Can you paint over the finish?

[dragonmedley]

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[dragonmedley]

Let’s say I want to retouch a finished piece – ok, my PYO silver dragon. I used a satin finish, an acrylic one, same brand as the paint (the Folkart, I believe – I’m at work, so I don’t have the things in front of me). Can I repaint over the finish, then refinish it? Is there any history of paint flaking off?

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[Skigod377]

I think Arlla has done it on a griffin for Drag0n and Tfsculptures has talked a little about it. I have not tried it, but from what I have read on here, its not uncommon.

[frozendragon]

a few people have done it…

it shouldn’t be too hard…I would just watch if you respray it that the paint doesn’t run

[drag0nfeathers]

I’ve done it before and it has seemed to be fine, you just have to use the same, or a sililar finish over the place you touch up.

If you want to do a complete repaint, that’s fine too, just getting the fisrt coat on is a pain over a finish. The pink griffin in my gallery was a complete repaint from this…

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[Arlla]

I didn’t have any problems, though as Drag0n said, you’ll want to put the same finish over your touch ups as you did the first time round, otherwise you’ll get patches that reflect the light differently. The paint slides a teensey bit more on the finish, making it a little harder to blend, but it’s not too bad.

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[dragonmedley]

Thanks everyone! I’m reassured.

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[Arlla]

Hey, I remember that griffin Drag0n! Didn’t you put that up on ebay? Or at least a picture of it? How the HECK did you get such regular beautiful antiquing that goes into every tiny little crevice?? It’s beautiful! I wish I could do that….

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[Watergazer]

Dude, I second that! This was my favorite griffin to date when it came down to style, though the colors weren’t my thing. I adore the effects on this antiqing.

Also, I have repainted over gloss and matte coats before for touch-ups and things, and to recolor areas. However, metallics and interferance paints don’t do this very well so you’d almost have to matte coat it first if you wanted to use those atop your current paint job.

[drag0nfeathers]

That because it wasn’t antiqued, the whole thing had a black base coat and I dry brushed the whole thing. It was done the same was as my brown tiger one with the exception I antiqued the tiger half on that one. I used it in my fist auction as a “sample” of my work. It was one of the first ones I painted. Alot of people sent me comments about how ugly it was and I painted over it, hehe! That is actually my pink griffin, that’s why the feathers look so soft on it becuase it is actually a repaint and has alot of layers on it, washing out the details. Plus it was one of the prototype griffins to begin with.
Here’s a batter picture of it after the repaint.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h196/drag0nfeathers/PinkGriffin130.jpg

I used to do everything drybrushed, just recently with the more current PYOs did I start blending and antiquing. I hate antiquing as a rule. It’s really messy and sometimes can rub off paint you didn’t want to take off. Drybrushing is a bit more time cnsuming, but the details look amazing if you keep at it.

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[Watergazer]

Drybrushing is my arch nemesis…I think it was merely the color combo people didn’t like, because I liked that style of yours as much as the blended ones.

[drag0nfeathers]

Yea, I agree, I know the colors were a bad combination, but it was my *muse* so to speak. Every area was a different color just to try and show off different color combinations and how bright they could be. I’m glad I redid it, but I do miss the old fella =)

I’m a pro at drybrushing. It’s second nature to me. All of my PYOs have SOME form of drybrushing in them SOMEWHERE> I can’t ever escape it =)

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Dragon Quail + Obsidian Frost Old Warriors
Betta Sun Dragon + Male Dragon
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