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Here they are--my custom-maned Pinkie Pie ponies.

Alrighty, so how did this happen? How did I get these two ponies with the custom manes? (incoming wall of text! If you want to avoid extensive reading, scroll down to the yawning face.)

Well, it all started with baiting the ponies. You all know how that works, and there's a handful of methods for doing so. So, suffice to say, the method I used involved beheading...and later reheading. I did not, however, cut out the plastic plug thing for fear of being unable to reattach it, so the nub end of the tail is still in her somewhere.

Next up, I had to take some acetone to the pony head that would be Pinkamena's to give her the angry eyes. Now, at first, I used nail polish remover, thinking that would do the trick. It didn't. Don't get me wrong--nail polish remover did remove some of the half of the eye I was trying to get rid of, but in the end, stuff was still left over. So, I moved up to actual paint thinner...which didn't do anything more than the polish remover had already done. So, I had to move on to the big guns. 100% pure acetone. Little note for anypony who wants to do something similar with their custom ponies: skip the pansy stuff, and save yourself time by just going straight to the acetone. It's a whole lot less of a headache that way. Anyway, using the acetone, I was able to get everything the other two removers left behind in one or two swipes of my paper towel, and it was on to the next step.

Next step was waiting for my manes/tails from *OtakuSquirrel to arrive in the mail.

Once they showed up, it was sanding, cutting, and more sanding to try and get everything smooth and even. (Would have been some filling, since there was a few air-bubble holes, but I didn't have the forethought to buy filler-stuff.)

Then, two days were spent figuring out you can't mix red and purple acrylic paints and get hot pink/magenta! It doesn't work! Throwing white in there only makes it a dull greyish blah; it does nothing to increase vibrance. 'Nother hot tip for you aspiring customers (serendipitous pun), if you want a bright, vibrant color that isn't among the twelve fun colors that came with your "My First Paint Set" kit, mixing those colors will not give you what you want. Save yourself the trouble, and just buy the color.

Anyway, once I bought the color I needed, I painted them, sprayed on a coat of glaze and super-glued them onto the ponies once they'd dried.

Voila!

Here's the tl;dr sum-up:
Making custom-maned-and-tailed ponies is a lot of work, but the payoff is pretty well worth it.
If you want to remove stuff painted on the ponies, use acetone. It works best.
If you want to paint with a bright, vibrant color, you're not gonna get it by mixing paints together. NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY!
Thanks go out to *OtakuSquirrel for making all this possible with his custom-cast, show-accurate My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic manes and tails. If you guys have a collection of ponies, you should totally order some kits for yourself from this guy.

Description
Here they are--my custom-maned Pinkie Pie ponies.

Alrighty, so how did this happen? How did I get these two ponies with the custom manes? (incoming wall of text! If you want to avoid extensive reading, scroll down to the yawning face.)

Well, it all started with baiting the ponies. You all know how that works, and there's a handful of methods for doing so. So, suffice to say, the method I used involved beheading...and later reheading. I did not, however, cut out the plastic plug thing for fear of being unable to reattach it, so the nub end of the tail is still in her somewhere.

Next up, I had to take some acetone to the pony head that would be Pinkamena's to give her the angry eyes. Now, at first, I used nail polish remover, thinking that would do the trick. It didn't. Don't get me wrong--nail polish remover did remove some of the half of the eye I was trying to get rid of, but in the end, stuff was still left over. So, I moved up to actual paint thinner...which didn't do anything more than the polish remover had already done. So, I had to move on to the big guns. 100% pure acetone. Little note for anypony who wants to do something similar with their custom ponies: skip the pansy stuff, and save yourself time by just going straight to the acetone. It's a whole lot less of a headache that way. Anyway, using the acetone, I was able to get everything the other two removers left behind in one or two swipes of my paper towel, and it was on to the next step.

Next step was waiting for my manes/tails from *OtakuSquirrel to arrive in the mail.

Once they showed up, it was sanding, cutting, and more sanding to try and get everything smooth and even. (Would have been some filling, since there was a few air-bubble holes, but I didn't have the forethought to buy filler-stuff.)

Then, two days were spent figuring out you can't mix red and purple acrylic paints and get hot pink/magenta! It doesn't work! Throwing white in there only makes it a dull greyish blah; it does nothing to increase vibrance. 'Nother hot tip for you aspiring customers (serendipitous pun), if you want a bright, vibrant color that isn't among the twelve fun colors that came with your "My First Paint Set" kit, mixing those colors will not give you what you want. Save yourself the trouble, and just buy the color.

Anyway, once I bought the color I needed, I painted them, sprayed on a coat of glaze and super-glued them onto the ponies once they'd dried.

Voila!

Here's the tl;dr sum-up:
Making custom-maned-and-tailed ponies is a lot of work, but the payoff is pretty well worth it.
If you want to remove stuff painted on the ponies, use acetone. It works best.
If you want to paint with a bright, vibrant color, you're not gonna get it by mixing paints together. NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY!
Thanks go out to *OtakuSquirrel for making all this possible with his custom-cast, show-accurate My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic manes and tails. If you guys have a collection of ponies, you should totally order some kits for yourself from this guy.