Need Help on G1 Eye Touch Ups

[nemubones]

I was looking to fix up some of my G1's whose eyes have seen better days and need some advice on it. Like what's a good brand and eye color match to the pupil and eyelashes for a G1?

[mlp4me]

Depends on the pony. The color of black varies. I use apple barrel acrylic, usually a soft back or a jet black (I believe are the color names).

[Rhubarbpie]

I use an Edding Aerospace marker. (I liberate them from work LOL  ) They are permenant and dry in a brown hue rather than the petrolly bluey sort of colour most other pens dry in.  The size of the nib on them is almost perfect thickness.

[nemubones]

Thank you so much for the info I'll try both of your ideas, I got a test pony so we'll how it turns out. Your right mlp4me, the black does vary do to country, age, or etc.

[Mirnyj]

I presonally don't like the look of ponies whose eyes are retouched with acrylic paint, because the acrylic has a shiny finish while "pony-paint" is matte. I'd like to know if there was a matte-finish paint that could be used?  The marker idea is good in terms of the finish, but will it bleed over time?

[Aerora]

I presonally don't like the look of ponies whose eyes are retouched with acrylic paint, because the acrylic has a shiny finish while "pony-paint" is matte. I'd like to know if there was a matte-finish paint that could be used?  The marker idea is good in terms of the finish, but will it bleed over time?

There are topcoats (Testors Dullcote is one a lot of people use) that will add a matte finish I'd definitely be wary of markers - all those ponies with names written on them and marker stains are a good testament to how much they can bleed.

[nemubones]

Ok, I'll try to be careful if I test using markers, forgot they can bleed badly. Thank you for the heads up!

[Baby Sugarberry]

You can get matte acrylics, though a semi-gloss or even gloss may be a better match depending on which ponies you're working on.  The earlier sets are more likely to use closer to black/glossy while later years tended towards brown/matte.  There's no one bottle or even mix that's going to be right for all ponies, best advice is to mix your own and do some test drys before going ahead.