"Scales and antler? Mate I see scales but I don't see antlers." And that is just because he can see, with his normal human eyeballs, that the paint looks like scales. So there.

All braced and ready to go, looking, as usual, a bit cranky about it. This seems like it's taking a while though, and he starts to ask-

"Ye done it or what? I don't feel any diff-" SMOOCH.

Look. Look! He does have color! RED. EVERYWHERE.

His eyes snap back open, and the stumble is a mixture of the world he sees, and the flurry of emotions that shoot through him for a moment.

"DAMNIT TANNUSEN, YE COULD HAVE JUST ASKED ME!"