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Discussion starter · #169 ·
Thank you everyone again for your kind words. I love this place!! :D

Deadna ~ That is BATastic!!!! How stinking cute is that?!?!?! Fabulous! :D

Well, I always strip my blowmolds before painting them, so I don't have a precise answer to your question. I would think that if you were not lighting them, then you could get away with painting over the top BUT if there is even light coming through from nearby spotlights or other decorations, then I might think some of the original paint would still show as a shadow through. I honestly don't know. I am sorry.
 
#170 ·
deadna, my granddaughter would love you. she loves batman. now she says she just likes him a little bit, but she has gotten old enough where she knows she's supposed to be more girly, so goes with the flow. but you should see her face light up when she sees batman. that car is way to cute. you did a nice job.
i'm thinking along the lines of hilda, and I don't know for sure either. I guess you will be best making your own decision by trial and error. that's how we all learn
 
#171 ·
Thank you ladies :) Hallo....you could always paint all your grandaughter's toys like this and she can have it both ways,girly and Batman combined. I have been trying to think how to incorporate lace on this buggy. I wanted to lay some on the canopy and spray paint and then remove it to leave a lace pattern but was afraid I would mess things up...lol!
 
#172 ·
Loving the candy cane NBC snake! :)
Imagination much? ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination

Hilda said:
I was really liking experimenting with the technique. Lots of drips and mess those first repaints. Candycanes are actually kinda tricky to tape off! I thought they were gonna be a breeze. You can see I used any Halloween favorite thing as color inspiration ~ candycorn, witches stockings, the movie Beetlejuice, and even the tree-eating snake from Nightmare Before Christmas.

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Here they are in the display.

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Discussion starter · #175 ·
Talk about a blast from the past. haha Well, thank you Bobzilla for resurrecting my old thread. I had fun looking back through it.
You are too kind.
Thank you also GoS and dempup for your compliments. :)

I did notice there were a lot of glitching photos from my old defunct photo bucket account, so I tried to repost photos and update a little bit.
Blowmold repurposing was a phase I went through a few years back. I maybe have done a few more that didn't get tacked onto the thread, I'll come back and add them on the tail of the thread, if I remember what I missed.

Thanks again BobbyBoy, you are all heart.
 
#177 ·
:)Wow, Hilda, these are just fantastic! I've always liked blowmolds, but never had any of my own.But after seeing your display and reading this thread, I feel like I could use a few of them in my Halloween display. (of course with that special "Hilda repainting" for sure) Have you ever thought of posting a "How to repurpose a Blow Mold" thread? I get the stripping part, which I am sure is much more labor intensive that it sounds. But what kind of paints do you use? Is it all plastic adhesive spray paint, or can you use normal acrylics? I would love to see a start to finish example of one of your blow molds refurbish. Your talent is amazing and applaud-able, really amazing stuff, my dear!
 
#178 ·
I have a few repeats now. I have a mrs santa claus. i'm trying to decide what I want her to look like. bride of Frankenstein, vampiress, black widow spideress, or a witch. i'll probably re look through this thread for inspiration. I also have a few repeat santas. i'm thinking to paint them black. I don't have any black santas. what color of brown would be a good choice? and I have a xmas tree to paint. i'm going to repaint it green, and have the ornaments refreshed as well. I have an extra angel. she has gold wings. i'm going to repaint them silver.
 
Discussion starter · #179 ·
Thank you Bob, P5 and Hallo!! :)

Well, in the past I did try to hobble a painting how-to together, but to be perfectly honest, I was experimenting with the process and I messed blowmolds up as much as I got the end result I wanted. The original designs I made on them do ruin the original blowmold, as I used painter's tape and then cut the design into the tape, right on the blowmold, with an exacto knife that would irreversibly score the plastic. There is a good basic painting tutorial on another forum, and anyone interested, shoot me a pm, and I'll direct you to same. I can say that Kryon Fusion for Plastic spray paint was the best I found to use for blowmolds.
Thank you again for the interest, and kind words.
 
Discussion starter · #180 ·
Here's one I didn't see in this thread, but I know I had posted it elsewhere.

My version of the Disney Haunted Mansion countdown clock. The face of the clock is made from an old stripped Christmas peppermint lollypop top.
 
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