How to customize Funko Pop DIY Toy ( Tutorial Sculpting Sanding Priming Painting Sealing + More ! ) 

Hi, Thank you!! I am so glad you were able to take something from this video! That's what it's all about! Thanks so much for the comment and I wish you all the best of luck with your future projects!!

+Billy Raby Awesome!! :D if you are going to try sculpting use Testators Clear coat lacquer. it works best with super Sculpey clay. If you are just painting you can go ahead and use Krylon Crystal Clear. Hope that's not to confusing. Best of luck!!! :)

+Kelly V Thank you so much for watching, I'm glad it was helpful. Best of luck with your project. :)

You can but I find sculpey gets very brittle with that method

+@InSoxWeTrust Thanks so much I'm glad you like them!! :D

Thank you!!!

Haha I had to watch the video to remember! It was a painting of a lion I don't think I have any picture of that one with me. I'll have to ask him for some add at it to an update video. :)

+Alfredo Garcia Awesome, I'm glad this video was able to help you out! Best of luck with your project! :D

+Team Super Awesome Art thank you for the reply and encouragement

+phoenixphace900 Awesome! I'm so glad this helped you. Best of luck on your project!! :D

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What are you looking to make?

Until I get my tools, I really don't know where to start. I do have a few in mind like creating some Japanimation characters.

Nice! I'm new to this whole sculpting thing myself. Let's stay in touch. Would love to have someone to talk to about this process.

***** Yep!

Thanks for watching!!! Best of luck with your future custom!! :D

Thanks for the kind words! You are awesome! :D

Awesome! Best of luck with your future project!!

Awesome best of luck with your project!!!

+Lou Fragliossi You should totally do it! :D

+Team Super Awesome Art it looks super hard for real

+Danii Gibbs Haha Thanks!! :D

+Team Super Awesome Art so I customs myself. not nearly as good as you lol but do you perfer sculpey clay over actual clay? sculpey seems to be the go to when it comes to customs.

+Team Super Awesome Art if there is even a difference between the two lol

+Danii Gibbs I do like Sculpey a lot. The reason being is they have a few different types of Sculpey clay varying in firmness. Also I know how Sculpey clay reacts to heat, paint , primer, etc. I'm not sure what you mean by actual clay though? Do you mean like an air dry clay? If so you have to be careful with air dry clay. they tend to shrink when they dry and that leads to cracking if used on a pop.

Yes you can. :)

thank you!

Hi thank you I'm glad it was helpful. We don't make boxes but I think you can get templates online for pop boxes. :)

For the most part if there is a seam you can heat it up a bit to melt the glue and you should be a able to remove that limb. I haven't worked with that pop so I'm not sure what can be removed. Also you don't have to strip factory paint if you are priming the pop. Primer will cover there factory paint. Hope this helps a bit :)

Korri.Pre omg finally someone in 2020 lol I’m making a Harry styles one for my sister! Fingers crossed! 🤞

You don't have to remove the paint on pops. Some vinyls you do have to but not pops. You be find especially if you plan on priming the pop.

Hi, yes we do use Apoxie from time to time and it works well with pops. And pops do fine in the oven at the temperature needed to cure clay.

Yes you can. you might have to sculpt the short sleeve but you can sand down the long sleeve.

+Just Magic Vids Thank you for watching and I hope it helps you out in some way :)

+Team Super Awesome Art could you do a tutorial on the controller and headset?

Hi no you don't have to remove the paint, just prime the pop before you paint. The pop doesn't melt because the temperature is not hot enough.

Hi thank you for watching :) You can use the directions on the back of the sculpey box and use the temperature it says there. Just watch your figure because all ovens are different if it's too hot lower the temperature and leave it in for 5 more min. or so. Your vinyl wont melt but it might get to soft if it's to hot so just watch the temperature. Best of luck with all your future projects!!! :)

+Zedito Fate I've never used DAS so I couldn't tell you if it will work to sculpt on Pops. Usually the way air dry clay works is once you take it out of the package the moister in the clay begins to dry out allowing it to harden. I found that this causes the clay to shrink slightly. The biggest concern would be once put the clay on the pop and it shrinks it might crack. Like I said I've never used that brand but maybe look into the product and find out if it tends to shrink. I hope this helps a little. Thanks for watching and let me know how it goes!! :) ~ Jenny

We use our home oven. according to the Sculpey website it is safe to use in your home oven. But I do suggest taking a look at the site yourself before deciding if it's something your be comfortable doing. They also make small clay baking ovens. they sell them on amazon and at craft stores. :)

I would pick a pop hat most looks like your vision so that your customizing will be easiest. Funko makes a few anime style pops. I'd say look at those to see if you find something you can work with. You can use a female pop if it matches the look you are going for, I'd say try and pick one that already resembles what you are going for. Less work. :)

Team Super Awesome Art I only have one funko pop and that’s Amethyst from Steven universe

did you prime after you were done sanding? that should get rid if the inconsistency.

Team Super Awesome Art No, I haven’t painted it at all. So a primer will even out the texture? Interesting. Thanks!

Yes the primer will give you an even base. If anything you can sand the primer and then re-prime if needed.

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YOu can use Epoxy. We use epoxy but my personal preface is clay. You can use whatever you are most comfortable using they both work on vinyls. :)

you have to prime the diy pop first so the paint has something to stick to.

Libs nope I suggest priming it though. So that the paint sticks.

You would have to cut the hands off and sculpt new ones. Vinyl is very hard to sand smooth because is it rubbery and not a hard surface.

Kiyon Kennedy link to the TMNT video. We have a Master Splinter video too :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qLfWNeYlCWU.html

Jewelry Bonney hey thanks for watching. I have never tride ultra Matt so I really can't say what it would look like. Bit I would think it would be more of what you were looking for. if you like you can try ultra matt and if you find you don't like it you can go over it with the Matt. I hope that helps some. sorry I couldn't speak from expirenc.

Team Super Awesome Art Thank you😊 i'll give it a try!

I haven't worked on a Titans figure yet. It would be cool to see one though. :)

+Beast Mode121 Hey only some are bobble heads. I know all the marvel and star wars pops are bobble heads are for sure. Then there are a bunch of other once that are not bobbles. :)

Thanks :)

+Beast Mode121 Best of luck to you. :)

The bodies are generally solid and the heads are hollow. thoough I have seen artist that do add light the body so it can be done. I'm not quite sure how you are going to use the resin making it hard to give advice on how to go about it. I hope this helps a little best of luck with your project!! :)

Yeah I figured I would paint on the decals of the suit and helmet and then cut them out. Afterwards I was going to make a clear resin to fill in those spaces putting the led light inside the vinyl doll. If it is sold it might make this much harder. I guess I will have to play around with the idea some more before I start. Thanks!

I had that same idea on Tron! I wonder why Funko has not done it yet!?

I actually started my molds this weekend. Hopefully I will have something in the next week or so.

***** Looking forward to this.

Hey no not on pops unfortunately.

Yes, with the female pop bodies being so small this is common. You have to be careful of how much sculpting you do on the head when the body is tiny. You can always build your sculpt with tin foil and then sculpt on top of that so that the sculpt is lighter.

@@teamsuperawesomeart4337 Thank you for replying, this was really helpful ^_^ xx

+jeff213ful I don't really use metallic paints very often. Just because the projects I've done haven't called for metallic so I haven't been able to compare brands. The one I have used before that works pretty well was the Folk Art Brand that I mention in this video. It's inexpensive and I got good results with it. Beast of luck with your project. :)

I wouldn't recommend air dry clay. most tend to shrink when they dry so using it over a pop can cause it to crack. Best be is to go with a 2 part epoxy. Best of luck with your project!

Team Super Awesome Art actually i found a clay called apoxie air dry and its two part and all comments say it drys well and dose not shrink. thanks for the help :)

Vinyl has a vary smooth surface and Acrylic paint will peel off of vinyl. In order to prevent this we prime our pops. Primer will stick to the vinyl and won't peel off. Then you can paint on top of the primer with Acrylic paint.

Team Super Awesome Art Ooh got it! Thank you!

The reason I prime my pops is so that I'm left with a finish that takes paint well. Vinyl alone is too smooth. You don't have to prime but I find that not priming leaves you with having to apply more coats to get full coverage and in turn can result in lumpy paint. It all depends what is easier for you personally this is just what I do and what works for me.

E6000 glue works best.

Hi I'm so sorry for the delay, I just saw your question. You don't have to sand but I recommend priming your pop before paint.

Hi, If you can't find the color you are looking for you might have to mix to get the right pigments. So use a brown that is close to that you want and add white and reds and it will allow you to change tones.

+Sam Nesselle You can just paint on a pop with out priming. It not an absolute must. The reason I prime to to make sure the paintwork will last and wont chip. Also the colors on the pop might come through so you might have to give it a few coats to get full coverage depending on the paint/colors you are using.

+Team Super Awesome Art i plan on using black and dark grey over a red pop do you think that will work?

that's weird I'll look into it and make sure I get it working. thanks for letting me know. you can try finding it if you go through the cideos on my channel. if you still can't find it. I'll send you the link. :) Thanks for watching and I'm glad this was useful.

What pops are you working on now?

+ThePointlessSkills Thank you!! AND We were talking about that the other day Doomsday would make an awesome pop! :D

it really would, like a classic doomsday with all his bones, i saw the shredder you guys did, i think you'd pull of Doomsday perfectly anyway, keep it up, love seeing what you guys make no matter what it is haha :)

Thanks man I really appreciate the support! hopefully in the new year we'll come up with some cool stuff. I haven't been able to post any new customs because everything we have made these last 3 months have been Christmas gift orders and i don't want to spoil any surprises by posting the video of finished Pop. :p So I'll be posting all those soon too! ~Jenny

oh awesome! looking forward to seeing them :)

YuriSama4 yes you can use any acrylic paint. The texture of your paint might be a little different but it should work just the same. You might want to thin out the paint with some water if you find it's ti thick. Best wishes with your project. :)

And how long?

Follow the temperature listed on the clay you are using. All ovens are different so you might have to adjust by lowering the heat and upping the time you leave the pop in the oven. just kind of watch the pop and if it gets too soft adjust the heat. The pop wont melt at the clay curing temperature it might bet a little soft then harden back up once it's cool.

Team Super Awesome Art thank you so much! 😊

I use super sculpey clay and it is oven safe and does not let out any toxins. If you are at all worried please visit Super Sculpey website and read their product overview to get all the info one their product. If you are really worried about using the product in your home oven they do sell small craft ovens that you can use instead of your home oven. I use it in my home oven but I would definitely read up on the product and decide for yourself on how you'd like to go about using the product.

It was a Tomorrow Land pop. Frank Walker I believe.

kate hil that's correct it's frank but all the tomorrow land pops have been vaulted so you're going to have a hard time finding them!

+hizi2205 That one is little tough since all the changes are going to be on her face. Look at the lags of the glasses where thy meat the hair. I believe if you take them off there might be a hole in the hair. you would have to patch that up with clay. then you'dd have to remove the I brows and paint them back on. to do that you would need you would need 100% acetone (some nail polish removers are not strong enough) Make sure that the skin color is the color of the vinyl by testing the acetone on the face. pick a little spot under the neck to make sure you don't lift skin skin color when you apply acetone. Once you remove the I Brows you then want to draw them in with a pencil. you can draw them on the vinyl and then free hand them with brown paint. Or you can draw them on some painters tape cut them out and use the tape as a stencil. you can do the same for the eyes if you don't want to free hand them. You can use Folk Art Brand paint paint. You also might want to seal her with a clear Mat sealant. You can buy the spray version so that it'll be really smooth. It 's a little tricky whenever you are removing details. I hope this helps a little, Best of luck. :)

Team Super Awesome Art Thanks a LOT....well this sounds like a lot of work and I'm scared that I mess her up entirely^^ I better get used to those ugly glasses instead:) but thank you again:)

+hizi2205 Yes it is a lot to do for just a few changes. If there was an easier way I would have definitely shared! :) Best wishes and thank you for watching!!!

Best advice is pic a custom that looks most like the custom you want to make and then plan out what you want to add and figure out what is the beast way to go about it. Follow the steps in the video. :)

Team Super Awesome Art thank u soo much 😄

YOu can use E6000 Glue to glue it back on.