My ridiculous custom of my childhood "Twice as Fancy" Twilight.+ g1 Moon Shadow

[flutterscotch]

This one has a little story to it.

I had just turned 6, and this was in 1984, so Twice as Fancy ponies were absolutely not on the market yet.

I had all of 4 ponies, and Twilight had been the first one I'd gotten (and they were almost all pink, my least favorite color).  But you know what else I had recently learned?  How to draw 5 pointed stars.  And I felt like Twilight needed to be a little...cooler.  So I expanded her symbol with a ballpoint pen and tried to color her purple streak blue with a marker.

Predictably this looked like hot garbage within a few months and Twilight was mysteriously whisked away by some adult who thought that the second a toy doesn't look new it's unloved, never to be seen again.

So I decided I wanted to make the custom of my vision.  I did leave off some things I had done originally, like the stars down her front leg because I wasn't even happy with them at the time.  And I only did one side TAF, and just redrew the symbol in blue on the other side.

The stars are a little wonky because, as true to the custom, I literally just drew a bunch of 5-pointed stars using the method where you basically just draw 5 crossing lines and end up with a star with a pentagon in the middle, painted them, and then applied glue and glitter which is now all over my house.  Whee.

You can also imagine how disappointed I was that Milky Way was not TAF Twilight (I also, in predictable kid fashion, thought they stole my idea and robbed me of millions).

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I'm not sure if I am 100% happy with her...but I am also not sure I have a steady enough hand to get really precise with the glue.  Paint, sure, glue that has to hold micro glitter, this might be the best I'm gonna get.

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I also decided to make another custom that I had in mind when I was kinda young.  The second I saw a Moon Shadow on shelves I loved her...sort of. I never found one that wasn't discolored and it bothered me.  But not as much as the fact that she was never a g1 pony.  Her streak is that fading pink, so she's kind of a hybrid of the releases.  I may redo her symbol in metallic paint, I'm not loving the glitter.

Oh and I also dyed this Bow Tie too dark, so she's gonna get as close to Nightlight as I can get without removing freckles (and being too dark).
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[Roogna]

I love moon shadow as a g1
nice job on all

[ColdRuru]

I love TAF Twilight, I so need one ahah!
And great job on all of them, can't wait to see custom Nightlight

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Ooooh very nice!

[flutterscotch]

Thanks guys!
I think the next time I find a symbol-less Twilight I might take another crack at this with some finely ground mica, ground in a mortar and mixed with pigment, and you know...planning. Draw it in illustrator, make a stencil, etc.   And do it in purple.  As an adult I appreciate her pink and purple scheme more than I did when I was 6.

[Safflower]

I love her! Nice job Moonshadow looks great too Thanks for sharing!

[Wild Raspberry]

Awesome story and cute pony!

[NightGliderSA]

The blue really suits her, and I love the back story 

[Leave a Whisper]

Aww what a story. They look great! Can't wait to see your Nightlight custom finished too.

I love how you think they robbed you of millions with Milky Way.

[Brightglowpony]

I enjoyed reading the story and love the idea of TAF Twilight with blue stars and G1 Moonshadow!  Nightlight with freckles is cool too