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Title: sharpies in different colors?
Post by: paigeoliver on August 29, 2003, 06:48:44 am

I recently spent a few hours touching up the black parts of the sideart on my Battlezone with a sharpie. Can you get them in other colors? The majority of the (mostly teeny) sideart scrapes and flaws were on the black parts (which is the last color screened, and thus the first to scrape off), but it would be nice to touch up the other defects as well. (Not to mention try and cover up the pentagram scratched into the side of my Crystal Castles).

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: tmasman on August 29, 2003, 08:02:37 am

They also come in Blue, Red, and Green... But I think that's it.
Any decent office supply store should have them.

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: SpAwN on August 29, 2003, 09:07:40 am

Office Supply Store? Don't you mean the supply cabinet at work :)

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: tmasman on August 29, 2003, 09:15:36 am

You mean they aren't the same thing? ;)

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: Hoagie_one on August 29, 2003, 09:18:51 am

ive seen them in the primary colors as well as pastels, just have to look around for em.  Prolly want to check out the web to find em

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: JackTucky on August 29, 2003, 09:41:52 am

I got a 12 pack of all different colors from staples.com.

I've also seen like a 20 pack at Sam's Club.

Art

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: ErikRuud on August 29, 2003, 09:44:16 am

I had bought a 8-pack that came in Black, red, blue, purple, orange, yellow, green and brown.

I have seen that they now have silver as well.

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: Raleigh on August 29, 2003, 10:37:26 am

I have the twelve pack (black, red, blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, purple, aqua, lime, berry, turquoise) they really do come in handy.

On their website they have examples of comon uses that I have to laugh at though:

"Creating stained glass  
I used my colored SHARPIE

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: Howard_Casto on August 29, 2003, 12:26:23 pm

Sharpies are great!  Only ducttape rivals their usefulness.  However a word of warning, sharpie color is slightly translucent, which means that when you color in a large area you get overlap marks.  Black works great, the other colors, not so much.  I would reccomend getting paint markers instead. Testers has had them out for hobbists for years, automotive quality paint in marker form.

Title: Re:sharpies in different colors?
Post by: Frostillicus on August 29, 2003, 12:59:06 pm

If you need a broader range of colors with better applicators...look for Prismacolor markers at art stores.  20 bucks will get you the basic 12 colors...example LINK (http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_products.cfm?classID=1512&subclassID=151217&brandname=Prismacolor)