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Title: Painting Pleos
Post by: Amypondgirl on December 18, 2014, 08:06:13 PM

Hi,
I am thinking about painting my pleo RB. I've had her for awhile now and her skin is starting to peel so, I thought why not?
I'm thinking I'm going to paint her a completely different color ( not sure what color yet), but I have run into a problem.
I don't know what kind of paint to use as I know that not all paint works on latex. I was thinking acrylic but I was hoping somebody on the forum could tell me what I should use?
Thanks,
Amypondgirl

Title: Re: Painting Pleos
Post by: kat on December 18, 2014, 10:27:02 PM

You want to use latex mask paints mixed with water based acrylic paint or ink.  The mix should be about 60-70% latex paint to 30-40% acrylic.  That seems to work best.  There are a few threads about painting pleos as a few of us have had a go at it here :)  Just do a search in the search box and you should find some interesting stuff :)

Title: Re: Painting Pleos
Post by: Amypondgirl on December 22, 2014, 08:57:39 AM

Hi,
Thanks Kat!
I did a search and found a lot of cool stuff! I also did a search on google and found some pics of what looked like a python pleo. He looked awesome!
I think I'm going to do something like that.
Amypondgirl

Title: Re: Painting Pleos
Post by: Crewella on December 22, 2014, 01:24:11 PM

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This was a good thread on painting Pleos:

http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?topic=2077.0