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That emperor is gorgeous! Are there differences between painting something that size and a PYO (besides needing a lot more paint)?
That emperor is gorgeous! Are there differences between painting something that size and a PYO (besides needing a lot more paint)?
With the male I stripped the paint off of it, which I regret. Stripping paint off of a fledgling was easy because the scales on a fledge are very smooth and don’t have many lips, and nearly no “pebble” scales like you see on the male’s backside and tail. Those areas, on the male, were nearly impossible to get the paint out of. It took me a couple of weeks of working on it a bit each day to get it all off, and it was MESSY – I mean, covering my desk completely with plastic and wearing goggles type of messy!!
For the emp, I decided to just remove the eyes and gems and give it a coat of white paint (I did this with an Old Warrior recently and it worked just fine). I used regular old Krylon white matte spraypaint and it worked like a charm.
As far as just painting it goes, it’s definitely different from painting a PYO – not only does it require a lot more paint and time, but the production sculptures are just harder in general to paint well! Both the male and the Emp have areas behind their legs and tails that are extremely hard to get to with a paintbrush, where when you’re painting a PYO Keeper for example, the sculpture is almost completely “whole”, as in there aren’t too many difficult knooks or crannies. I believe the PYOs are done this way on purpose – they are already difficult to paint, but to have as many extra “spots” as some of the production pieces have, I think they would be twice as hard! Not to mention how giant the emp is in particular! There was not much I could do as far as holding him – sometimes I had to tip him and hold him at an angle to get to the areas I needed to, but man was he heavy! When I was fixing the Old Warrior (he’s the one in my repair thread that had the smashed hand), I had to keep him literally laying on my left arm while I worked with my right hand because he had to be tipped at such an angle that I could see nearly to the underside of him. I won’t be surprised if when I paint that one I’ll have to do the same thing.
As a side note, I think my left hand is becoming weaker from painting so many PYOs!! XD I tried to unscrew a jar the other day and I just couldn’t do it with my left hand! I hold all of the PYOs that I paint, and since I do so many Keepers I honestly think that my hand has become weaker because of it. I should probably start using a turntable XD
Other than that, it’s pretty much the same process as painting a PYO, just longer and more difficult 🙂
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!Even using a turntable, hand-painting the bigger guys is often painful. Hard on the wrist, and leaves dents in your hands and arms…
Not to mention all of the impossible to paint with a brush areas, yes. They were never designed to be hand painted (whereas the PYOs were).
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My art: featherdust.comAs a side note, I think my left hand is becoming weaker from painting so many PYOs!! XD I tried to unscrew a jar the other day and I just couldn’t do it with my left hand! I hold all of the PYOs that I paint, and since I do so many Keepers I honestly think that my hand has become weaker because of it. I should probably start using a turntable XD
You could always do hand exercises with little hand weights. Helps strengthen the hands and grip. *nods*
XD You guys crack me up! I may have to try the hand weight thing – that’s a great suggestion! 🙂
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And oh my gosh Jennifer – I can’t imagine how you do it!! You hand paint the most amazing detail on things (the first thing that comes to mind is your Labradorite Lap!), I’d probably break something trying to get that level of detail XD
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!hee hee-now imagine hand painting a SK! Okay, maybe dont-that might hurt too much. I dont even paint all that much, and that hurts me to think about. The 8 inch flap cat was intimidating enough!
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Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.hee hee-now imagine hand painting a SK! Okay, maybe dont-that might hurt too much. I dont even paint all that much, and that hurts me to think about. The 8 inch flap cat was intimidating enough!
That’s why I haven’t even tentatively asked for one to hand paint! I cannot imagine doing it without a special platform I could put it on and get underneath it or something. Yikes!
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