My custom Dream Castle "Starlight Castle" - MORE pics pg5!

[DemureGirl]

It is amazing. You have done such a fantastic job.

I have a broken Lullabye nursery and I would love to turn it into something as beautiful as this >3<

[lonewolf]

I would love to hear more about how you did it.  What types of paint did you use?  How did you avoid visible brush marks?  I tried to paint an old UK Kitchen once and it was a disaster.  I tried using spray paint but the guy at the hardware store told me they don't usually work on plastics.  I tried an oil-based paint and of course couldn't get the mistakes off and made the surface horrid and lumpy.  I tried to sand it back and just got tiny steel wool fibers stuck to it. It was a yellowed-blotchy-lumpy-stinky mess.  (Yours, btw, looks impeccable )

Oh gosh thank you!! I used Krylon Fusion for Plastic spray paint because it's designed specifically for plastic. I sprayed all pieces until it was opaque and that took several very thin coats so the paint wouldn't run. Because the Fusion acts like a primer, I used acrylic paint (Martha Stewart brand) over it. It took many many coats to eliminate the brush marks. I was pretty nervous for a while... I literally spent an entire day painting coat after coat, watching all seasons of FiM on Netflix lol.  Let it dry overnight and painted a million coats over the stones and accents, ect. Then let it dry again and did a couple coats of acrylic top coat. I was really worried I would mess it up!

You brush painted it?  It looked like a spray or airbrush job to me! Nice work! That's how you bring new life into something.

[QueenStarglow]

Thank you all so much. I originally had more colors I wanted to use, but they were too bold and it looked messy, so I wiped it off and went with pearl/silver. I did end up mixing pearly blue with glittery silver to make a silvery blue and it turned out really nice.

You brush painted it?  It looked like a spray or airbrush job to me! Nice work! That's how you bring new life into something.

Oh thanks!! If I could have found Mother of Pearl spray paint, believe me I would have used it instead! With many MANY coats, the acrylic paint when on pretty smoothly. There are some thin spots you can see if you really look for them, but I'm very happy with the quality of the paint. The darker paint, the silver and the blue/silver mix have more noticeable thin spots and brush marks.

[Gizmo]

I also thought it was spray painted 

Reading your process of painting it makes me love it even more, amazing!

[Einhornbaby]

great job, it looks fabulous!!

[QueenStarglow]

Thank you so much! It looked so awful at first with the thin spots and brush marks but a million coats later it looks pretty good up close!

There's a really good chance I'll bring it to Fair for display. Any ponies are welcome to come play!

[brittney_rochelle]

Oh it's perfection -lovely sigh-

[QueenStarglow]

Thank you.

[CadePony]

Oh my... That is so beautiful looking, I think I could cry... or squee... or both.

Seriously, beautiful job.

[QueenStarglow]

Thank you so much! I've definitely done both haha

[scarletjul]

It's gorgeous!  Lovely job!   

[Sprinklecupcake]

Oh wow this is lovely!!! <3 

[QueenStarglow]

Thank you!!

[InsigniaEclipse]

You did a fantastic job!  All that work and it shows how patient and detailed you were in your processes.  It is a GORGEOUS castle!!

[QueenStarglow]

Thank you so much <3 I'm so very happy with how it turned out. I was worried I'd waste the castle if I messed up and I spent so long looking for the right candidate.... Glad to say all that time and money was definitely not wasted! I'm so happy!