Tips & Tricks of Customizing LPS || #1 || The Complete Beginners Guide (5,000 Subscribers Special)
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Welcome to the complete beginners guide of customizing Littlest Pet Shops! This is the first installment, meaning I will make more in depth tutorials in the future upon request. However, this video should have everything you need to help you get started. Let me know if you have any questions on the subject or future tutorials you would like to see.
Topics:
Paint & Brushes- 00:40
Painting Basic Eyes- 03:20
Sealant- 05:33
Sculpting- 06:23
My Links:
eBay (where I sell my LPS customs)
-www.ebay.com/usr/cobaltscustoms
Instagram:
- / cobalt.studios
Intro/ Outro by CupGutz:
- / cupgutz
- / @ghostpois0n_
intro/ outro art is by me
| Music |
-Intro: Jack Stauber - Baby Hotline (Instrumental Cover)
• Jack Stauber - Baby Ho...
-Outro: Jack Stauber - Dead Weight (Instrumental Cover)
• Jack Stauber - Dead We...
-Jack Stauber - Bothersome (Earthbound / Chiptune Cover)
• Jack Stauber - Bothers... 
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Finally, I can use my acrylic paint without having a panic attack
Hell ya
Frrr
I love your pfp
I love your channel description, thankyou for sharing :D Also yes I had no idea if you could use acrylics or not
Fr fr
Cobalt: Don't use baking clay
Me: Laughs in polymer
Ya literally
u know when a video with a thumbnail containing flawless husk custom enters my recommended, i click. no questions asked.
hehehehehe
@@cobalt.studios give it to me nowWWwwWwWw
I know this video is a year old, but I just did my first custom ever and it turned out amazing! Thanks for the tips
That’s so awesome!! Glad the vid could be helpful
This was honestly so great, I had no clue you were supposed to mix the sealant with water. I've watched a lot of tutorials and what not, but this one was by far one of my favorites, and one of the most helpful ones I've seen yet. Thank you so much for making this!
Ahh thank you so much!! I’m really glad you found it helpful
Thank you so much for making this! I’ve been dying to get into the world of customs- originally with Breyer but was too intimidated. I love custom LPS and after watching this I feel like I can actually do this!❤
That’s awesome! Glad you found it informative. I’m actually planning on making an updated version sometime this summer😁
This was so helpful! Also, it’s really nice to see male representation in the LPS community. Thank you for doing what you do :)
Thank you so much!! And glad you found it helpful
This video is incredibly helpful & informative on how to get started with LPS customs! I’ve only made one LPS custom character so I’m totally going to be making more in the future. I really am a beginner when it comes to this stuff, so this video is simply perfect! I also totally agree with you about the eyes being the most important part of the custom, as the eyes are what really brings the character to life. My first LPS custom is a shiny grey robot corgi named David and the eyes I made him are just a solid red color, no eye shines or pupil, but I kinda like that on that particular type of custom, as it shows that he’s a robot & not a living pet. Of course, the possibilities are pretty much endless when it comes to eyes. The eyes on your customs are insanely detailed and incredibly made! Anyway, thank you for this very well explained video on how to make customs. Also, great job on the one you did for the video, I love that base color!
So glad you found this video to be helpful and thank you for taking time out of your day to leave this awesome comment :D
Husk on the thumbnail omg!!(IT LOOKS AMAZING BTW)
man lps is a blast to the past for me its been soooooo long its nice to see it
:D
I have a question do we have to have the real Lps to costuming or the fake I know it's a random question I don't know how to customize and the eyes is way helpful I will subscribe ty it helps me trying to make my frist Lps custom
Congrats on 5k!!! And this was so helpful yess!!💗🤩🥳
Thank you so much! And yay I’m glad
UHHH THANK YOU I HAVE BEEN NEEDING HELP WITH EYEBALLS
youre welcome >>:)
Thank you so much this video was definitely helpful. I myself love to customize Littlest Pet Shops unfortunately I don't have many LPs to customize but usually if I do it's either a fake or a newer generation I recently finished a moose LPS. But this is definitely helpful for future customisations
Oh so cool
I'm an lpstuber and fursuit maker ⭐️🐾
Hello from Canada! 🇨🇦
Awesome customs!
@@SparkyStarLPS that’s awesome!! And thank you :D
Welcome to the channel
This video was very helpful! I wasn’t sure where to start or what to use, but this has a lot of useful information. Of course, I thought it had more to it than just putting paint or nail polish on an LPS, but it’s useful to know what specific materials you use and the order of everything. 😊🎨
Glad you found it helpful! I'm hoping to make an updated version soon
This is incredibly helpful for me and other beginners who are trying to make there own amazing costumes!! Thankyou so much LPS Cobalt!!
So glad you found it useful!!! You’re welcome
@@cobalt.studios Ahh you awnserd!! Love your content!!
@@candlelps3679 of course!! Thank you for the support :D
Hey Cobalt! I love the video, great stuff and super helpful! Could you maybe do the next tutorial on sculpting hair? I want to go more in depth on customizing and doing hair looks fun and adds a lot of character and individuality! Congrats on 5k, awesome work man!
Thank you so much, glad this could help! I’ve gotten a few requests on a hair tutorial so that’s probably what I’ll do next :)
Love the husk in the thumbnail!
Thank you!
Yes tips from a 👑 of customizing so honored 😄
You’re welcome😌
ahh thankyou for this! i was wondering how people where able to get such a smooth base coat and this helps so much :)
You’re welcome!! Glad it helps :D
Thanks so much for this I can now take some things from this video and put it in with my own style of me making Lps customs :D
Awesome! :D
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was very helpful :)
Of course!
Wow! Thx for the tips and tricks!❤️♥️
Ya of course!
Omg gosh colbat i love your lps costume tutorial it was very easy to make thanks for the tutorial 💙🐶
Of course thank you so much!! I’m planning to make some better ones in the future. Possible one more solely focused on eyes
Such a lovely tutorial! 🥰
Thank you! :D
@@cobalt.studios of course! Can’t wait for more ☺️
I love your Husk lps it looks really good!
Thanks!
Thank you cobalt the eyes helped a lot!!😁
You’re welcome!!
tysm this is a really great run down!
Glad it was helpful to you. No problem :)
Thankyou so so much!! My customs will look AWESOME!!!
You’re welcome! :D
Omg thx for the tutorial it was so helpful!
Ya of course :)
The eyes that you do for the marvel/Star Wars are one of my favorites.
Thank you so much!!
You’re welcome.
Ive always wanted to do a custom but i was always afraid i would frick something up LOL thanks for the tips and tricks! This is a really helpful vid
Ya of course :) and you should totally make one!
Thank you very much good sir, I have needed this
(Edit: I did not know most of this so it was useful)
Awesome. You’re welcome:D
omg this is what i been looking for so long thanks for making videos like this, this will really help me with customizing lps also i have a question instead of like putting white paint can you use nail polish remover to remove the original paint off of the lps? i have another question is it okay if you use just sharpie for the eyes or is it better to use paint and also is it okay if i use clear nail polish to make it where the paint can't chip off of the lps easily?
Planning to do customs, I'm sure this will help tons!
Awesome. Good luck!
I love You're techniques on customizing lps
Thank you! Hopefully they’re helpful
Tysm I needed this!!!
Yay you’re welcome!!
Thanks! I wanna try doing customs someday and this helped :)
Yay you’re welcome. Good luck :)
I will try this on my next customs tysm!!!
Awesome:D
Ayyyy those are great tips thx!! :D
:D
I found if your type of apoxie clay is hardening while your working with it lightly warm it up with a hair dryer and put a tiny amount of water on your finger that way you gain a bit more time with it aha
Thank you for making this tutorial! I've made customs before but you can see some lumps on the paint and stuff so your advice can really help. Using the paint directly or adding lots of water to paint the base coat really makes the paint every uneven. I've dry brushed the base coat before and it really helped, but for some reason I forgot to do it after a while 😅 so thanks for the reminder!
I really wanna make a wolf custom with a great dane base by sculpting the fur, but the best clap I have is polymer sculpt. Can you give me the link to the polymer clay sculpting tutorial ? Thanks!
Oh yea, for a suggestion, maybe you could make a deeper sculpting tutorial on clothes, hair, and other accessories? And maybe a tutorial on how you get inspiration for original character customs? Sometimes I have issues on designing a unique theme and design.
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions! I’m really glad this helped. As for a polymer clay tutorial, definitely check out HelloStudios. It’s not extremely in depth, but her new video about sculpting tails is pretty helpful for that
@@cobalt.studios Yes, I actually did watch it a few days ago, I just don't know how long to bake it. Anyways I hope to see your new videos soon! I'll try commenting more often too!
This was super useful 😃 tysm-
That’s great to hear! :))
Thanks for the tips!
Ya of course:D
OMG THE JACK STAUBER BOTHERSOME IN THE BACKGROUND OMGGG
Yessssssss😎😎😎 I know what the people want
I love the Helluva Boss custom in the thumbnail.
*Cough's in hazbin hotel*😳✌🏽✨
@@avalps5239 I hope I said the right one- I haven’t watched hazbin hotel or helluva boss in a while so don’t judge lol
@@jadetelivisionlps5368 oh ok
wake up babe, LPS cobalt uploaded
Hell yaaaa
i know this video is pretty old, but i wanted to say that im really happy it exists :))
it helped me understand a lot about making LPS customs, and i cant wait to start making my own
i just wanted to ask real quick if adding very small details can also be done using a toothpick? ty in advance
That’s so awesome! I’m really glad it helped you out. And I personally don’t, but I’m sure using a toothpick can work
Me: This custom will be amazing !
me after: well..
Hehehehe
This looks kinda easy. I grew up collecting lps with a bunch of other girls I hung out with. I think itd be so cool if i could customize some like this. Ive always wanted to do make overs like squishy make overs or customize dolls and stuff, but it always seemed too labor intensive or expense or just plan difficult. I high key wanna try this
You definitely should!! It might be difficult at first but the more you practice, the more you can find you try them and make it easy too
YESSS KING TYSMSMSMSM
Youreeeee weeeelccome
This was very helpful,i have done this before,but now that i saw this method,i was thinking about do a great dane mold,it will be green with mushrooms on it and that green stuff that grows on grass,(i forgot wut is was)and thats basically all im doing for it right now
Ps-its like a forest pet-
Ooh awesome. That sounds like it will look very cool
Ooo nice
Me when im chaotic good and paint the eyes first so i dont have to worry about getting it outside of the eyesocket
Doing the eyes first is wild🤯
Cool you made husk from hazbin hotel EEEEE
Thank you! I’ve been wanting to customize some lps recently and these tutorials have been helping a lot!
awesome!
This is so awesome thank you!! How long do you wait for coats to dry in between?
30 minutes to an hour to be safe. I’m honestly not sure. I just wait until it looks dry haha
OMG I Absolutely love Your Husk custom , Hazbin Hotel is my favorite and he’s my favorite characters. You’re so good at customizing your Lps. Do you sell them? Sorry if it’s a dumb question I’m new to the channel. 😄
Thank you so much! And yes I do. If you watch my newest video, you can actually see the newest customs I have for sale. There’s also a link to my eBay in the description of all of my videos, and I do commissions on my Instagram @cobalt.studios
I’m opening commissions again on August 1st. Also, welcome to my channel. Glad you’re here :D
@@cobalt.studios Oh wow that’s so awesome well I definitely can’t wait, I’ll have to download Instagram but it will definitely be worth it. You’re customs are truly amazing and I honestly have not seen anything like it. I just think it’s so awesome. Thank you for the warm welcome and keep up the amazing work, it’s just truly wonderful and just perfect. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day or night. (Thank you for your Time.)
@@Ms.ANY_10NE thank you, and you too! :D if you’re on Instagram, go ahead and shoot me a DM :) I also have 300+ posts on there now, so there’s lots to look at😂
You have no idea how helpful this was! I know the video is almost 3 years old now, but I was wondering where you purchased your 'green stuff'? I can't seem to find anything online that'll ship to my location (Canada)
Glad you found it useful! I buy all my clay from Amazon
Kinda living for husker as an Lps
Cool
I love your customs so much and im always inspired by your work! You are so talented! (Im lpscustom_a btw I just have a different user on yt)
Oh awesome. Thank you so much!!
6:25 wow, this guy is from Hazbin Hotel! It's so beautiful!
Thank you!! He’s pretty old now, but still one of my favorites
Hello ! Do you think white clay could work for the sculpting part ? Thank you so much for your video i always loved petshops and i didn't know how to customised them but thanks to you i can finally custom them !
I’m not sure what kind of clay that is, but maybe! Just try it out
Do u have a link where i can buy the 2 color sculpting clay ?
The custom came out so pretty! How long did you wait for the matte sealant to dry?
Thank you! Usually takes around an hour to dry. It’s just depends on
Hi cobalt!! When you were mixing your kneadatite clay it was so smooth!! I have the exact same roll but I always end up with yellow chunks and i’m not sure if i’m doing something wrong, they become very hard and I can’t really break them apart
I know exactly what you’re talking about and that usually happens when it’s older and the the blue and yellow pieces have been touching in the middle for a while. They become more solidified, so to prevent this, just cut them in half and don’t mix in the part where they touch in the package. Hope that makes sense!
@@cobalt.studios Yes that makes sense!! Thank you, I was wondering what was causing it
@@drsnapplepepper ya it helps a ton
Hazbin hotel lps?!? 😱
Beast thing ever!!!
Heck yaaaaaaaaaa
@@cobalt.studios have you done angel dust😱
@@piffny6666 no but I want to! He’s definitely on my list
@@cobalt.studios great he’s my favourite character
I love when you add wings to your LPS I'm a big fan of wings okay am I the only one who likes wings?
Lol thanks
Hey fella, in my country the LPS are really (REALLY) expensive. So, what can i use for practice things like eyes ???
Thank you for the tips bc before I used gloss for the whole custom and it became sticky.but since you showed modg podge I bought it
Ahh glad I could help!
Bro same, I was just at the art shop and I bought gloss and I didn't even know it was glossy.. I suck so much 😢
Can you make angel dust and all the other ones for me I am a big fan of has been hotel
They’re on my list
Your blue and white character reminds me of pokari roo
As this was very helpful as I wanna make a mangle custom, I’ve literally lost my paints 🥲 guess im just unlucky hahah😅
Ahh good luck!!! A Mangle custom would be so awesome!!!
I like videos like this
@@Mehbeargachagamer more on the way soon!
How long does it usually take to dry?
great tutorial! your avatar (is that what it's called?) is super cute btw :)
Thank you!!
:0 I’m kinda early
what do i do if the tail on the lps i want to customize is fluffy? (it's already the right colors)
Like actual fur? Just don’t paint it. You can always cover it with masking take to ensure you don’t get any paint on it. And don’t put sealant on it either
Question, how will acrylic paint markers do on a LPS?
Technically yes, but I feel like they might scratch off more easily than normal paint. It doesn’t hurt to try tho :)
I'm painting an lps right now while watching this
Yo nice
Tysm now i can make husker out of a lps
Take your own creative liberties with it and please don’t copy mine exactly!
@@cobalt.studios oki
But does it work with washable paint cuz my mom wont let me get acrylic paint sooooo does it?
It should be ok, just definitely do t get your custom wet and I recommend not sealing it. I’m guessing you’re going to use tempera paint? It does crack and won’t hold up over time. Acrylic paint is very cheep, and apple barrel is a good way to start out. Why won’t your mom let you use acrylic paint?
Could I use a dotting tool if I wanted to do dots or a paint brush?
Either. It’s up to your preference
Ok thx
I have a question, do I have to use acrylic paint? I only have posca paint pens
You can make those work but be careful cause the paint will scratch off. I’ve tried it before just as an experiment. But acrylic paint is the best option
what are your custom specs? (what brushes do you use, sealant, gloss layer for eyes, etc)?
I believe I covered most of that on the video :)
As for brushed since I don’t think I mentioned that, I don’t use anything specific, just ones with soft bristles
ahh,, yea i found the brushes; at first i wasnt able to see the glossy sealant packaging
ive been wondering though, how do you get such fine detials/strokes? i tried the eye stroke but even with my finest brush the stroke is too thick,, (im painting a eye redo so i cant really add paint to the sides to fix the mistake since i want to keep the original plastic fur there)
@@quackk2b2t the matte and gloss sealer I use are pod podge and Liquitex. Both brands are good for both things.
Using fine details brushed definitely takes practice and some are super super tiny. Getting the brush a bit wet (not drippy) with water fist helps slick the bristles together so they’re more fine and thin if that makes sense
@@cobalt.studios ooo okay, thankyouuu ill keep trying :0
What’s an easy lps base to paint? I’m very new to customizing, and I don’t wanna ruin a perfectly good lps.
short hair cats are the more easy ones and more common bc their more spacey :)
I don’t really think there’s any base easier than another. If you’re worried about ruining an good pet, try practicing on one you don’t really care about
Do you have any tips for gradients?
I have an idea I want to paint soon but Idk how to do gradients
Ooh ya I could definitely make a tutorial on that. Gradients are tricky but it helps to get a base of both colors, let them try, and then add a wet layer of both and blend. A bit confusing to explain through typing, sorry about that. Hopefully it makes sense and helps :)
@@cobalt.studios sorry this took really long to reply to I hav been really busy the past few days. But thank you so much for explaining it to me!
@@UndeadP don’t worry about it! You’re welcome :D
600th like!
Wow thanks!!
Hi if anyone could help I am about to make a custom and I got the green stuff clay and I wanted to know could o make it any color besides green like would I paint over it ?
Yes. Paint over it!
Okay thank you so much I didn’t expect you to reply so soon thank you and another question I think you stated in the video. am I able to keep the base as it is and then color over with another color of paint or do I have to paint another layer of paint just making sure what you said :))
@@tuana1686 yup that’s what I do. Removing the original factory paint is honestly a waste of time in my opinion
@@cobalt.studios thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it
@@cobalt.studiosoh also mine is already white I just mean do I paint white on it again it came white
Do i need to add layers when i want my base to be white ??? 😭😭😭
Yup. White usually takes the most no matter how opaque your paint is
Hi this video really helped me but aren't you supposed to take off the paint from the LPS first? Oh wait never mind...
glad it could help. And no you actually don't need to. I personally never do
Will painting under the head limit the way the LPS can turn its head?
Usually no, unless it gets clumpy
@@cobalt.studiosthank you so much! Now I know if I want customize!
Wait wait.. When you add the white paint do u let it dry?
Yes!
Ok Ty!
@@lps_shine- np
Is Crayola clay ok?? I'm poor
Technically yes, but it will not hold up over time
Dude.. i cant believe i got a glossy sealent on accident and i cant even return It.. 😔
I mean rocks
One question in your thumbnail was that husker? Just asking
Yuuuuuupp
Dang thats cool it looks exactly like him
@@snickers213 ya I’m really proud of that custom. Thank you😌
@@cobalt.studios np it is really good
OOOO
@@Darkness_unknown ?
no way WHY DID YOU PAINT A REAL ON i am crying rn
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