Customs - Page 3

*Eye of Sarnath* · 01-22-2003, 03:59 PM

Testors is what I use, or would be using if I hadn't lost all my paints.

Good, now I can sleep tonight, I've upped my post count today.

**DarthRaphael** · 01-22-2003, 06:53 PM

Cool. Thanks fellas.

My wife gave me a Testors airbrush kit for Christmas. Maybe it will see some duty.

I have a Ghengis Frog that needs a repaint due to chipping. Hmmm.....

~~PWDESAI~~ · 01-22-2003, 06:58 PM

i would test it out on someting with no value at all before you start doing work like that. Like a crappy gijoe or a star wars figure. Something cheap and crappy...

**HorseTechie** · 01-23-2003, 10:50 AM

The paint I used to customize Breyer model horses were the craft store acrylic paints. Of course, you have to use a couple other things with this, since it chips easy. I had to put on a white gesso primer coat so the acrylic had something to adhere too. Then after letting the acrylic coat dry, I put on a matte varnish to give it an even better protective finsih.

But.... that testors paint sounds like a better idea when it comes to repainting action figures... mmm...

xZAOx · 01-23-2003, 11:13 AM

my main reason for picking up some testors was the paint the ugly brown weapons. it was a lot thinner than i was expecting, but after a few coats, it looks good!

however, then when i tried to get the turtle to hold his weapon, it just peeled off on his fingers. any tips?

~~PWDESAI~~ · 01-23-2003, 02:10 PM

here's a tip, don't paint the joint or anywhere that would cause friction cuz you're not gonna be able to paint that area due to peeling off.

TMNTGal · 01-23-2003, 06:51 PM

I've also been using Testors brand. Seal the paint with a coat or 2 of gloss enamel overcoat. Works wonders for me. There are two kinds High Gloss and Flat Gloss. Both work great for sealing in the paint.

cable04 · 01-24-2003, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthRaphael

Cool. Thanks fellas.

My wife gave me a Testors airbrush kit for Christmas. Maybe it will see some duty.

*chokes!* you have a wife?! uh... i'm only 16, how old are you guys?

anyway, back on topic, does anyone else have pics of their costums they can show?
the ones i've seen so far are totally awesome

xZAOx · 01-24-2003, 03:03 PM

well, i gave it a shot hehe. what do you think of leo's new swords?

a little clunky at parts. mostly where i held onto it too long, and then the paint tried to peel off, so i did my best to seal it back on with more paint! hehe

live and learn =)

**Karpo_007** · 01-24-2003, 03:07 PM

Nice looking swords!

xZAOx · 01-24-2003, 03:10 PM

if you dont get too close to them, you cant really see anything wrong, and im happy with how they look overall.

btw, what colors make brown? thanks.

up next - raph's sais! hehe

*edit* got his sais done. they were a pain in the ass (well, painting the bottom part). ended up getting a few fingerprints on these as well hehe. but once again, i think they look snazzy enough =)

**Kali** · 01-24-2003, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xZAOx

btw, what colors make brown? thanks.

If you already haven't figured it out, it's a combination of all the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow. Adjust the amounts until you get a shade you want, and always go lighter to darker. Or you could just buy brown, if you can.

xZAOx · 01-25-2003, 10:51 PM

more pics! got shredder done today. i repainted most of him.

here he is without his cloak:

and with his cloak:

what do ya think?

*Eye of Sarnath* · 01-25-2003, 11:58 PM

Nice Shredder! Not too much more to say!

And I couldn't find any of my old paints so I just went out and bought some more... and hopefully I'll post some pictures soon of my customs.

xZAOx · 01-26-2003, 12:01 AM

yeah, the cloak kinda conflicts, but i painted it to match the colors from the original comic

cable04 · 01-26-2003, 08:39 AM

i've always used red&green to make brown
but any combination of complementary colors will do it for ya
[blue&orange, yellow&purple...]

nice customs, man!

~~PWDESAI~~ · 01-26-2003, 01:43 PM

YES! This is exactly what i wanted to happen, people are getting into customs. I'm so happy now, what we have to do now is try and get a whole forum for just customs, that way when someone has something new we don't need to scroll through 3 pages of a thread each custom can have it's own thread and we can comment on each custom. This would be a dream. I'll email krang about it.

xZAOx · 01-26-2003, 02:30 PM

what got me started, was one day on ebay i saw someone selling the four turtles, with painted weapons. then i heard you guys say that walmart had good cheap paint, so i took it from there =)

its my goal to repaint all the weapons of my whole collection. those solid colors blow =P

xZAOx · 01-27-2003, 04:21 AM

got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)

**DarthRaphael** · 01-27-2003, 09:43 AM

[quote="xZAOx"]got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)[quote]

[Cartman] Sweeeet. [/Cartman]

01-22-2003, 03:59 PM	#41
Eye of Sarnath Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NY Posts: 1,590	Testors is what I use, or would be using if I hadn't lost all my paints. Good, now I can sleep tonight, I've upped my post count today. __________________ "When I was real small I heard about this thing called the decline of civilization... and I decided that it was something I would like to become involved in." -George Carlin

01-22-2003, 06:53 PM	#42
DarthRaphael Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Charlotte, NC USA Posts: 913	Cool. Thanks fellas. My wife gave me a Testors airbrush kit for Christmas. Maybe it will see some duty. I have a Ghengis Frog that needs a repaint due to chipping. Hmmm..... __________________ I edit your posts

01-23-2003, 06:51 PM	#47
TMNTGal Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,061	I've also been using Testors brand. Seal the paint with a coat or 2 of gloss enamel overcoat. Works wonders for me. There are two kinds High Gloss and Flat Gloss. Both work great for sealing in the paint. __________________

01-25-2003, 11:58 PM	#54
Eye of Sarnath Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NY Posts: 1,590	Nice Shredder! Not too much more to say! And I couldn't find any of my old paints so I just went out and bought some more... and hopefully I'll post some pictures soon of my customs. __________________ "When I was real small I heard about this thing called the decline of civilization... and I decided that it was something I would like to become involved in." -George Carlin

01-26-2003, 08:39 AM	#56
cable04 Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 32	i've always used red&green to make brown but any combination of complementary colors will do it for ya [blue&orange, yellow&purple...] nice customs, man! __________________ can't wait 'til february 8th

01-22-2003, 06:58 PM	#43
~~PWDESAI~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,873	i would test it out on someting with no value at all before you start doing work like that. Like a crappy gijoe or a star wars figure. Something cheap and crappy...

01-23-2003, 10:50 AM	#44
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	The paint I used to customize Breyer model horses were the craft store acrylic paints. Of course, you have to use a couple other things with this, since it chips easy. I had to put on a white gesso primer coat so the acrylic had something to adhere too. Then after letting the acrylic coat dry, I put on a matte varnish to give it an even better protective finsih. But.... that testors paint sounds like a better idea when it comes to repainting action figures... mmm...

01-23-2003, 11:13 AM	#45
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	my main reason for picking up some testors was the paint the ugly brown weapons. it was a lot thinner than i was expecting, but after a few coats, it looks good! however, then when i tried to get the turtle to hold his weapon, it just peeled off on his fingers. any tips?

01-23-2003, 02:10 PM	#46
~~PWDESAI~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,873	here's a tip, don't paint the joint or anywhere that would cause friction cuz you're not gonna be able to paint that area due to peeling off.

01-24-2003, 03:03 PM	#49
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	well, i gave it a shot hehe. what do you think of leo's new swords? a little clunky at parts. mostly where i held onto it too long, and then the paint tried to peel off, so i did my best to seal it back on with more paint! hehe live and learn =)

01-24-2003, 03:07 PM	#50
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Nice looking swords!

01-24-2003, 03:10 PM	#51
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	if you dont get too close to them, you cant really see anything wrong, and im happy with how they look overall. btw, what colors make brown? thanks. up next - raph's sais! hehe edit got his sais done. they were a pain in the ass (well, painting the bottom part). ended up getting a few fingerprints on these as well hehe. but once again, i think they look snazzy enough =)

01-25-2003, 10:51 PM	#53
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	more pics! got shredder done today. i repainted most of him. here he is without his cloak: and with his cloak: what do ya think?

01-26-2003, 12:01 AM	#55
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	yeah, the cloak kinda conflicts, but i painted it to match the colors from the original comic

01-26-2003, 01:43 PM	#57
~~PWDESAI~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,873	YES! This is exactly what i wanted to happen, people are getting into customs. I'm so happy now, what we have to do now is try and get a whole forum for just customs, that way when someone has something new we don't need to scroll through 3 pages of a thread each custom can have it's own thread and we can comment on each custom. This would be a dream. I'll email krang about it.

01-26-2003, 02:30 PM	#58
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	what got me started, was one day on ebay i saw someone selling the four turtles, with painted weapons. then i heard you guys say that walmart had good cheap paint, so i took it from there =) its my goal to repaint all the weapons of my whole collection. those solid colors blow =P

01-27-2003, 04:21 AM	#59
xZAOx Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: TN Posts: 842	got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)

01-27-2003, 09:43 AM	#60
DarthRaphael Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Charlotte, NC USA Posts: 913	[quote="xZAOx"]got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)[quote] [Cartman] Sweeeet. [/Cartman] __________________ I edit your posts