Customizing tricks for  Re-ak A-tak

I: Repainting

 A: For the wounds, put a piece of puddy, clay, or whatever, over the      the wounds to keep them from being painted along with the skin         color.

 B: If you want to keep the eyes the same, dido

 C: Be careful with the buttons that make action occur, such as jaws       opeing.  Paint can and will seal them shut and it can sometimes be     murder on the coat or toy (or your finger) trying to re-open the       button after you're done painting.  What I recommend is pushing        the button after every coat.

 D: With intricate design, such as strips, dots, dried blood, or           whatnot, I suggest adding those last rather than making tons of        coat of those.
 
 E: Another painting technique altogether is to:
     - Take the base color (the color mostly used) and paint the entire        toy that.  With exeption to wounds, mouth, or eyes maybe (see          A & B).  Add another coat of this if needed.
     - Then add a back strip (which is common).  What I mean is add the        color that you would use for tiger-like strips.  For example:          add the red strip to the JPIII Alpa Velociraptor.  Add another         coat of this if needed.
     - Now add the cool stuff.   What I mean is add the strips or dots.        For exampe: add the underbelly strips to the JPIII Alpha               Velociraptor.  Add as much of these as desired.
     - Now you're almost done.  Paint the nails of the toys now if they        got painted (with mine they do sometimes).
     - Now you are done if you don't want to add the dried bloodstains        the toy.  This usually adds a good effect on the claws and round        the edge of the snout.  Expamples:  add on the horns of the            Tricerotops; add to the "sickle claws" of the Velociraptor; add        to the spikes of the Stegosaurus; add around the snout of the          Spinosaurus.


II: Customizing from scratch

  To be honest, I haven't done this too much with success, but I still   can give some tips.
  
  A: Really what you should do is start out with observing photographs,      from the films, dinosaur book pictures, and/ or the toys               previously made, then try to copy this as much as possible.
  B: Set possible goals.  Let's face it; none of us unless you're           getting paid to do this, or are painstakingly set upon doing this,      you're not going to get that realistic scally skin thing with          success.  (But if you can and are set enough to do so, more power      to you)  So just settle for the nice, smooth skin.
  C: For the leg's or whatnot's support, use some wire or bent              paperclips as sort of a "skeleton".