Hey, how's it going. I bought this suit a few months back kinda taking a dive like you said and hoping for the best. I was pretty impressed with the suit but I definitely wanted to kinda make it my own. Unfortunately my sewing abilities aren't that great so I went the route of buying a suit. In the past week I have puff painted the entire suit as well as adding lenses and soles. I'm really happy with how the puff painting turned out as well as the soles and lenses. I haven't been able to get ahold of a decent face shell but my shaped head doesn't look extremely terrible in the mask. Not sure if you've started puff painting but if you like any tips or questions I'll be more than happy to answer the best I can. I ran into a couple small snags with the paint but all in all it turned out great. Will be more than happy to share some pics if interested. I'm also in the works of building my own rendition of a web shooter.
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I used metallic black as well, Tulip brand. Straight from the bottle gave good solid lines and came out steady. Just be very careful with air getting into the bottle. I had a couple times where air would back up and cause the paint to spray out all at once in a big glob. Luckily I was able to mostly fix it before it stained the red fabric. Let me know if you'd like pics of the paint process.
Hey, I actually have no intentions to puffy paint my suit. I like the webs as they are. But I'm glad you took the leap and got this suit!