My wife purchased two different sets (a Rapunzel/Tiana Set and a Tinkerbell/Silvermist Set) for my two daughters (ages 3 and 6) and their friends for a birthday sleepover art project.Overall, the girls had fun painting them, but from a parent's perspective, they could be much better.
The statues look nice and the paint went on pretty well, but the end result can be pretty messy.The girls had fun doing the painting, but I don't see them as a long term keepsake.
The primary frustration is that all of these sets are mass produced, as expected, and there is little thought put into the paint colors that are needed to match each character.All of the sets come with the same set of 6 paint colors (red, yellow, blue, green, white & black) in a small strip of tiny canisters that are all attached together.They also come with instructions how how to mix these standard colors to get colors that are needed for the included characters.The problem is that the complex instructions can require 3 or more colors in varying amounts.For example, to get the Purple color you needed for Rapunzel's dress, you had to mix all the red paint, all the blue paint, and one third of another color.This is pretty complex for a kid to do perfectly (even with adult help).Maybe you get the right color, but once you make the purple, you no have no red or blue paint left to use on any other parts of the statue.And if a kid doesn't mix it perfectly, now all you have is a mess with no extra.In addition, Tiana's dress was so large, that there wasn't enough green paint to cover it, so we had to use the green from one of the other sets.If we didn't have another set, we'd be out of luck.Getting skin tones for the Princesses and the Fairies was even more complicated to mix.
Long story short, if you're just looking for something for your kids to do and don't really care about making the statues look like the cartoons, this is probably fine.If your child is a perfectionist and wants to make the faces and colors match their favorite characters, you could be in for some trouble.In my opinion, it would have been nice if the manufacturer customized the paint colors for the characters in the box.I'm sure they did it this way to save money, but what you end up with is a mediocre throw-away product.
I haven't made a video, but I hope I can include a link to my Facebook page showing my pictures (plus the three fairies I created at Disneyfairies.com):
Otherwise, it comes down to this: These are good little statuettes, but if you want the final painted appearance to be anything like the way they look on TV (or on the box, for that matter), you'll want to buy a set of good non-glossy paints and at least one good, fine-tipped brush. Since you can get these quite inexpensively (can I say I got mine at Hobby Lobby?), I think this product is still a good buy. Just one figurine this size that comes pre-painted can cost much more than this set. You may not be able to make these look that good, but the fun of painting and the knowledge that you did it yourself can make this worth more in sentimental value. I'm assuming you enjoy painting and have some patience and talent (or whomever you plan to give it to has those qualities). There are some slight differences between the poses pictured on the box (and helpful painting guide inside) and the way the statuettes actually look (of course the artificial stone wings can't be paper-thin and transparent), but I'm only a dabbler in art and I am very happy with how mine turned out.
Some details: The reason you should buy another set of paints is that the paint provided dries with a glossy finish. This is fine for the wings, Silvermist's glossy black hair, and maybe Silvermist's shoes and even her dress, but it doesn't look so good for their skin, or Tinkerbell's hair and dress. It might serve for a young child who's more interested in doing the painting than having the end result look really good. Likewise, if you want to get the eyes and other facial features looking good, you'll want a finer brush than either of those supplied. Getting the facial details right takes more skill and patience than most young children can muster anyway. So that's your call, now that you've been informed. I could also note that the paint in the first set I got was almost all dried up beyond use, but I got that some time after Christmas so it may have been sitting around for a long time after leaving China. Another advantage of getting a set of paints is that you could find one with a good skin tone or two already mixed, along with other natural colors.
Finally, I'd like to say these comments probably apply to other Disney statue-painting kits, although the glossy paint would work fine on Cars, which also wouldn't need to have fine details painted. If they would make a kit with other Disney fairies (perhaps Iridessa and Fawn), or two of my favorite princesses (Belle and Ariel? Jasmine and Mira Nova?), I would certainly buy that kit, too.
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My daughter was so enthusiastic about this gift.She loves Tinkerbell and she loves to paint.The statues were in good shape and are very detailed.The box comes with two sets of paint each one has about 6 or 7 colors.In our box, both sets of paint were dried up except the blue and green.She was very disappointed.We found some water colors to give her a little more variety and to enhance her painting experience, but the end result was not that visually appealing.
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