anyone know of a video tutorial for this?

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https://youtu.be/6LpzIOP6qRI

Great video find!  That is one realistic looking puppet!

that's AWESOME! But how do you brush it?

That is a good video, the guy makes it look so easy!! ive done some hair punching in my time and i was nowhere near as quick as that, i did an entire silicone head with hair once and it took me 13 hours to do!! it is quite relaxing doing it and styling it was the easy bit, as simple as brushing your own hair and applying hair products as the silicone holds the hair really well, it will only come out if you really pull it, and i mean REALLY pull it!!
id love to do more hair punching as it gives such a realistic effect, but i dont do as much realistic work nowerdays as id like to, maybe ill have to get back to my roots again, no pun intended!!

@ CJ Puppets
I think you just use a brush like normal as jeezbo mentioned.  If it is anything like working with wigs then you would have to really work to pull the hairs out.  On wigs if the hair is really tangled and I have to really work at it then I grasp the hair right above the root and hold it tight then pull the comb or brush through it from that point to the end this means the tension you create is on where you are holding the hair at the roots and not at the root.

In some new borning techniques of hair rooting, once the hair is rooted in to the dolls head they add a coat of glue to the inside of the head to help keep the hair rooted permanently.




different hair rooting needles

Great tip, thanks a million. I still have my trouble with hair. I don't know if I can use that, though, since my heads are hard. I might have to build a wig or glue the stuff on...