The Energon Pub

by **Barr!cade** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:05 pm

Just wanted to let everyone know how much you can do with 2 sharpie paint pens

they are about 3 bucks, and you get gold, and silver. They really make sculpted details look great on movie figs! sorry for the horrible picture quality, but it looks awesome, trust me.

by **lanzajr26** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:13 pm

I see silver stuff but that pic is really too blurry to tell what you've done.

by **Enigma_Dragons** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:18 pm

It looks better if you reduce the size of the pic. It's too big right now.

by **STARSCRAPER** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:18 pm

The pictures are way too blurry! Haha. Seems promising, and is that supposed to be Barricade's arm?

by **Barr!cade** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:25 pm

ooops, sorry here it is again.. and yes it is barricades arm, its my first post, sorry :-(

by **Sportimus Prime** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:28 pm

Looks great. How well does the paint/ink stay on? Will it rub off? How long does it take to dry?

by **Barr!cade** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:30 pm

it has stayed on so far, and ive transformed the heck out of him. it takes about 30 seconds to dry, but i let mine dry a little more, just incase

News Credits: 1 · by **softimus_prime** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:39 pm

wow that looks nice i hope we have that kind of pens here in the philippines... :cry:

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:49 pm

My gf used the silver sharpie (same one Mythbusters use for a bit of trivia) to color some parts on her Bumblebee when she got him. Looked good, for about a day. Then it started rubbing off and even smearing onto other parts.

by **Barr!cade** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:02 pm

NOT a silver sharpie, a Sharpie Paint Pen, 2 totally different things, and ive had mine like that for awhile, and no rubbing, or chipping at all

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:18 pm

Barr!cade wrote:NOT a silver sharpie, a Sharpie Paint Pen, 2 totally different things, and ive had mine like that for awhile, and no rubbing, or chipping at all

Easy easy.

Anyway, I still prefer the Testors paint I used on mine, just to be safe.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:56 pm

Yet another useful item that cannot be purchased in Australia, we get normal Sharpie texta's but thats it. :-(

News Credits: 150 · by **GetterDragun** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:08 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:Yet another useful item that cannot be purchased in Australia, we get normal Sharpie texta's but thats it.

How come?

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:36 pm

GetterDragun wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:Yet another useful item that cannot be purchased in Australia, we get normal Sharpie texta's but thats it.

How come?

I guess you would have to ask the company that produces Sharpies that question.
We get normal sharpie texta's, in various colours, we get the mini Sharpie Text'as in so dozens of colours and heavy duty/laundry black sharpies.
But no Metallic, or paint varities.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:33 pm

I too use the Sharpie Paint pens, and just so happened to paint up that very part of Barricade.

The silver paint does have a problem with curing all the way and sealing itself. On warm days, it feels kinda gummy to the touch. On cold (or less humid days) it's fine, perfectly fine.

The other colors (Red, Black, etc) hold up pefectly and dry almost instantly. It's insane how quick they dry. In 24 hours, they were dry to the touch and haven't chipped or rubbed off once.

Silver and gold take longer because of their metallic nature. It looks to me as though there's some actual metal flakes in it, like the plastics in the TransFormers we own.

I'm guessing that's why they don't hold as well.