repaint Starlux leopards

thank you Fernando!.. I have a soul I swear!

I believe that you have a soul, Caracal, but I can’t believe it is humanly possible to paint these small figures in such micro detail. The spots are like what, 1 mm diameter, and then they are even painted inside. There is just no brush that is so tiny and from experience I know that it is just impossible to keep your hand still enough. Even if it were humanly possible to paint them, it would take so much time that you’d spend more than a lifetime painting so many!

rogerpgvg wrote:

I believe that you have a soul, Caracal, but I can’t believe it is humanly possible to paint these small figures in such micro detail. The spots are like what, 1 mm diameter, and then they are even painted inside. There is just no brush that is so tiny and from experience I know that it is just impossible to keep your hand still enough. Even if it were humanly possible to paint them, it would take so much time that you’d spend more than a lifetime painting so many!

Makes me remeber when Kosta repainted some cheetahs, - he dreamt of spots at night

Thank you Roger but it's not so difficult, I just put my black spots with a little brush and then put a smaller lighter spot inside each black spot with the same brush, just need 1/2 hour-1hour! :)

I've tried it and you are right, it also took me about 1/2 - 1 hour. Per spot

Have you repainted the Clairet cheetah too? I think it's a very beautiful model (haven't found one in a good condition yet) that would probably look magnificent when repainted. Please don't paint one in a good condition though, they are so rare.

yes Roger, I just have 2 of these beautiful cheetas from Clairet so I don't dare to repaint one!.. but If I found an other one, I'll try! :)

Somehow , I missed this topic, so I am happy, that now I see it , because of your wonderful, last repaint.
I love the Clairet leopard ( I have it as black panther) and you made it look like real animal.
But also all other repaint models, they look fantastic.

SUSANNE wrote:

Makes me remeber when Kosta repainted  some cheetahs, - he dreamt of spots at night

Thank you Kosta! The Clairet leopard is the one I prefer among all french vintage brands for it was copied from a true model of zoo de Vincenne by its sculptor François Clairet himself!.. :)

rogerpgvg wrote:

I've tried it and you are right, it also took me about 1/2 - 1 hour. Per spot .....

Caracal wrote:

Thank you Kosta! The Clairet leopard is the one I prefer among all french vintage brands  for it was copied from a true model of zoo de Vincenne by its sculptor François Clairet himself!.. :)

Wow, I didn`t know that .. that is an interesting info .
Thank`s for it :)

Amazing repaints! I love them They new colors and patterns complement these sculpts!

Thank you Ana! :)

Caracal wrote:

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.kenyan version..

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somalian version..

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..persian version..

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..Amur version..

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..and together..

stunning work!!

Each one is so stunning! Excellent job!

Thank you Sunny and Paige! :)

Really fantastic, Alain! What a great way to enjoy the different patterns among the subspecies and they all look wonderful together. It is also remarkable the amount of detail you can put in such small figures.

Thank you Rogério! :)

all these leopards are so entrancing! you are very talented indeed!

Caracal wrote:

I also repainted the Elastolin, Clairet, Punch and mini Papo ones:

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Thank you Andreas and Sunny! :)

Wow! Absolut perfect!

Thank you Yvette! :)

Thank you Jean-Luc! :)

Wonderful repaints again