My Little Pony Custom Dia de Muertos Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Halloween MLP G1 OOAK OC Paint

An October/November special :) This video is a little longer than my usual ones. I wanted to do a My Little Pony custom for Halloween and Día de Muertos.

IMPORTANT INFO: The Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos or Día de los Muertos) is a holiday celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November to remember, respect, and honour those who have passed on in death. It is normally portrayed as a holiday of joyful celebration rather than mourning. Día de Muertos is related to Halloween; they both show an appreciation of the afterlife and the survival after death - however they are not interchangeable.

As a base, I used a white bootleg fakie from Argentina. I cleaned and repaired the body, painted the pony, rerooted/rehaired, and created a little alebrije cat. Oh, and some ginormous flowers that I should have made smaller xD I hope you enjoy!

Quick jump to:

00:00 - Intro
00:24 - Prepping and Cleaning the pony
02:15 - Removing the hair
03:14 - More Cleaning and Sculpting
06:33 - Painting the pony!
14:43 - Rehairing / Rerooting
16:29 - Making flowers
19:24 - Making the car alebrije
23:49 - Results

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