I am having a flashback of when I had to handpaint a deer head on a firetruck, I thought it looked great but "the boys" complained that it looked "gay" because I made the deer have eyelashes.
One of "the boys" just wrecked the aforementioned truck and now I have to bid on repainting the one side.
Sorry for going OT but it looks like you did find an answer for your query.
Love....Jill