Still not finished with one but here's another work in progress of my customs. By now I think I won't try to remove the fur from future projects. There's always a bit left and it looks slightly sloppy. Plus, even though the flock becomes hard when painted it still looks fluffier.
The first custom now has its tail and mane painted with Liche Purple acrylics. I still have to decorate the horn and put some more purple paint on, on a few spots the original colour still shines through. Then I'll repaint the golden hooves, fix the cutie mark and it will be done.
Btw, I don't know why its jewel looks blue, it's actually pink. Must be a reflection on the camera, it's raining cats and dogs right now.
My second custom also started out as Romeo. This one is ivory and black. I will paint the horn golden and give it brown eyes. I also made some tiny faerie wings for it, so I'm gonna drill some holes into its body. Mane and tail still need some highlights and there's still a little bit of blue poking through the fur here and there. Once that is fixed this custom will get a cutie mark in either gold or brown. It'll get a brown jewel into its crown and two jewels on the wings.
The wings are my second try at this so they're not perfect, but I think they're good enough.