u/Stunning-Experience6

Hi!!

I’m currently working on a custom Rapunzel and I’ve run into a bit of a problem with choosing the body.

I really want to use a petite body for her. It’s actually quite important to me that the final doll has that smaller, more delicate body shape, so I’m trying to find a way to make a petite body work rather than simply choosing whichever body has the closest skin tone.

The BMR Kira body is pretty much the best match I’ve found for my Rapunzel, but buying one just for the body would cost me around $75, which is honestly way too much for a body 😭

I’ve also been considering the Barbie Looks #20 body and the petite Gloria body. The Gloria body is especially interesting to me bcause it gives me the petite proportions I really want, but the color isn't quite right. It’s not necessarily just that the body is “too light” — the tone/undertone is a little different from the head, and you can see the mismatch when they’re next to each other.

So I started wondering if I could just slightly adjust the color myself.

I definitely don't mean painting the entire body with an opaque layer of paint. I was thinking more about something very subtle, like a really thin “cloud” of color over the larger visible areas — especially the décolletage, shoulders and upper torso — just enough to bring the color a little closer to the head. The rest of the body wouldn't really need to be painted.

Has anyone here tried doing something like this on a Made to Move body? Does a very thin layer of paint actually hold up, or does it eventually crack/rub off because of the joints and movement?

And if you were in my situation, what would you do? Would you try to subtly adjust the color on the petite Gloria body, go with Looks #20, accept the color mismatch, or somehow justify spending $75 on BMR Kira? 😭

I’d really love to hear what you guys would do, especialy if you've actually experimented with repainting/color-matching MTM bodies!

Hi!!

I’m currently working on a custom Rapunzel and I’ve run into a bit of a problem with choosing the body.

I really want to use a petite body for her. It’s actually quite important to me that the final doll has that smaller, more delicate body shape, so I’m trying to find a way to make a petite body work rather than simply choosing whichever body has the closest skin tone.

The BMR Kira body is pretty much the best match I’ve found for my Rapunzel, but buying one just for the body would cost me around $75, which is honestly way too much for a body 😭

I’ve also been considering the Barbie Looks #20 body and the petite Gloria body. The Gloria body is especially interesting to me bcause it gives me the petite proportions I really want, but the color isn't quite right. It’s not necessarily just that the body is “too light” — the tone/undertone is a little different from the head, and you can see the mismatch when they’re next to each other.

So I started wondering if I could just slightly adjust the color myself.

I definitely don't mean painting the entire body with an opaque layer of paint. I was thinking more about something very subtle, like a really thin “cloud” of color over the larger visible areas — especially the décolletage, shoulders and upper torso — just enough to bring the color a little closer to the head. The rest of the body wouldn't really need to be painted.

Has anyone here tried doing something like this on a Made to Move body? Does a very thin layer of paint actually hold up, or does it eventually crack/rub off because of the joints and movement?

And if you were in my situation, what would you do? Would you try to subtly adjust the color on the petite Gloria body, go with Looks #20, accept the color mismatch, or somehow justify spending $75 on BMR Kira? 😭

I’d really love to hear what you guys would do, especialy if you've actually experimented with repainting/color-matching MTM bodies!

Hi!!

I’m currently working on a custom Rapunzel and I’ve run into a bit of a problem with choosing the body.

I really want to use a petite body for her. It’s actually quite important to me that the final doll has that smaller, more delicate body shape, so I’m trying to find a way to make a petite body work rather than simply choosing whichever body has the closest skin tone.

The BMR Kira body is pretty much the best match I’ve found for my Rapunzel, but buying one just for the body would cost me around $75, which is honestly way too much for a body 😭

I’ve also been considering the Barbie Looks #20 body and the petite Gloria body. The Gloria body is especially interesting to me bcause it gives me the petite proportions I really want, but the color isn't quite right. It’s not necessarily just that the body is “too light” — the tone/undertone is a little different from the head, and you can see the mismatch when they’re next to each other.

So I started wondering if I could just slightly adjust the color myself.

I definitely don't mean painting the entire body with an opaque layer of paint. I was thinking more about something very subtle, like a really thin “cloud” of color over the larger visible areas — especially the décolletage, shoulders and upper torso — just enough to bring the color a little closer to the head. The rest of the body wouldn't really need to be painted.

Has anyone here tried doing something like this on a Made to Move body? Does a very thin layer of paint actually hold up, or does it eventually crack/rub off because of the joints and movement?

And if you were in my situation, what would you do? Would you try to subtly adjust the color on the petite Gloria body, go with Looks #20, accept the color mismatch, or somehow justify spending $75 on BMR Kira? 😭

I’d really love to hear what you guys would do, especialy if you've actually experimented with repainting/color-matching MTM bodies!