Beautiful Babies 2: Advanced Techniques in Reborn Doll Making [Paperback]

Michele Barrow-B\xe9lisle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 2007

Now that you know the basics in the art of Reborn Doll Making, apply some extra special artist's secrets to really bring your baby doll to life! Learn advanced paint and detailing techniques, as well as how to work with silicone vinyl and soft vinyl doll

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (March 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430304316
• ISBN-13: 978-1430304319
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,051,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the $$, February 26, 2008

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S. Healy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Babies 2: Advanced Techniques in Reborn Doll Making (Paperback)

As a newer reborner I bought this book hoping to learn something. I did not learn anything that I didn't already know or could find for FREE on the internet. This would be a great book for someone whom has reborned a baby or two but definetely not for an advanced reborner. Book was poorly written and someone needed to do spell check before publishing. Book is not worth the money at all. I felt totally ripped off & let down. I would say the only thing that is good about it is the pictures as well as the info on ethnic coloring.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A 'maybe' purchase., February 3, 2008

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Katelin "barbiegrl" (OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beautiful Babies 2: Advanced Techniques in Reborn Doll Making (Paperback)

I actually liked this book a lot better than the first one. I think I'd call this an intermediate level book.
She uses Genesis paints in this book and goes into creating life like skin coloring using a broad pallet of colors. (And she does this for several races, not just Caucasian babies.)
I thought there was a lot of good information on color in this book. (Color mixing, undertones, techniques, color correction, etc...)
If you are starting out in reborning I would say this is an excellent purchase. It's also good if you don't have much background in color theory. (Which, I think, many reborners lack).
If you are really looking for advanced techniques, that's not really here.
If you are starting out but would like your dolls to look more life-like this book will probably help you.
I give the information in this book 5 stars BUT it is way overpriced (hence my 4 star rating).
If you are interested, I'd look for a copy on sale or the cd-rom version.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Babies 2: Advanced Techniques in Reborn Doll Making (Paperback), December 17, 2007

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G. Ford - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beautiful Babies 2: Advanced Techniques in Reborn Doll Making (Paperback)

Book is not well made. After less than 1 week is started to come apart. Michelle is very talented, but this book is over hyped. Book is way overpriced for the content.