In order to make reborn dolls, you are going to need quite a lot of equipment. This will range from craft supplies such as paintbrushes and craft knives to finished touches such as clothes and pacifiers.
Here are the 3 most essential supplies you will need
In most cases you will need to replace the dolls eyes with some more realistic looking glass ones. In most cases it is better to stick with brown eyes but you can go blue or another color if you wish too. You will need to know what size eyes you need.
Reborn doll Mohair (or a wig)
While wigging is a lot easier to do you simply cannot beat the realistic look that mohair gives. You will need to microroot the mohair by hand which can take quite a while if you are starting out but it is well worth the extra effort. You can get Angora mohair in a variety of colors but make sure you have enough to complete the head you will be working on - buy extra if in doubt.
This is what brings the doll together and makes it look so real. If you invest in some quality paints, such as the Genesis Heat Set paints, you can buy a huge selection of ready mixed skin tones so you dont need to worry about remixing and getting it wrong. As the name suggests, once painted you then bake the limbs you have painted in order to get the paint to set. You usually need to do several layers of this so once again, it can be quite time consuming.
These are the 3 most important reborn doll supplies you are going to need. Although there are many other things you should get, they are often one-time purchases only. If you can afford it, it is usually worth buying extra supplies from the above so that you never get caught short half way through a project.
