painting 1911 stocks

[burrhead]

I'm making up a 1911 prop gun for a local play. The gun is supposed to be an extra fancy presentation piece and I want to make the stocks look like ivory or pearl. I have an old set of full checkered stocks that I'm going to sacrifice for this project. Any suggestions on what kind of spray paint? I know I can just use high gloss white but I wonder if there might not be something better. The audience will be about 10 feet or further from the action and, yes, money is an object.
TIA

 

[sleeping dog]

Ivory is easy, get a spray can of ivory-colored paint from the hardware.

Pearl, you can sort of fake it. Cadillac has a "pearl white" paint, so you can probably find it at an auto parts store.

Regards.

 

[HankL]

I have an old set of full checkered stocks

Before you paint why not rasp and sand that checkering a bit?
Once the play has run you may be able to refinish and have a set of custom thinned grips.