yet completely nervous. Got my watercolor pencils on my desk and just need to order MSC and Liquitex paints.

9 minutes ago, Matcha said:

Thanks for your reply! If I may also ask, was it hard to carve; especially around the eyes? This will be my first custom I'll be working on, excited yet completely nervous. Got my watercolor pencils on my desk and just need to order MSC and Liquitex paints.

It's definitely pretty firm, it doesn't have any real squish to it. Pretty plastic-y in texture. That said, I just used a small boxcutter for my initial carving, and a dremel tool to clean it up after. If you don't have a dremel, sanding it will take longer but give a similar result. My imomodoll was an empty, so it didn't have eyes (I was carving out some actually) but I've cleaned up the inside of the eyeholes on other imomodoll heads and it wasn't too strenous. Just be careful not to let the blade slip or it may make a nick that needs sanding out.

Working on a face up for the head I have, has anyone used gouache for their faceups? I recalled someone who has in this thread.

I've sprayed the head with 2 layers of MSC so there shouldnt be any staining? The gouache I plan on using is HIMI, if its diluted well, would it work as fine?

only bought a bit of liquitex paint since it was on sale at a local store.

48 minutes ago, Matcha said:

Working on a face up for the head I have, has anyone used gouache for their faceups? I recalled someone who has in this thread.

I've sprayed the head with 2 layers of MSC so there shouldnt be any staining? The gouache I plan on using is HIMI, if its diluted well, would it work as fine?

only bought a bit of liquitex paint since it was on sale at a local store.

I've used gouache for 2 of my imomos I didn't have any problem with staining with two layers of msc. For me it was easier to work with than acrylic, but to get more opaque or vivid colors it might take more layers with gouache.

If you're nervous test some paint on part of the head that wouldnt be seen, like the head cap. Good for practicing strokes too.

8 hours ago, Matcha said:

Working on a face up for the head I have, has anyone used gouache for their faceups? I recalled someone who has in this thread.

I've sprayed the head with 2 layers of MSC so there shouldnt be any staining? The gouache I plan on using is HIMI, if its diluted well, would it work as fine?

only bought a bit of liquitex paint since it was on sale at a local store.

I think it was 0bsequi0us who mentioned they worked with gouache for years, and recently a lot of their faceups started breaking and literally flaking off, so I would be careful with that. Maybe stocking up on more Liquitex would be smarter in the long run.

2 hours ago, MoiBakaDesu said:

I think it was 0bsequi0us who mentioned they worked with gouache for years, and recently a lot of their faceups started breaking and literally flaking off, so I would be careful with that. Maybe stocking up on more Liquitex would be smarter in the long run.

Gouache is so delicate I worry about the faceup coming off as a result. My preference leans toward watered acrylics for paint for that reason. Though I do like having the base sketch with watercolor pencils though.