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I have a question; does paint remover work on the painted parts of figures? I may use it on Ignitor to re-paint him.

^ Actually paint remover doesn't work too well. It can also eat away at the top layer of the plastic which can wreck the figure (I know from experience with trying to remove paint on a Pokemon figure). I would suggest for you to just paint over it. If your paint is going on thinly or isn't spreading evenly and smoothly, try to paint a flat base coat down first to help. I use flat white for when I have a lighter color scheme, Grey for mid-tone hues, and flat black when I'm using dark colors. Good luck and I hope this helps you =)!

best way to remove paint is to use a bead blaster...but something you can attempt to use is acetone (the same thing as nail polish remover) But be warned to do a test first with a Qtip. I'll do a test at work and see how it comes out.

^The bead blaster is a better path to choose. Don't use acetone, it can eat too much at the plastic figure, especially at softer, more flexible parts such as Whirlwind's wings. Overall, it's best to just paint down a base flat coat, but you could always try paint remover with a Q-Tip like Xerokills instructed above. Just make sure you don't use too much.

Current project: Post Apocalyptic Drobot. Will be finished off with rust, worn finish, and an nuclear symbol on the back portion that glows. This is about 25% complete, but figured I'd do an update of what I was busy with.

^ Nice =D! Keep up the good work =)!

just finnished repaining the bluetooth portal to give a bit more stone look and a little added extra what do u all think







honest opinions guys cheers

^ I really like that! You should make another and sell it on eBay!

cheers dude first try turned out pretty gd i thought

Looks great! I like how it looks like actual stone.

cheers for the compliments guys

Yeah, i have a bluetooth portal, too, and i was wondering what to paint it like. Maybe metallic blue/green?

do a metallic black with the green scuffs like a done way my portal in silver and grey to make it look like a moss green portal for life skylanders lol

Or maybe opposite? Green with black symbols?

even better dude

Got one coat of green, i am waiting for my flocked material to come so i can flock it up.

That stuff doesnt work really dude

Any suggestions for my extra tree rex?

what about doing a black tree rex with silver armour with metallic blue touches threw it

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That stuff doesnt work really dude

different stuff. powdered flocking, you use it like glitter. ive used it before.

Here's a custom I made with my extra Thumpback figure:

LOL. killer whale thumpback, i love it

Would sharpies work on skylanders?

Can glow in the dark Skylanders be made?

^ Yep!

How? I'm an idiot in this field. Wants to make Fright Rider GITD because they arent sold in USA.

^ Glow in the dark paint can be bought at paint stores or online.

^ave used glow in the dark paint on my thumpback and eyebrawl dude your best to paint it white first then cover it a few times in glow in the dark paint

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That stuff doesnt work really dude

different stuff. powdered flocking, you use it like glitter. ive used it before.

where did u get that from mate and whats it called

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what about doing a black tree rex with silver armour with metallic blue touches threw it

that'd be awesome, i was thinking i could make his red arm grey.

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what about doing a black tree rex with silver armour with metallic blue touches threw it

that'd be awesome, i was thinking i could make his red arm grey.

dude that would be nice put a touch of black threw the silver to get a metallic grey aswell

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That stuff doesnt work really dude

different stuff. powdered flocking, you use it like glitter. ive used it before.

where did u get that from mate and whats it called

Joan's.com.

Well Legendary Whisper Elf has officially been started. Here's a pic in progress. Interestingly the Legendary Blue is definatly different between L Trigger Happy and L Stealth Elf. The picture looks like its black but in person its a very good match to the blue, i'll be playing with the color a bit more.

/\ getting the undercolor just right?

Yea Ill have the blue just right by the time its done. The L Trigger Snappy I did was perfect color match. Snappy and Happy have a green tint to them. Stealth Elf has no green tint at all. Its a completely different shade of blue. I test the colors by painting small areas on the original figures to match the paint.

yeah, i had to totally paint my trigs white to make a specific paint actually be the color i want it to be.

heres the first

yup, i saw it when you first posted it, the colors are the EXACT same.

The whisper elf has an added diifficulty because the eyes glow in the dark so gotta take extra precautions with the face. Im also tring to keep the original eyebrow.

yeah, I cant do details THAT small.

Ive seen some really cool user varients and what are you guys using to paint them

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Ive seen some really cool user varients and what are you guys using to paint them

I would love to know this as well.

I got a bunch of extra s1 figs i'd love to paint.

I just got some thin brushes and acrylic paint and matte finish spray at Walmart and a starter acrylic paint set from amazon... nothing really special

i use.............acrylics, but my older ones were from testors, which you're not supposed to use. i just got the primaries, green, black, and white besides metallics for arylics.

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Here's a custom I made with my extra Thumpback figure:

I think the real thumpy should have been a killer whale, killer whale > thumpback whale. that is prolly the best custom ive ever seen maybe not for detail but being cooler than original

^ I agree because humpback whales are baleen whales, meaning that they don't have teeth, but they use baleen to filter out water from their mouths so they can swallow their catch. Orca's aren't true whales, they are in the dolphin family, but it would still be neat if they did a play on words with the term, killer whale.

Thanks guys!! I agree that he should have been a killer whale/orca, at least that's how I always saw him...lol! Opal, thanks for pointing out the teeth vs baleen, that bothered me when he was released too!!! Thanks for the compliments!!

^ No problem =). I think that you did very well on the paint job and the color scheme, too =).

I took too long doing the killer whale one. It was my original plan to do a Thumpback as a Orca/Killer Whale as I am from the Northwest and we have them out here. Looks great. Glad someone took the time to do one. It's the obvious choice for a repaint. So many customizers now, it's bound to happen that someone will paint the ideas we originally came up with. I still have a guy on ebay copying my Zombee Swarm and selling a lousy repaint of what I did for 40 dollars. *shakes head*

Keep up the awesome work everyone!