Crossword clues for repaint
repaint
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repaint \Re*paint"\ (r?-p?nt"), v. t. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted. 2 (context computing English) The act of drawing or rendering again on the display. vb. 1 To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted. 2 (context computing English) To draw or render again on the display.
WordNet
v. paint again; "He repainted the same scenery many times during his life"
paint again or anew; "We had to repaint the gutters with linseed oil"
paint again; "He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce"
Wikipedia
A repaint is a toy that was created entirely from a mold was previously available; however, the colors of the plastic and/or the paint operations have been changed. Repaints differ from redecos in that repaints do not alter the actual placement of paint applications while redecos do.
Since molds can be expensive to create, this is often seen as a comparatively inexpensive way for a toy company to make many different toys available in a cost-effective manner. It is also an effective way for toy manufacturers to produce exclusive figures, chase figures or other variants.
The term repaint also refers to fashion dolls whose original manufacturer face paint is removed and then repainted by an artist. Repaint styles include highly realistic treatments, fantasy makeovers, and celebrity likenesses. These dolls are often OOAK, although some artists create repaints in small limited editions.
In the collecting of 1:6th Action Figures, repainting has several methods. They can generally be narrowed down to 3 categories: paint, pastel and wash.
Usage examples of "repaint".
The plants and vines disappeared from the plaza, and the duotone color scheme of green and brown was repainted with a brighter and more varied palette.
Although the interior had been cleaned out and repainted, the exterior was still an eyesore because portions were charred, streaked, and flaking.
As Fundal had said, the armory had been repainted recently, and there was but the faintest sense of chaos in the space.
She was supposed to have been scraped down and repainted under the supervision of Reenie and Ron Hincks, but this was yet another thing that had not taken place.
The head and arm are repainted, but the thigh and hip are modelled in a magnificent style that reminds us of the figure of Night in the Medician tombs that he was at this very time carving.
There were rules about regilding, repainting, and replacing damaged or missing parts.
We had spears to sharpen, swords to hone and shields to repaint, revarnish and bind hard.
I have not patience to relate how many initial letters of antiphonaries and sixteenth-, seventeenth- and even eighteenth-century miniatures have been touched up or repainted and passed off as true and ancient representations of Jeanne.
The heads both of the Adam and the Eve have been less successfully repainted than the rest of the figures, and have suffered somewhat in consequence, but the reader will note the freedom from any approach to barocco maintained throughout the work.
Swen can get this thing repainted and renumbered and your boat will be considered stolen property.
Annixter had telegraphed to his overseer to have the building repainted, replastered, and reshingled and to empty the rooms of everything but the telephone and safe.
The dazzling yellow walls-cleaned and replastered after the Tyr-storm- lifted up in front of them, the freshly repainted portraits of the Lion-King were blurred, but colorful at this distance.
He issued instructions to have the CRAF aircraft inspected by maintenance experts from his old squadron and, if it passed muster, have it put back in service and flown to Atlanta for repainting as an Aer Lingus cargo aircraft on charter to the UN.
According to the plan, the rest of the ISEG would proceed to Djibouti aboard the repainted MD-80, complete with an Aer Lingus tail number, ID markings, and a UN humanitarian relief logo.
All thirty-eight members of the ISEG had been deployed to the British base area in Oman, and the MD-80 aircraft that Robertson had ordered had been repainted as an Aer Lingus cargo plane on charter to the UN.