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So after getting more into my old G3 figures, I realized I wasn't really happy with my Starcatcher. She was a later model, made closer to G3.5, and she didn't look enough like she did in the show. So I decided to customize her.

Her cutie mark came off easily with 100% acetone nail polish remover. However, she also had a few of those ugly discolorations on her that I hoped to get rid of, but the acetone couldn't get them off.

Then I used a pencil to sketch in her real design, and then used ultra-thin sharpies to draw them on. I had some trouble though, because I didn't have a marker in the right color purple as her fancy curly lines, so I drew them in a light greyish-blue and then colored over it with pink. It's still not as purple as it should be, but it works.

After I drew everything, I covered what I drew in clear nail polish. Even though sharpies are supposed to permanent, they WILL come off if they get weathered too much, and they will also smudge. I would have used my acrylic varnish, but that will peel off of this kind of plastic.

Unfortunately, I quickly realized that the nail polish was reacting a bit to the ink, which is why the heart cutie mark is so fluorescent looking. It also smudged the ink a little, so I had to be VERY careful when covering it. Then I realized I didn't like how she was now glossy where I had painted, and matte everywhere else, so I decided to cover her WHOLE body in the clear nail polish. Now she looks shiny and even more special.

You may not be able to tell in this picture, but I also added some fine glitter to her cutie mark and her forehead, just like the more special G3 toys do.

I'm pretty happy with it. She looks a heck of a lot better than she used to.

Description
So after getting more into my old G3 figures, I realized I wasn't really happy with my Starcatcher. She was a later model, made closer to G3.5, and she didn't look enough like she did in the show. So I decided to customize her.

Her cutie mark came off easily with 100% acetone nail polish remover. However, she also had a few of those ugly discolorations on her that I hoped to get rid of, but the acetone couldn't get them off.

Then I used a pencil to sketch in her real design, and then used ultra-thin sharpies to draw them on. I had some trouble though, because I didn't have a marker in the right color purple as her fancy curly lines, so I drew them in a light greyish-blue and then colored over it with pink. It's still not as purple as it should be, but it works.

After I drew everything, I covered what I drew in clear nail polish. Even though sharpies are supposed to permanent, they WILL come off if they get weathered too much, and they will also smudge. I would have used my acrylic varnish, but that will peel off of this kind of plastic.

Unfortunately, I quickly realized that the nail polish was reacting a bit to the ink, which is why the heart cutie mark is so fluorescent looking. It also smudged the ink a little, so I had to be VERY careful when covering it. Then I realized I didn't like how she was now glossy where I had painted, and matte everywhere else, so I decided to cover her WHOLE body in the clear nail polish. Now she looks shiny and even more special.

You may not be able to tell in this picture, but I also added some fine glitter to her cutie mark and her forehead, just like the more special G3 toys do.

I'm pretty happy with it. She looks a heck of a lot better than she used to.