Hey, there. The topic of fancels came up, and I 
was wondering.

A while back ago, I was trying my hand at making 
a fancel of a character I loved who never made it 
into the anime series to which he belonged. It 
was just one of those things for my own 
amusement. ^_^ I used acetate and acrylic paints--
 and I tried several different brands of acrylics-
- but I kept having the same problem happen.

My paint, when it dried, would crack. I'd paint 
over it with a new layer, and it would fill part 
of the cracks in, but there would always be 
cracks left over, until I got to the point where 
there were so many layers of paint on the reverse 
side that I couldn't reach the cracks anymore to 
fill them in. :o( I got discouraged, and set the 
project aside, but have been thinking about doing 
some more experimenting.

My question-- has anybody who has made a fancel 
ever experienced the cracking-paint problem? How 
did you solve it? If not, what brand of acetate 
do you use, and what brand of paint have you had 
success with? I'm thinking it might've been my 
acetate, because a number of different brands 
would crack... but then again, it might've just 
been a color thing, because some colors were more 
prone to cracking than others. And I tried 
experimenting with thinning the paints, to see if 
that would make an impact. Of course, it didn't.

Any guidance? :o)

Thanks!
-Cres