A friend reached out and asked if I could repaint his mouse. We go way back with a shared
office mouse, an old
MSI I bought from CD-R King and
repainted out of boredom. When the pandemic hit, I left it at
the office. He was kind enough to take it home, and returned it to me 2 years later. So naturally, he knew I was the
guy to call.. 👻🚫 for painting mice, that is.
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| he sent me this |
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| i sent him this |
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Fortunately, I had a couple of G304 shells lying around
from my Wireless Viper Mini build. We agreed to swap shells instead - he keeps his mouse while I work on a donor
shell, so he has no excuse to lose his games.
I knew I was going to hand paint the symbols and the white outline, so I had to practice
on another shell. (wow I do have a couple of shells, just how many G304's did I buy off facebook
marketplace)
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| the vision, it's materializing! |
Initially, I thought I would prime everything white, mask out the clouds, black coat,
then red. And that I would be able to paint the "glow" and fill in the clouds at the same time. (the glow would be
the overspray in filling the cloud)
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| Primed in white, and masked |
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| Red pieces painted separately |
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Painted in matte black
but it doesnt even look matte lol
I should really learn how to not rush things, yes? I actually don't remember what happened to this
piece, but since I am so good at my job (i am not) I was able to fix it.
(inner
voice: if you're so good, you wouldn't have made this mistake in the first place)
This is the overspray I was talking about - it would create the glow when I painted the white cloud
with red paint.
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| overspray turns into glow |
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| i mean, it does right :/ |
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Aight. Bet. So far so good. I tried painting the outlines. And while we're here, I also tried painting
the Konoha logo. And here I finally put the logo in the correct location - at the top, not to be pressed with the finger. I also did this a couple of times with how small it is. ðŸ˜
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| gaslighting myself that it looks good
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| e r a s e d |
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| nope, not it |
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| still not it. damn it |
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| finally 😪 |
I had to re-do it a lot of times. I couldn't get the lining to be consistent. I was painting it at the wrong
location, though. hahah which I corrected later.
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| so far, huh? |
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| hope I don't accidentally |
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| RUIN IT |
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At this point, I was mainly using waterbased acrylic paints. I was not in my right mind (
as you read
on through my blog, you will know that I am not mostly in my right mind) and I think I wiped it down using
rubbing alcohol.
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| oops |
I tried painting the black over to hide the streak, and then lining it again. You can see how it
looked.
Honestly, I like this red
Better than the acrylic from before
I wasn't actually satisfied with the end result. :( there are a couple of
spots here and there that I believe were dust or some debris. I also wanted to top coat this using 2k, but I
didn't
want to waste a can of 2k spray can on just this 1 mouse. A can costs around Php 600, and once you activate it,
(mix
the hardener to the resin) you only have maybe 24hours to use all of it. I considered 2k because it's an object
that
you are constantly in contact with. Oils from the skin may affect the finish, and with a 2k coat, I assume it's
going to be tougher than a regular top coat.
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| With the client's funko pop |
This is what it looked like after around 2 months of use. I don't remember what top
coat I used on these parts, but as evident here, it's not really withstanding the constant use :<
I hope I can redo another one in the future, and do it a bit more justice. 'Till,
then, my dear friends, I hope you don't lose your motivation and keep on working on your hobbies!
Cheers!
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Project: Itachi G304
Type: Commission, Repaint
Started: July 21, 2025
Finished: August 16, 2025
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