BB Sugar Apple (my first!)

[lemontwist]

I got bored with the rainy weather today and decided to mess around with some paint on a blind bag pony. I had a heck of a time trying to strip the factory paint off x.x next time I think I'll just paint over it. And I had to change the symbol a bit in order to squeeze it onto that tiny little rump!


Things I learned:
-blind bags don't like being soaked in acetone for very long. She is now tinged a funky yellow from it. Or maybe it just rubbed in the yellow from the paint, I don't know. In any case, the plastic is soft/porous/something enough to absorb unwanted colors. Bummer.


-painting tiny things is hard. painting on a tiny thing over a rough surface from poor paint removal is even harder.


-blind bags are really easy to scuff. Really easy.


Now on to the pics!


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So you can see she's got a yellow tinge to her wings and head from the Great Acetone Adventure. And you can see her symbol is slightly different than her G1 counterpart. And the paint is sloppy and unsealed etc etc. But I'm pretty happy with it, considering I was just messing around with new paints on a teeny tiny pony lol.


Also I'm thinking Blind Bags might take dye well, considering how easy mine got stained. Someone who's not me should try that. 

[Saja]

You did a great job, her symbol is great and so very tiny! You learnt some valuable lessons! thanks for sharing the troubles you had, Not sure im game to try such tinys.

[TexasGal]

She looks good!  When I get some dye other than black, I want to try dying one myself.   But, either way, I love your little custom and I think you should be very proud of her.  =] 

[Izrabeth]

She's lovely and nice job on the small symbols!

[Colorscapesart]

She is beautiful!  I love her painting!  The yellowing doesn't show up in the pics.

[lemontwist]

Thanks everyone! Those tiny symbols sure are tough to paint, thank goodness for fingernails to scrape up little mistakes before they dry lol.

[kittybethy]

Wow! Nice work!

[Xanthestar]

That's pretty darn good!
 
Honestly, as someone who's only custom experience is blindbags, you don't need to strip the ponies at all. If they have paint that is too thick on certain areas, if you get yourself some greenstuff/epoxy putty and an exact knife, you can make anything work to your advantage without risking damaging the soft plastic on the blindbags

[Sternenstaub]

To Cute!!