Thread: Advice for GITD mannequins

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I think this will be a super simple project but it's one I don't want to screw up, especially because I don't have a lot of scraps with which to experiment. I want to make a couple of my mannequins glow in the dark to create ghosts for my graveyard. I have both brush-on GITD paint (will have to check brand), and some clearance GITD spray paint from Micheal's.

Both base mannequins were painted by the manufacturer in pale Caucasian skin tones with various colored areas, like eye shadow and lips. If it's possible to keep some of the tonal variations, I'd like to, but they're not essential.

Would I be better off base-coating the mannequins in true white paint? Am I likely to get better glow using the brush-on paint or the spray paint? Any other tips/tricks/suggestions before I embark on this? Can I expect a reasonable degree of glow using regular craft-quality GITD paint and if not, what should I be using?

Sorry I don't have any advice but I wanted to tell you I LOVE this idea!

is it glow in the dark or blacklight responsive there is a difference glow in the dark is phospherescent and will glow green ususally when lights are off is that what you are using or flouescent blacklight paint?

Thar she glows!!! I can hardly believe it, but after multiple attempts, I have a GITD ghost mannequin and in my completely unbiased opinion, she is incredibly cool. It doesn't hurt that the base form has a distorted shape and some borderline amorphous features, but the glow is definitely the best part.

My two cents for those interested in undertaking such a project:

(1) Don't give up too soon! Plan on laying far more than the three coats recommended on the bottle.

(2) If the original eyes are at all decent, mask them off before spraying so they don't glow along with the rest of the mannequin. The resulting visual black holes where eyes should be are nicely creepy.

(3) FWIW, some of the original paint and shading will show through the paint. In this case, that aspect was both good and bad. Mostly it was good (there is some nice shading around the eyes from the original eyeshadow) and bad (all the original scuff marks are clearly visible in daylight).

Once I respray some areas where the paint isn't thick enough to glow and figure out how to convince my camera to photograph this beastie, I'll post some pictures,