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Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« on: May 10, 2021, 04:17:07 AM »
So many MMs have lost their symbols, they seem to be very easily damaged especially as they have aged. That aside, I love the poses, the hair streak and the slightly unusual colours in this set. I assume we have have never found any method to restore MM symbols to anything close to the original? If so has anyone considered 'soft' customising i.e. cleaning the tattered remains off and trying to re-paint with iether the usual or the hidden design? If so, which would you choose? Or would you come up with something else?
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2021, 04:59:39 AM »
I haven't done one myself, but I saw one where the unchanged symbol was painted on one side and the changed symbol was painted on the other.  Can't recall where I saw it unfortunately.

I have one of these ponies with almost no symbol left at all and I'm planning to repaint her symbols someday so I'm watching this thread for more info!
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2021, 05:58:35 AM »
I haven't done one myself, but I saw one where the unchanged symbol was painted on one side and the changed symbol was painted on the other.  Can't recall where I saw it unfortunately.

I have one of these ponies with almost no symbol left at all and I'm planning to repaint her symbols someday so I'm watching this thread for more info!

Same here! Did you know though that MM ponies have a different changed symbol on each side? This makes the choice even harder because there are 3 options.

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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2021, 05:58:54 AM »
I've heard that some people were considering trying it with heat color change paint, but dunno if they ever did.
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2021, 06:20:44 AM »
That could be really nice if it works...
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2021, 07:50:54 AM »
It has been done at least once. JPP (who sadly passed away) restored a Windy. Unfortunatly, the thread was on the old Arena but I found this on her customs FaceBook page.

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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2021, 08:16:32 AM »
Thats sad that she passed, and exciting to know she succeeded.
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2021, 09:04:14 AM »
Cool to see you can use heat-sensitive paint!
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2021, 01:13:05 PM »
Watching not just for magic Message. Nurse Ponies (from the last UK/Euro release) have heat-sensitive hearts which can become damaged as well
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2021, 12:46:01 AM »
Thank you Black Curtains! That's amazing to see.

Thats sad that she passed, and exciting to know she succeeded.

Yes, and what an amazing job she did too! That is a serious restoration. Now the bar is so much higher though!
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2021, 06:54:30 AM »
Watching not just for magic Message. Nurse Ponies (from the last UK/Euro release) have heat-sensitive hearts which can become damaged as well

I didn't know that about the Nurse Ponies.
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2021, 09:19:22 AM »
I'm not 100 sure how she did it but I suspect she used pigments from solarcolordust.com in some kind of clear medium.
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2021, 12:00:46 PM »
It says right on the photo that she used acrylics to paint the symbols then put heat change paint that changes from green to clear over it, then a top coat to protect it.
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2021, 08:30:35 PM »
Well yeah but it doesn't say from where she obtained the heat change paint.
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Re: Restoring Magic Message Ponies
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2021, 06:07:55 PM »
There's an Instructables article on DIY color-changing paint over here... it sounds like a simple enough process, and thermochromatic pigment tins are cheaper than the ready-to-use acrylics that a google search turned up. If anyone actually tries this, please be sure to share your results!

 

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