Crocs. It’s either you hate them or you love ‘em. There’s no middle ground. While some adults look silly with their brightly hued hole-y rubber shoes, there’s no denying that Crocs are cute on little feet. How much cuter would it be if it was Pinky-sized?

Sork, from the Pinky-street.com Forums, was the first (to my knowledge) Pinky collector who has made a Crocs custom for Pinky Street. He showcased his finished products at the forum’s gallery, and many members have expressed interest in the cute Crocs-clad Pinky feet.

He started mass-producing them for collectors willing to pay, instead of having to make it themselves. On his first sale, the Koroko legs were priced rather steeply at 10 euros each. However, he has slashed his prices since then. Even better: Sork has announced that he has finally perfected the sitting Koroko legs! The legs come with a skirt, both of which can be bought painted or unpainted.

I was one of Sork’s first customer. Since he slashed his prices, he gave me one of the first sitting Koroko legs he’s ever made, along with a skirt. Like the standing Koroko leg, the materials are of good quality; it’s actually even tougher than the plastic of the original Pinky St doll.

I’ve already customized one of the standing unpainted Koroko legs I’ve bought, but have neglected to paint the other legs, as well as the sitting legs and the skirt that came with it. Hmm, I think it’s time to break out my acrylics again.

Want to buy some Koroko lgs for your Pinkies? Head on to Sork’s Koroko Shop.

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I’m no artist, nor am I a craft-sy person. That doesn’t stop me from trying though.

My customs toolbox. Some of the Pinky pieces were from sork, while others are from a lot of Pinky parts I bought from the forums

 
I’ve always wanted to repaint a couple of Pinky parts. I never really got to start on any of these projects because I always have something else to do. This evening however, I finally found myself with nothing to do (and no desire to go online), so I decided to give it a shot.

Blu tack and toothpicks. Oh yeah.

 
This is actually my third attempt at repainting Pinkies. The first time I tried it was on a fakey skirt. I must have used too much water or maybe it’s the fakey material, but the paint didn’t stick to the skirt.

As you can see, I have a black and red theme going on.

 
My second attempt was to repaint Arc’s white turtleneck. I thought it would look great on black, and after buying a new set of Reeves acrylics, I went to work. This time, the paint was too thick and clumps too much. Not enough water, I guess. The brush work was atrocious and uneven. After several months in my carrying case with the other parts, the paint eventually chipped in some areas.

The hardest thing about painting Pinkies, I think, is mixing the right amount of red, yellow and white to match the original Pinky skin color. Or maybe I should ditch the red altogether?

 
After two painting attempts, my third still wasn’t perfect. I made several mistakes: painting with careless abandon as if I’m working on a huge canvas instead of a tiny piece of plastic. In painting the yukata top, I brushed black paint on areas that were supposed to be red.

Athena, Pucchi and Tohru modeling the finished products

 
Still, it was a great experience. I know I’m a long way off from being a great painter, but at least I’m trying, right? Life is all about trial and errors anyway. And I’m definitely learning from this experience.

Queso!

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