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Post by Tashie on Feb 16, 2014 5:57:23 GMT
I was doing some pictures yesterday and posing my yearling when I noticed two small cracks on her front off knee! She is barely three years old, not posed much and displayed out of sunlight.
Can I do anything to fix this or is she just not poseable anymore?
Thanks.
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Post by EG on Feb 16, 2014 12:19:57 GMT
Is it actuall right-through-the-latex cracks or just in the paint?
I've noticed that on white markings, especially when the paint has been applied too tricky, you get a lot of cracking.
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Post by Tashie on Feb 16, 2014 20:45:32 GMT
I think it is into the latex, it doesn't look shallow enough to just be the paint. They are very small, about 2mm long and I guess about 1mm deep? Paint is not that thick is it?
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Post by Manda on Feb 16, 2014 23:21:25 GMT
Apply superglue to seal the cracks, then paint over it. Some Originals crack, some don't . It must depend on the latex they are made from.
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Post by Tashie on Feb 17, 2014 8:34:59 GMT
Okay thank you I'll try that.
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Post by george on Feb 17, 2014 12:52:04 GMT
You can sometimes get away without having to paint over it, cos matching the paint on some colours can be near-impossible if they're done with airbrushed shading - if its the yearling in your avatar photo, that looks like it might be a difficult paintjob to match convincingly. What I do in these cases is bend the leg slightly so the cracks open up, rub in a little superglue, put the leg back into the correct position, and rub off any excess glue which squidges out. That way you don't get any blobs drying on the outside, it's only IN the cracks, and doesn't show.
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Post by Josie on Feb 17, 2014 12:57:09 GMT
I've got this with a couple of mine, but not sure whether to just leave it and accept retirement from my oldest one (catologue Joker I got 10 years ago). She's a bit yellowed now as well. Might try the superglue trick on another one though, hadn't heard of it before!
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Post by george on Feb 17, 2014 14:59:47 GMT
I usually do just 'retire' them from action scenes and let them stand around looking pretty but stationary, it's not worth bending the legs on those starting to crack if you have other more poseable ones to swap to instead if you especially want to be doing poses with them, heh.
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Post by Tashie on Feb 17, 2014 19:11:44 GMT
Yes it is the yearling from my pic. I'll try what you said and say how it worked
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Post by pip on Feb 17, 2014 20:28:05 GMT
a load of mine are cracking too already unfortunately. i didn't realise i'd been around long enough for that to happen, hahaha.
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Post by Tashie on Feb 17, 2014 21:53:25 GMT
What about white leg paint cracking? It's not so deep so defiantly only the white paint. Is there something I can seal it with?
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Post by pip on Feb 17, 2014 21:57:40 GMT
with cracked white socks i've just acrylic painted over them - if you work in nice thin coats it can still be reasonably bendy as well i've found.
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