[QUESTION] How to make custom hair?

[SandMirror38]

Hey everybody,

As some of you will know I am in the brisk of madly creating LEGO Tintin MOC's and so forth, so my question is how would I make tintin's iconic hair?

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTTJksAKSEl5g_P0Ev4MEESBstMqsLBmwL-2Ix86Z395BJCau2ZA

Obviously I will need to customise a lego hair piece, I'm thinking this piece...

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=62810

In orange, though I will need to create the quiff of hair. I call for help from the amazing customisers or Eurobricks!

Kind Regards,

Sand

[LuxorV]

You can find useful tools and tutorials in the MCW Index, especially this one on how to make custom pieces or modify official parts with Sculpey.

[Bobskink]

I would use a different hairpiece if you want to do the Tintin from the comics. Maybe a regular male hairpiece.

To attach and make custom parts I use milliput, or green stuff, you can find it in model shops, or Games Workshop. The trick will be to make it smoth over on the hairpiece. What I do is, put some superglue were the two parts join, useing the supeglue as a sculpting matherial. When it's dry, smoothen it out with sandpaper.

Since this is your first try, try to make several at the same time ;)

[SandMirror38]

I would use a different hairpiece if you want to do the Tintin from the comics. Maybe a regular male hairpiece.

To attach and make custom parts I use milliput, or green stuff, you can find it in model shops, or Games Workshop. The trick will be to make it smoth over on the hairpiece. What I do is, put some superglue were the two parts join, useing the supeglue as a sculpting matherial. When it's dry, smoothen it out with sandpaper.

Since this is your first try, try to make several at the same time ;)

Wow thanks for the great response! I have liquid green stuff from my massive collection of Games Workshop stuff. Would that work well?

Whilst I provided a picture from the comics I do want to him to have kind-of messy hair-why I choose the piece in the link- but maybe I could add that on?

Maybe this,

http://www.bricklink...Item.asp?P=3901

Edited September 27, 2013 by SandMirror38

[SandMirror38]

And here is what you've been waiting for!

Tintin by SandMirror38, on Flickr

Thanks for the great help!

Here's an extra side shot

Tintin's Quiff by SandMirror38, on Flickr

[lego_maniac]

Wow. That turned out great!