u/Candid_Silver4376

Ive been reborning about 4 years now, mostly for myself. However ive only recently started trying the primary method (1 blue wash 1 red wash and 1 yellow wash) and its just not looking very good and taking sooooo long to build skintone this way. Ive always used this method basically for motteling but then switch to an actual skin tone color for skin washes...is primary method just not for me??

Edit to add i only use heat set paints

I think i am done trying different artists work unless they are very very high end (which would take me atleast a year to save for) like between $1500-2000 for vinyl reborn.

I charge around 600 and every now and then i like to order a doll from someone else to get that box opening exp and to not have to make my own baby which i normally do.

I order from artists around the same price range because its what i can afford but i keep getting disappointed ..not that the work is necessarily bad but the dolls seem overpriced to what kind of work i recieve and compared to mine not even close. Maybe im undercharging or maybe artists are over charging right now but the baby i recieved last week, while cute, should have only been in the $300 range and $600 was just too much. And no the pictures did not show the issues that i found in real life after seing baby upclose! Mostly the painting seems rushed and not blended well. I take about 1 to 2 months to finish a rooted doll and the doll I received is something i could do in about a week (but i dont do that because i like to try very hard on my dolls to get them to look amazing and well blended)

Is it just me who feels this way?? Idk.. i didnt think i was someone who would be hard to please but maybe i am...