Rich72's Pimp My Papo

[EmperorDinobot]

Will you pimp my Papo?

[Goldensamuel]

Beautiful, The spino is my favorite.

[Battatitan]

Amazing repaints  I like the Carno and much-improved raptors the most.

It would be interesting to see a work-in-progress. do you have any you could show us? _{I know that a magician never reveals his secrets but your repaints are intrinsically beautiful} 

[Hellraptor]

Really nice repaints i feel inspierd to the same to my own papos

[Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus]

Rich72, how much would you charge to do this repaint for, say, the Spino and Raptor?

[Rich72]

Hi, thanks for the comments and sorry for the absence. I have been asked on another site to sell a figure or repaint one.... I've never really thought about it so I don't know what is reasonable. I'm happy to hear any suggestions on price etc. I'm no pro but I do take good care while painting the figures.

My Spino wont stand up anymore annoyingly and I don't know how to fix it. any suggestions also welcome.

would love to see any other papo repaints posted here too.

[Rich72]

if the marketing photos were an accurate depiction of the final product, it wouldn't irk me so much. Some of the models I have received look nothing like the advertised colour schemes, or simply a lesser imitation of the marketing photo. [...]

Hi Rich72.

Your repaints are very good. It will be awesome if you repaint the Papo Brachiosaurus to look like the preview stock photos.

I want to do something a little more colourful with the Brachiosaurus... I have a few ideas and will try to take photos as I go along if I remember to do it! I really want to do the two t-rex figures first.

[tyrantqueen]

Hi, thanks for the comments and sorry for the absence. I have been asked on another site to sell a figure or repaint one.... I've never really thought about it so I don't know what is reasonable. I'm happy to hear any suggestions on price etc. I'm no pro but I do take good care while painting the figures.

My Spino wont stand up anymore annoyingly and I don't know how to fix it. any suggestions also welcome.

would love to see any other papo repaints posted here too.

That's a common problem with the Spino. I guess it's the plastic sagging over time. Mine has been like that pretty much since I bought it. I'm not sure if there is anything you can do.

[Jetoar]

Hi, thanks for the comments and sorry for the absence. I have been asked on another site to sell a figure or repaint one.... I've never really thought about it so I don't know what is reasonable. I'm happy to hear any suggestions on price etc. I'm no pro but I do take good care while painting the figures.

My Spino wont stand up anymore annoyingly and I don't know how to fix it. any suggestions also welcome.

would love to see any other papo repaints posted here too.

That's a common problem with the Spino. I guess it's the plastic sagging over time. Mine has been like that pretty much since I bought it. I'm not sure if there is anything you can do.

What I usually do in these situations is put the figure in hot water, not scalding, but hot enough to soften the material and make it maleable. Once it is soft, while holding the figure in the the correct position I put it inside cold water so that the material hardens inmediately and keeps the new position.

Hope that helps 

[tyrantqueen]

Hi, thanks for the comments and sorry for the absence. I have been asked on another site to sell a figure or repaint one.... I've never really thought about it so I don't know what is reasonable. I'm happy to hear any suggestions on price etc. I'm no pro but I do take good care while painting the figures.

My Spino wont stand up anymore annoyingly and I don't know how to fix it. any suggestions also welcome.

would love to see any other papo repaints posted here too.

That's a common problem with the Spino. I guess it's the plastic sagging over time. Mine has been like that pretty much since I bought it. I'm not sure if there is anything you can do.

What I usually do in these situations is put the figure in hot water, not scalding, but hot enough to soften the material and make it maleable. Once it is soft, while holding the figure in the the correct position I put it inside cold water so that the material hardens inmediately and keeps the new position.

Hope that helps 

How do you know the plastic won't sag again?  Maybe it'll keep its new position for a while, but if you're storing the figure in the same conditions that caused the original to sag, seems like it would happen again.

It's worth a try, I guess.

[Jetoar]

Hi, thanks for the comments and sorry for the absence. I have been asked on another site to sell a figure or repaint one.... I've never really thought about it so I don't know what is reasonable. I'm happy to hear any suggestions on price etc. I'm no pro but I do take good care while painting the figures.

My Spino wont stand up anymore annoyingly and I don't know how to fix it. any suggestions also welcome.

would love to see any other papo repaints posted here too.

That's a common problem with the Spino. I guess it's the plastic sagging over time. Mine has been like that pretty much since I bought it. I'm not sure if there is anything you can do.

What I usually do in these situations is put the figure in hot water, not scalding, but hot enough to soften the material and make it maleable. Once it is soft, while holding the figure in the the correct position I put it inside cold water so that the material hardens inmediately and keeps the new position.

Hope that helps 

How do you know the plastic won't sag again?  Maybe it'll keep its new position for a while, but if you're storing the figure in the same conditions that caused the original to sag, seems like it would happen again.

It's worth a try, I guess.

I have fixed all my figures with this system and I dont have problems again. However, You must do well and wait  .

[Rich72]

Great, I'll try that. The only issue for me is that the paint is likely to come off with the heat.... I wasn't loving that paint job anyway so it might be an excuse to redo the whole thing.

Thanks a lot for the tip!

[Jetoar]

Great, I'll try that. The only issue for me is that the paint is likely to come off with the heat.... I wasn't loving that paint job anyway so it might be an excuse to redo the whole thing.

Thanks a lot for the tip!

I have done that with my own papo figures and it worked, and the paint wasnt affected at all  .

[Rich72]

I have used acrylic paint which usually comes off in very hot water but I'll give it a go....

EDIT: thanks for the tips, seems to have worked beautifully so far. Spino is standing proud and i sort of managed to fix its weird arm. The arm does not want to stay as well as other parts of the model though and I suspect it is made of a slightly more rubbery material.

slightly remodeled the heads and arms of the raptors to try and make them appear a little different.... so far so good and only a tiny bit of paint loss. nothing to panic about.

thanks again

[Everything_Dinosaur]

Great re-paints, for us the pick is the Spinosaurus, with the Velociraptors a close second, well done.

[Jetoar]

I have used acrylic paint which usually comes off in very hot water but I'll give it a go....

EDIT: thanks for the tips, seems to have worked beautifully so far. Spino is standing proud and i sort of managed to fix its weird arm. The arm does not want to stay as well as other parts of the model though and I suspect it is made of a slightly more rubbery material.

slightly remodeled the heads and arms of the raptors to try and make them appear a little different.... so far so good and only a tiny bit of paint loss. nothing to panic about.

thanks again

I am glad it worked  .

[Carnosaur]

how about this guy over on Deviantart?

http://carnosaur.deviantart.com/#/art/On-the-hunt-110101575?hf=1

[tyrantqueen]

how about this guy over on Deviantart?

What does this have to do with the topic at hand?

[Carnosaur]

Just that he does some pretty nice papo repaints

[Rich72]

Hi Carnosaur, that is a nice repaint. I'm about to start another Allosaurus repaint so will hopefully put up soon