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The only peacock dragons I have are the ‘family’ dragons and the Emp. Not any of the “different” ones like the lap, spectral(YET!!) fledgling, scratching, or OW; but these all seem to have a bright, beautiful, turquoise coloring to them. Like this…
Is that picture accurate to the lap and fledgling and spectral’s color? I hope so, I like it MILES better than the mother/male/young dragon’s darker colors.That photo is a little lighter than any I’ve ever seen, but as far as the richness of the colors, is about right. The newer peacocks are definitely more showy than the older ones.
Yes, that looks very similiar to one I saw in a store over the weekend. It’s peacock, but the coloring is quite different from the male dragon. I would call it more of a rainbow peacock color.
i noticed that brightness when my Spectral arrived on Saturday. It’s a lot brighter than the family’s, but I thought that was just because the Spectral has bigger scales and no “flat” colors (the blue, pink, green scales) like the family dragons. Anyway, the Spectral’s color and pose have made him my favorite dragon now. He fixed up well.
My peacock fledgeling is that color. (It’s the only thing I have in normal peacock, though I have a peacock oriental, but that’s not actually the same color at all, it’s just blue.)
I want a peacock spectral! Seeing Ruffian’s in person really got me liking them. But I certainly don’t have $130 for one. So sad.
You know i noticed this when my fledgling arrived, I just never mentioned it because I figured you would have already talked about it. But the newer dragons are way different than the original family. The colors are brighter and more green, IMO.
Same thing here – I just figured the color difference on my older peacocks was due to age. Some of it is age – the gold is starting to wear off in spots. Anyone else have older pieces? Have they developed “freckles” – small spots of paint loss that can’t be attributed to knocking something into the piece? My black griffin has a few on top of his head.
lamortefille wrote:Same thing here – I just figured the color difference on my older peacocks was due to age. Some of it is age – the gold is starting to wear off in spots. Anyone else have older pieces? Have they developed “freckles” – small spots of paint loss that can’t be attributed to knocking something into the piece? My black griffin has a few on top of his head.
They call those little specks of missing paint fleabites too.
As far as color aging, I’ve got a brown mother right here for repairs. Her gold paint is pretty well corroded, it gets weird when it’s old, but the brown color is still every bit as bright as the brown fledgeling made just a few months ago. So I don’t think the colors fade, the batches have just changed a bit over the years, I think.
lamortefille wrote:Same thing here – I just figured the color difference on my older peacocks was due to age. Some of it is age – the gold is starting to wear off in spots. Anyone else have older pieces? Have they developed “freckles” – small spots of paint loss that can’t be attributed to knocking something into the piece? My black griffin has a few on top of his head.
Strange…I haven’t noticed that with any of mine, and my green dragon family and brown griffin are both >15 years old. But I’m in California, where its pretty dry, and the temperature in the house is 70-80 year round. What is the humidity and temperature like where you are?
mimitrek wrote:lamortefille wrote:Same thing here – I just figured the color difference on my older peacocks was due to age. Some of it is age – the gold is starting to wear off in spots. Anyone else have older pieces? Have they developed “freckles” – small spots of paint loss that can’t be attributed to knocking something into the piece? My black griffin has a few on top of his head.
Strange…I haven’t noticed that with any of mine, and my green dragon family and brown griffin are both >15 years old. But I’m in California, where its pretty dry, and the temperature in the house is 70-80 year round. What is the humidity and temperature like where you are?
I live in NJ and it can be very humid at times. Where you live sounds much nicer – 70-80 year round.
SPark wrote:lamortefille wrote:Same thing here – I just figured the color difference on my older peacocks was due to age. Some of it is age – the gold is starting to wear off in spots. Anyone else have older pieces? Have they developed “freckles” – small spots of paint loss that can’t be attributed to knocking something into the piece? My black griffin has a few on top of his head.
They call those little specks of missing paint fleabites too.
As far as color aging, I’ve got a brown mother right here for repairs. Her gold paint is pretty well corroded, it gets weird when it’s old, but the brown color is still every bit as bright as the brown fledgeling made just a few months ago. So I don’t think the colors fade, the batches have just changed a bit over the years, I think.
Fleabites – just like on glassware. Thanks for the info! Are you repainting the faded gold? I didn’t attempt to fix my griffin or male peacock dragon yet. I know people have posted what paints to use, etc., so I will fix them one of these days.
skigod377 wrote:Mine is an older one and does not look nearly so flashy. I have the male.
My male looks like an old fart compared to the rest of his flashy family. lol
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