How To Make Custom LEGO Minifigs - Painting Faces

In this tutorial, I'll be taking you through the basic processes of painting someone's likeness onto a LEGO minifigure 🎨

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Time codes:
• What you'll need 1:39
• Black dots & pupils 3:20
• Identifying facial features 6:22
• Eyebrows 8:16
• Wrinkles/creases 9:53
• Mouths 11:30
• Stubble/facial hair 13:32
• Female faces 16:56
• Lips 17:55
• Basic eyelashes 19:22
• Outro 20:12

✦ Thanks to my biggest supporter, Logan on Patreon!

Music by RoyaltyFreePlanet:

Thanks for watching!

#LEGO #Painting #Tutorial

[MGFCustoms]

Hope this one helps! I put a ton of work into this video 🎨🥴

Painting faces might be my favorite thing to do as a minifig customizer 🖌

Eventually there will be a Part 2! Taking this one step further and adding high detail *after* you paint the face 📌

Special thanks to all these guys 👇
Jason Middaugh
Jose Lebron
Skywalker501st
MrNinjaSasquatch
bob gesi
Jaedon Lawson
Anthony
Emraldyst07 Customs
Jeff
Joe Iorio
maxgameplayer
Nicholas Pena
Michael
Earl
Eze Baum
Banana Panther
Jared Pohle
Jayden Penney

[Wildwildwild]

Ross: this pretty easy everyone: visible Confusion

[salvation]

I don't know what's crazier, that you do it so well or that you paint with a push pin.
*Bows down to you*
The patience you display is truly incredible.

[Wehcustoms]

I wonder how these actors feel about you staring at their faces for extended periods of time

[AjVerde]

I can already tell this is gonna be amazing

[Emraldyst]

Amazing Thumbnail!

Also painting Lego eyes and sculpting are the hardest things to do when customizing.

[brandon.rondeau]

Recreating someone's likeness is always hard to do. Shrinking the work space down to the size of a minifigure head makes it that much harder. I just have that kind of patient. Major kudos to you, Ross!

[elilondon]

The most helpful yt tutorial series ever.

[tkfourtwoone]

In case anyone was wondering that face used for inspiration for the eyebrows and eye lines is DJ's from The Last Jedi Polly bag.

[tansya]

I LOVE this series! Ive wanted to do customs ever since i found your channel and im so happy you're helping me and so many other people out by teaching us!

[tuanis]

Can’t believe you did this without a lines, sketching, or placement help. Just went for it!

[ImmortalBanditt]

Hes the best figure customizer in the world...i hold a minifig after every vid as see how small theses guys are and its insane how this guy manages to paint some of the best minifigs ive ever seen

[tomjames]

Until you attempt painting a face yourself you do NOT realise how much goes into the specifics of a Lego face. You think it should be simple. It ain’t. But it’s pretty fun.

[frosted_flxkes]

You should do a tutorial on the cloth details (robes, capes, etc.)

[jesselee]

i feel like this is just so ross can show how good he is at painting tiny toy heads

[prme]

Now this is the one I’ve been waiting for!

[lisawintler-cox]

This is really great! Excellent description of your process! I feel like there's so much information overlap, but lots of different info between doll, car, figure and nail customizers/painters. For instance, you could use a nail dotting tool or the teeny tiny nail painting brushes to do the painting--which are a lot cheaper. Or, you could use a water side decal. Or you could use Mr Superclear as a base to work from and build up layers. Or, if using a used LEGO, you could use a butane torch like The Crafsman demonstrated. There are so many ways to do the same thing, and so many amazing Makers bending to teach, it's wonderful!

[loritries]

Your talent and your patience are amazing! One can really see your 10 years of experience coming through in these videos. I can tell most of these techniques you learned by trial and error and you're passing all this wisdom on to those who have ever wanted to try customizing a minifigure. Thank you!

[LNPStudios]

You are insane this stuff looks so good thanks for another tutorial Ross it was such a great one cannot wait for the next one

[OrangeParrotProductions]

You matching actors likenesses is insane! I tried before didn’t mess it up but it didn’t look even close to as good as yours