Purdy Hospital

Help Doctor, I am seeing spots! No really, this is the first of what I like to call "Purdy Hospital". These post will be about how to retouch, repair, and give face lifts to finished pieces. These two are not meant to go together. The weanling is a redone Still Dreamin I am working on for one of those crazy moose people (giggle, you know who you are). The valor is the topic of today's post. D'Arry did this guy a couple years ago when the valor resin was first released. Originally he was a flaxen chestnut appy, he is now a dunalino appy due to him having an accident.....



He was traded to me by a good friend in exchange for my mule custom. As you can see, his original paint job had suffered greatly due to having a costume left on him and being exposed to a high temp/high humidity environment

The first step is to wash the piece in warm soapy water lightly, and let dry. Then coat with Testors dull coat and buff down any rough spots. The dull coat will give the new paint something to stick to. I wanted him still to have that fantastic appy outline D'Arry is so famous for, but be able to cover up the parts when is paint had been removed and the black rubs he had all over his legs and in his mane and tail.

Whoops....the jumper pony was suppose to be last..this pattern has been taking forever!

Some close ups of the worst areas. There was no way to paint just the barrel. The colors wouldn't look right unless blended all over the body. So I chose a similar paint job with enough contrast in shading to blend in the areas of repair. After each few layers of new paint, I applied more dull cote to make sure the paint would adhere well to the existing paint and be durable.

And here he is so far! Since he is suppose to be an Nez Perce, I added in metallic powder to his coat to give him that unique Teke golden sheen. Once all the body color was done I still have to go back over the while markings that got partially covered, reshade the mane and tail, and new striped hooves. He will be available for sale at $1200 obo postage paid, this is less that what he originally sold for in the height of the new valor craze. I will be showing him starting this next weekend

And Padrons Mystique....she really needs some hair doesn't she??

This got thrown in on accident, the pony jumper before she got painted. This was the Justa Dream mold and I am looking forward to showing her in performance for her new owner.