construction:headfur:hair-punching

Hair-punching

Punching: you can either buy a tool or make one from a long, fine needle by cutting through the eye of the needle to form a little fork. Either put a TINY bead of adhesive (like Dow-Corning's 355 adhesive) on the spot where the hair is to go, and use the needle to push a hair fiber into the foam (this is usually only used on either foam latex or a-b foam appliances or heads or suits). Depending on the use the hair'd piece is going to get, you may not even need the glue. NOTE: start from the BACK and WORK FORWARD. If this is for the transition from a fur material to skin (like around the nose or lips), attach the fur first, then work from the edge of that to the front (this makes sense if you think of hair-punching as the same as laying shingles on a roof).

Advantages: Looks great, good control of hair direction, good movement (for mechanicals). Drawback: Tedious work; you can't even watch TV and work on it at the same time!

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