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PostPosted: Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:48 pm 
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Greetings to all...

First picture...the "terrier" and "girl with doll" are the two i just finished...the "boy" was one Pete sent which was pre-painted...the "Large Santa" was one I painted a few years back...since I use the figurines for photography, and not permanently attached to a house base, I added a round cardboard disk base to each...a coat of fine grain German glass glitter was also applied the disk base...

One more thing...I added a couple of coats of high gloss poly-acrylic finish on the figurines...I know a flat finish is more traditional, but I personally like the look of fired porcelain...

Second picture...here are the other two "Santa" figurines I bought from Pete...a small hole is drilled into the figurine bottom...a short length of bamboo skewer and a cardboard disk is attached with epoxy cement......then it's off to the paint shop...note...the bamboo skewer acts as a paint handle, too...they'll be trimmed flush with the base when finished...

You can contact Pete Oehmen here... oehmen@sbcglobal.net

And for more about painting Pete's figurines...go here... https://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1437%20Pete

Howard...


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Perfect paint job!!


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Speaking of detail painting...

Here are ten brushes I purchased at Walmart for about $5.00...that's only 50-cents a brush...a very, very competitive price...they are now my "go to" brushes for painting flatties and figurines...

Note...the online picture on the Walmart website may be a little different...perhaps it's just new packaging...but I think you can find them based on the bar code and description...

I'm very impressed how these very inexpensive brushes hole their fine points even when loaded with paint...

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Thank you for all this great info---will post a link over at my blog!


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What can I say... Howard, you're the best.


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Update...11-22-2021...

Finally finished painting and detailing the small and medium Santa figurines...finished the large Santa a while back...

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