BAMF doll...

[Garble]

I was origionally going to go for a realistic texture thing and use blue velvet for the skin, black and white spandex for the costume and red vinal for the tunic and trim. But i couldn't find a blue velvet i was happy with and finding any kind of blue fake fur was just impossible...

I couldn't find yellow eyes either. I looked for some sewless yellow buttons but ended up buying some black toy eyes and painting them yellow....

[Slartibartfast]

Danke, Elwing. Garble, I'm not that ambitious...but I was thinking about painting the eyes like you said. I was just wondering if the paint would chip off. What did you use?

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[Elwing]

that's a hard one, coz paint takes poorly to glass or plastic. Long time ago I did something similar with a transparent button: I painted the backside of it. That should prevent most wear. Of course, you will have to find a suitable button.
It's best to use an enamel paint because it is fairly hard to get of anything. If you are planning to give the doll to a child be more careful, some paints can be poisonous and button eyes can come lose and form a choking hazard.
Gosh, am I caring today. Cup of tea, dears?

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[Garble]

Enamel's the way to go, like Elwing said.

To help it stick to the plastic, you might try sanding it just a little to give the plastic some tooth the paint can stick to. I also sugest using a clear coat on top of that for further protection.

Or you could do like the pattern says and just use regular yellow buttons.