PIBs with Tan Lines?

[blindwebster]

I swear, the dolls just seem to be getting better and better. Makes choosing a real pain in the ass, but I would not have it any other way beings that I will soon be buying one.

[toonist]

Hi,
Here are a couple shots from a piece that we sent out yesterday.
She has some tan lines and freckles..and nipple piercings. Nice combination!
All the best,
Patrick

[itsme]

Hi,
Here is one of our "tan line " pieces...we're finishing another with a lighter skin tone today.
I just sent info to my web guy so this option will be available for any doll order.
Hope all is well.
P

MY god that is one sexy doll.

[blindwebster]

Hi,
Here are a couple shots from a piece that we sent out yesterday.
She has some tan lines and freckles..and nipple piercings. Nice combination!
All the best,
Patrick

Hope with black hair and coffee gelato skin tone = one drool-worthy doll. Love that eye makeup as well. Really accentuates the eyes.

[timetraveler1]

hi toonist , from what i see of the tan lines they look good any more below tan line shots and even back tan line shots , also are you planning on any birthmaks of simular ? great work i knew you could do it adds more to the realism and thats always a good thing.

[omni69]

As always great work and nice shot. love the first pic especially! so realistic looking. the tan lines looks great!

[Incognito]

Wow. The tan lines look awesome. Its like having a delicious sundae and then adding sprinkles, peanuts and a cherry on top! In just the last year Patrick has added clit/lip options, redesigned the vaginal insert, made multiple new faces, added a warmer option to the dolls, is working on a smaller doll body, and now tan lines are an option (this is in addition to the plethora of options already available). I mean damn, no one else is doing THIS much for their customers and product. Keep up the good work Pat, and I am still saving for what we discussed a while ago. Still on track for after the new year.

[blindwebster]

Is it just me or do the titties seem to be a bit fuller? Either way, they sure do look tasty.

[dollypop]

Hi,
Here are a couple shots from a piece that we sent out yesterday.
She has some tan lines and freckles..and nipple piercings. Nice combination!
All the best,
Patrick

Wow, i like the tan lines, makes it look even more realistic. But there is something about the eyes...They seem bigger than than average. Other dolls from you ive seen have smaler eyes i believe, am i correct?

[toonist]

The Hope face seems to lend itself to lots of different looks.
The eyes are no bigger on this face, though in the original sculpture I think I opened them up a bit.
Her eyes often seem quite wide open to me as well. It's easy to adjust them for different looks.
There is a little opening just behind the eyes that allows for the eyes to be manipulated.

We got a beautiful snowy day here, so yesterday while molding we celebrated with hot chocolate and cookies. One cannot live on beer alone..
The Christmas music is playing in the studio and the little elves are pouring boobs...

[Szalinski]

Hey Pat, here's a possible idea (I say possible because I'm not familiar with silicone molding). This comes from a short job I had at Owens Corning's "Cultured Stone" plant. They make the faux stone facings for architectural use, and they look very realistic, at least to the less knowledgeable. As a former "rock hound" obviously I can spot the falsehood, but sometimes it takes a very close look to see it. But I digress...

To achieve this effect they sprinkle the minerals and "paints" as a powder into the mold before pouring the special "concrete". This allows different colors and shadings to actually soak into each individual stone. And of course by doing it by hand it gives the random-ness that would occur in nature. Is there a way you could incorporate something like this into your doll molding? Somehow add the tan line pattern into the mold before pouring? Perhaps by painting it onto the mold surface? Theoretically to be absorbed into the mix as it cured giving it a "natural" looking skin shading that would be an actual part of the silicone so it wouldn't wear off like the regular after-mold paint jobs.

[toonist]

That last part you said. "Like the regular after-mold paint jobs"....is rather back in the old days thinking. Back when dolls were cast (or even the prosthetics I was making) in tin silicone, oil was often added for softening. Eventually this oil wants to leach itself to the surface and thus puts a layer between the silicone paint and the painted object. So, the paint would have nothing to adhere to, and rub off.
It's one of the reasons I stopped making prosthetics. The materials wouldn't do what I wanted them to. Platinum cured silicone is a completely different animal.
We started making our dolls from day one in platinum for that reason. At that point the Boy Toys were platinum and Ruby 13 may have been as well.
It's a lot more expensive. But worth it in so many ways.

Also, we have a bit of a "secret" formula for making sure our coloring sticks. It's not rocket science, but it came from a particularly frustrating week I was having last year with the paints I was using not doing the job. Sometimes it can be as simple a problem as the mold release you are using is interfering, sometimes it seems the phase of the moon must have some influence. We figured out a unique way that works for us.
Anyway,
If you look closely at our labias, they are made the way you mentioned. Inner painted layers , with a special additive for realism as well.
To do this for a whole body would be prohibitive and also you would run the risk of layers not sticking together. Platinum is particularly sensitive in that regard. We are beginning to use the "paint it from the inside" technique for our heads however. It's all about making layers and layers.
There may indeed be a way to create the tan lines from the inside that we just need to try. As a mater of fact, as I write this something comes to mind. Now, see what you've done!!
P

[CharlieWone]

Merry Christmas Pat,

Now see what you've done...


Happy Hotty-days from Lana

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And Naughty-nights from Nyki...

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Well Done!!

[toonist]

Charlieone,
Your pics always amaze.
Gives a new meaning to "Yule Log"...
I'm definitely in the Christmas spirit now!
Thanks, P

[Zarnon]

WOW great job Patrick. Make life harder for me willya? Awesome looking tan lines.