Need advice about Barnacle

[xelli]

I'm new to customizing 
But today I got a baity Barnacle with badly cut dry and frizzy hair. I'm thinking about rehairing him or maybe even customizing And I'd like some advice about what hair color would suite him? Or maybe what custom theme would be nice and not to hard to do?

[Maniah]

If he doesn't have cancer or regrind, and you want his original hair color, I think Dollyhair lists it as Brilliant Firebird.

"MLP matching info: I was going to order the non-brilliant (I'll explain what "brilliant" means in a second) version of this color as an exact match for Barnacle's color. Color-wise, this is exactly the same color that Barnacle had when he was NEW, but this color, on the Barnacle ponies, has been known to lose its flourescence over time, so it may not be an exact match for your pony, if his hair has faded. Now, the fact that it's "brilliant" means that the strands of hair are VERY shiny... almost metallic. Barnacle's hair does not have this "brilliant" attribute, so if you want the non-brilliant version of this color, look at "firebird" below."

From the website

If You just want to customize him into something else, just pick something that you would enjoy

If his body is still good though, you might want to stick to a restore. He's a little on the expensive side, IMO. I got one with bad cancer to customize and he cost me $17.

[Colorscapesart]

Welcome to the world of customizing!  So many fun options.  Do you have any interests that you would like to portray on a pony?  Favorite colors?

[NoDivision]

Barnacles hair is firebird with a stripe of yellow. I cannot confirm the yellow match as nothing I have in stock quite matches it - but I am almost sure it is lemon drop.

If you don't want to go original, just get whatever colors you like!

[xelli]

*Maniah - I thought that being baity would really decrease his value so that's why I thought of customization  He doesn't have cancer just some orange spots especially on his hooves, symbols are faded, one is badly rubbed, one blush is rubbed, there are also some eye rubs but just minor and a deep scratch to his eyebrow. I don't have any Magic erasers so it's the best I could clean him for now But that hair... For me it's terrible.
So I'm a bit torn between giving him his original color but just longer than they should be or making some experiment with colors because I don't think that this red suites his body's blue. 
But that metallic red... sounds tempting

*Colorscapesart - thank you I never thought about pony customs (I just looked at them and was astonished how beautiful they are) till now when I looked at Barnacle - liking his manly posture but feeling not quite happy with his colors. I'd like to keep him so maybe I'll get the idea what to make out of him Someday ...

[NoDivision]

I feel a massive pang of pain at the thought of a Barnacle not being a Barnacle anymore, but I LOVE the idea of alternate color Barnacles I own a pink Barnacle! Why not try different hair and even symbol repaints in alternate colors?

[Alatariel-Silimaure]

Barnacle's hair matches is Firebird and Lemonade if you were wondering what the original colors were :3