Make It Custom Make It Yours!

One of the best parts of ordering a handmade fantasy toy is making it feel like your creature.

This guide explains how custom colours and pour styles work, what different techniques can look like, and most importantly, what you can realistically expect from a custom pour.

If you want to leanr more about various available toy firmnesess you can check our Silicone Firmness Guide.

Choosing Your Colours

Depending on your customization options, you may be able to choose one or several colours for your toy.

When creating a colour combination, think about:

• contrast
• brightness
• saturation
• whether you want neighbouring colours to blend
• how the colours may look when mixed
• whether you want subtle or dramatic transitions

You do not need to understand colour theory to create something beautiful.

But there are few useful things to remember:

Colours Can Mix Where They Meet

If two uncured silicone colours meet, they may visually blend at the transition.

For example:

Blue + yellow may create a green transition.

Blue + red may create purple tones.

Two similar colours can create a very soft transition.

Two highly contrasting colours can create a much more pronounced boundary.

Your Screen Is Not a Perfect Colour Reference

Colours do not look identical on every digital display.

Lighting also dramatically changes the appearance of physical pigments.

Metallic and pearlescent colours in particular can look completely different under direct sunlight, warm indoor lighting and cool studio light.

Because of this, digital colour previews should always be considered representative rather than perfectly exact.

We will aim to match the selected colour as closely as reasonably possible, but small variations are a normal part of working with physical pigments.

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Explore The Pigments

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There are various types of pigments and each of them carries different properties so let´s dive into them!

Flat Pigments

These are the most opaque of all our pigments, which gives color transitions a crisp, well-defined edge, especially at higher concentrations.

We offer a handful of basic, factory-made and premixed colors that can be mixed togetherfurther to create your own unique shades.

These pigments also serve as a base coat for hand-painting details, helping them really stand out.

They're produced by our platinum-cure silicone manufacturer and come with full safety documentation.

Mica Pigments

UV-Reactive Colours

A UV-reactive colour looks like a regular, vivid colour under normal lighting — but switch on a UV light, and it bursts into intense fluorescence.

These colours can be mixed with our flat and mica pigments to enhance them, giving your pieces a glow under UV light.

They're  also made by our platinum-cure silicone manufacturer and come with full safety documentation.

Glow-in-the-Dark

Glow-in-the-dark pigments absorb light and release some of that stored energy as a visible glow in darkness.

They need to be charged by exposure to light before the glow becomes visible.

UV light can be particularly effective for charging some glow pigments.

Glow colour and brightness can vary depending on:

• pigment
• concentration
• colour mixed with it
• thickness of the silicone
• amount of light used to charge it

 

Explore the Pour-stiles

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Solid Colour

A Solid pour uses one colour throughout the toy.

There are no deliberate fades, marbles or splits.

This is ideal if you want:

• a clean appearance
• one striking colour
• maximum focus on the sculpt itself
• a predictable overall colour concept

Solid does not have to mean boring.

A strong neon, deep dark tone, translucent colour or special pigment can completely transform a sculpt even without a complicated pour technique.

Fade

A Fade transitions from one colour into another.

Rather than creating a hard boundary, the two colours gradually meet and blend.

For example:

Colour A at the tip → transition → Colour B toward the base

The exact position and softness of that transition will naturally vary between pours.

What to Expect From a Fade

Where two colours meet, you may see:

• a soft gradient
• a narrow mixed area
• subtle marbling
• a new intermediate colour

This depends heavily on the colours being used.

Some combinations blend beautifully.

Others create unexpected tones in the transition.

That is part of the character of a handmade toys.

Marble

A Marble combines multiple colours in irregular flowing patterns throughout part or all of the toy.

Instead of a smooth transition, the colours remain more visually separated, creating:

• swirls
• ribbons
• streaks
• irregular colour pockets

No two marbles are identical.

Split

A Split deliberately separates areas of the toy into different colours.

Compared with a fade, the transition is much more distinct.

But remember:

A Handmade Split Is Not a Printed Line

Because the silicone is being poured by hand, a split may contain:

• slight bleeding
• small irregularities
• soft transitions
• subtle smearing

A very crisp split is possible but it comes with danger of delamination, which can lead to safety hazards as the toy can basicaly fall appart during the use. That´s why we dont offer these kinds of sharp splits!

Mixed Pour Styles

Why choose one technique when we can make things unnecessarily complicated?

Some custom pours can combine multiple techniques.

Mixed techniques can produce spectacular results, but they are generally less predictable than simple pours.

The more techniques and colours involved, the more freedom the silicone has to surprise both you and us.

Does Silicone Firmness Affect the Colour Pattern?

Yes.

This is something customers often do not realise.

Silicones with different firmnesses can behave differently while still liquid.

Their viscosity and working behaviour can affect how colours:

• flow
• layer
• blend
• marble
• remain separated

As a result, the same colour technique may look somewhat different in Extra Soft 00-20 compared with Medium 00-50 or Firm 10A.

Softer Silicone

Depending on the silicone formulation and technique, softer silicone may produce:

• broader colour areas
• looser patterns
• softer transitions
• less tightly defined marbling

Firmer Silicone

Firmer formulations may allow:

• tighter colour lines
• more defined marbling
• sharper-looking pattern separation

Reference Images: What They Are Good For ?

Reference images can be extremely useful when discussing a custom colour concept.

A reference can show us things such as:

• the overall palette
• mood
• colour relationships
• contrast
• approximate placement
• inspiration

A character, landscape, artwork, gemstone or photograph may all be useful references.

But a reference image is inspiration, not a manufacturing blueprint.

What We Can Aim to Reproduce  ?

We can usually interpret things such as:

“I want these three main colours.”

“I love the dark-to-light transition.”

“I want something inspired by this galaxy.”

“Use this creature's general palette.”

What We Cannot Promise

We cannot promise that:

• every colour will perfectly match your monitor
• every marble line will appear in a specific location
• a previous pour can be duplicated exactly
• to reproduce complex digital artwork pixel-for-pixel

The best custom orders leave enough direction for us to understand what you want while allowing the handmade process enough freedom to create something beautiful.