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 I've been thinking about performing a re-root for some time , however the thought of such a task has ever been an intimidating one . The good news is that executing a re-root on a doll head really is not that difficult providing you have the essential patience required to do it . There are a few very good internet sources for instructions on re-rooting techniques . However I would cite that Wide Eyed Girls by Dan Lee is by far the best due to its simplicity .  Getting Started : A Needle , Hair and a Head
My plans are to give Cool Girl Ruby a re-root , but I wanted to do a practice piece first . The head is from a Volks Neo-body doll , the hair donor was Barbie's Batgirl and the needle a meer 1 1/2 inch sewing needle . To begin I separated an individual root strand from the Barbie head , moistened the hair to easily tie a knot at the end , and then clipped it from the head at the point where it exits the head . Next I stuck the needle through the neck hole and up through the head . I then moistened the unknotted end of the hair strands and thread the strand through the eye of the needle ; from there it was a easy as drawing the needle all the way through the head until the knot caught at the inside of the head . Next it's just a matter of repeating this process .  If , like me , you've never re-rooted hair , using the hair from an existing doll head can assist your efforts . Not only are the hair plugs already separated for you , following the pattern of the rooting on the original head can help you put your new plugs on the un-rooted head . Barbies are a good source , since most are excessively haired out , thus providing more than enough material for your new re-root . As pictured , a strand of hair is separated and a knot tied on the end .  The first picture shows the initial row of hair that has been rooted . Pics #2 and #3 show the progress as a second row is added . At this stage I've been rooting for approximately seven hours . That is a long time , but I have not been rushing through the task . I would imagine a skilled and experienced re-root artist could probably kick out a job like this in half the time . Re-rooting is a very relaxing process and doesn't seem to require a lot of concentration , so I've been catching up on my DVD collection while doing this as well as taking the occasional break to snap pictures and put together this step by step . Stay Tuned for a Step by Step Continuation of this " How To " . | Mail-O-Rama | Geeb's How To | Head Sculpts Using Polymer Clay | Customizing The Batcycle | 1/6 scale diorama | terrain diorama | 1/6 Scale Boots | Re-Rooting Hair | BimBott | Read_A_Book | WorksInProgress | Aki Ross Repaint | Gun-Bashing | painting heads | | Return Home | Updates | The Archive | Gorby Site Map | Geeb-O-Rama's Model Workshop | Geeb's Toy Box | Geeb-O-Rama Goodies | Movie Madness | World Of The Bizarre | Cool Beans | |
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