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I’m so glad you like him Valdata! I was a bit worried, as I’d been away on business for a good bit of time and have been under the weather with a horrible sinus cold the last few weeks, so it took me a bit longer to finish and ship him. You mentioned liking fossils, so I thought of fossils being unearthed from the ground. One of the ammonites I got was a little to big to fit the dragon, so I thought you might enjoy your own fossil. 🙂
Yesterday, I received a lovely forest inspired keeper in shades of green and browns with some golden tones from Chloe. She holds 4 beads in her claws, one each representing a member of her family. A lovely addition to my PYO collection. Thank you so much! 😀 I will post a photo of him in the morning as well. 🙂
A number of Secret Keepers, like the Twilight, Red Gold, and Spring Green SKs had them, as well as some lap dragons, like the Cinnamon Pearl and two silver ones I can think of off the top of my head (one had pink accents, the other blue accents). I think there were some aqua and pink colored dragons (not the pearl pink color), including an aqua OW that might have gotten the dichroic eyes as well.
Another rock hound on the forum! Thank you Zelda for posting the stones each dragon is guarding. 😀
My curlie arrived this morning! He encircles a globe of lovely rose quartz!
He’s already making friends it seems (yes, every single one of them was received direct from Windstone… no trading!). He’s slightly lighter than the uni and poad, but is pretty close to the color close to the white on the other two. Splotches are slightly different shade of blue (and no purple or teal obviously). 🙂
If you are looking to use paints and are finding them expensive or hard to find there, maybe ask around (if you have an art teacher at a nearby school, they might be able to help). If not, perhaps try Dick Blick and see if they will ship? I’m not sure if you have a military address or not (could make a difference for a US company shipping internationally), but if you don’t and Dick Blick won’t ship, you could have someone in the US receive the package in the US and then ship internationally to you. Dick Blick also usually has decent prices (I go to them if I can’t get something locally).
Copper83, Hannah, and drag0nfeathers, your curlies are my favorites of the ones posted so far! My curlie should arrive Monday. I ordered a couple of PYOs with my curlie, so I think they slowed his flying down just a bit. One of the PYOs is a little ‘derpy’. 😉
I think Melody said that unless the paint is fired on, that eventually, the paint will pull away from the back of the glass eye. If I remember correctly, this is also why there are so few eye color options, since there’s limited paint colors available that are made for this process. I’ll see if I can find that thread. Until then, anyone is free to correct me. Windstone requires their pieces being archival though, so that might not be something that is important to you. Or you have a kiln for firing (right, that’s the equipment required? Or a really, really, hot oven? or a campfire? I don’t know the process LOL )
Yes, I remember the same thread. That’s why on the really old animals and very first dragons, the eyes look a little odd because the paint has pulled away from the glass. Some method of firing them on, either in a kiln. The oven-baked ones are long lasting. Application and brand can vary the quality, but some do hold up very well over time, even lasting outside in harsh weather. They can work a bit differently than some of the kiln fired paints in how you thin or mix/apply them, but are not considered as archival as the kiln fired ones. I believe the kiln fired paints are generally enamel as well. The oven baked paints (like Pebeo paints) that are good quality haven’t been around as long though, so it’s hard to give a ball park figure of how many years they would last, but sitting out in harsh weather for a few years is probably harsher than sitting inside the head of a pyo. So, Hannah, your eyes would likely last long enough for a person to enjoy a dragon for at least the bulk or entirety of their lifetime depending on the brand of paint used. Whether the paint would last say, 200 years, no idea! Long lasting – yes, just not considered archival (but they should be fine for people wanting to use them in pyos). 🙂
Epoxy will stick to glass, but I’m unsure of how long it would last. Urethane or similar eyes are sensitive to heat and UV, so over time, or in some cases (such as sitting in the summer sun too long, like on a shelf) even melt slightly. Urethane type eyes are common in BJDs, but due to the resin makeup of the bodies, you wouldn’t be sitting them in direct sunlight, as sunlight will discolor the body resin over time and it doesn’t necessarily take long.
Hope that helps.
I lost my job……so unless someone buys (or trades me) for the tadPoads I have up for sale…..I won’t be able to get any. 🙁
Good luck to everyone who is able to grab!!
Oh no! That’s horrible. 🙁 I hope you are able to find something soon!
S says he NEEDS a “proto-flame” tadpoad as he is sure they must grow into Hot Rod Poads! What do Hot Rod young poads look like?
tdm 😀
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