ReBornFX More new colors released

It has been a busy two days at work for me. Two new paint colors for the Rebornfx air dry paint line was released today and I am busy testing out a new final finish coating product that I will introduce later on.
The Light Ash Brown available in the 1 oz premixed bottles and in the 4ml pigment line is a great color for painting hair on the newborn dolls. It's a nice light brown with no red tones in it. I think you will be delighted with the other hair paint colors coming in soon as well.
The other new color is a Violet Wash. This wash is very transparent making it an excellent paint for neutralizing orange based vinyl. It also makes a nice mottling color under the skin tones on your newborn life like doll.
To view these new colors, check out their color swatches on the new product tab.
Tomorrow is my day at home so I am hoping to get back to my 3D hair painting project test and report my end results.
Good Night.

RebornFX 3D Medium is Heat set compatible

Got a bit of time today to play with the RebornFX 3D medium and Heat Set Paints. Although the RebornFX 3D medium is air dry, I found it can be used with the Heat Set Paints!!!  Here are my results from todays testing;

• RebornFX 3D medium  spreads easily on top of the Heat Set Paints and I could not removed after it was dry. It is easily removed before it is dry allowing me to correct any mistakes or alter the patten if needed. Still had a good 20 min. of play time before it started to stiffen up. To smooth out any unwanted bumbs in the lines, I gently patted and moved the bump out with a damp brush (use water to dampen with this product not solvent)
• Genesis or Heat Set paints can be painted on top of the dried 3D medium. The solvent does not affect the dried 3D product.
• RebornFX 3D medium can with stand the heat set oven temperature of 265 degrees F. for the 8 min. duration that is required for the heat set paints.

This is what the medium looked like once applied onto of my Genesis painted vinyl baby. I wanted certain hair areas raised and others left flat to enhance the 3D effect.

 

So far I have heat set the product 3 times and no change in color or flexibility has occurred.

As you can see in this picture, the Genesis Heat Set Paints adhere to the Rebornfx 3D medium.

I am of coarse not finished yet as this stage of painting was just laying out the shadows and highlights I wanted. I still need to finish the other side , blend more and add in hair details. The Rebornfx 3D medium was very smooth to paint on allowing me to add on details easily. With different hair areas raised a bit it certainly does add that real look to the hair!

 

RebornFX 3D medium for painted hair

Well I am off to a great start in testing out the RebornFX 3D medium for painted hair. The medium is very light (kinda like whipped cream) and soft to use. This enabled my fan brush to leave hair like marks in the medium when moved around. The very first application I was hesitant to apply to much so I applied a very thin layer with the fan brush and moved it around to resemble hair strokes. I then allowed it to dry. I could just see the brush hair marks in the thin layer once dried but I wanted it more raised so I applied a second coat. This time I used a round brush and moved the medium around to resemble raised large hair tendrils in various areas.  I found I got about 15 min of play time before it started to stiffen up a bit. I found using a bit of water in my brush also helped slide the medium around on the head for positioning of the hair lines and increased by time for play.
I must mention one should be knowledgeable on natural growth lines of babies hair and have a hair style in mind before attempting this. It is easy to wash off when in it's wet stage, but it is very permanent once dry within an hour or two.
Here is a picture of my first 3D medium applications. You will note the larger hair tendril patterns as well as the fine hair grooves underneath from the first application.

The Reborn 3D medium dries to a semi transparent light ivory flesh color. It adhered to the Rebornfx air dry paints and to a Genesis/ Heat set painted head as well. The Rebornfx  3D medium can be painted on top with the Rebornfx air dry paints.
I have not yet tried to paint Heat set paints on it. I will post about those results when completed next.
The next picture is the first air dry paint glaze I applied on top of the 3D medium. I only applied to middle part so you can see the differences.

 

Next I started to apply a darker brown to create some shadow areas in the hair, keeping them close to the raised lighter hair tendrils  for enhancement.

 

 

Now getting more towards the end, adding more shadows and hair details. You will note I am keeping most (but not all)raised areas a light color to resemble the highlights in the baby's hair, and painting in a few areas with a darker shadow giving it that natural 3D look.

 

I am pleasantly amazed with this product for using with painted hair on the reborns.  As I mentioned before  the 3D Rebornfx medium is very durable and as you can see from the picture below it is very flexible once dry and will not crack or craze when bent! In it's dry state the medium has a soft feel, similar to the vinyl. It is not hard like cement. I found it very nice to work with.







 

Various methods can be used for applying the medium on to the head. The first layer I used a stiff Fan Brush but also found other methods pictured  below also worked

RebornFX new paint color release

Great news. A new color Dark Ash Brown has now been added to the RebornFX paint line.
It is available in the 1oz premixed paint bottles. You will find this color a great color for painting baby hair. It doesn't have that red hue that Burnt Umber has nor has it that green hue that Raw Umber has. It is a very nice cool brown. You can view a color swatch in the new product updates tab on this blog site.  Happy Painting !!

Update on Rebornfx Paints

It is with great excitement to announce our Rebornfx paints are selling extremely well. Although there is a learning curve to every new paint product, many are enjoying the diversity and adaptability these paints have to offer.   Experienced air dry Reborn painters have been testing out the RebornFx paints and have given us some great ideas for expanding , using and recommendations to improve them even more. We are listening and acting on those idea's with a big thank you for their help and support with this Rebornfx paint line.
 I am currently testing a 3D air dry medium and will be posting what it can be used for in the next few days so stay tuned! 
Oh and I do want to mention, the RebornFx air dry paints and mediums can be used with the Heat Set paints! Go to the tips and tricks section of this blog for more details on that.
I'm off to paint now, will blog soon.
Shelley Marie

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