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Post by belatucadras on Mar 27, 2015 22:22:47 GMT
This is model #92605 from the Bones II collection. Reaper Bones Model #92606He will be a character I will be playing in an upcoming game where I will be playing a Cloistered Cleric of The Red Knight. I had heard the stories regarding painting the bones and they are many. Many people have issues while many others do not. Prime or not to prime. Wash or straight out of the package. I took every precaution, watched many video and read several accounts online. Here is my first experience. Washing seemed to have no affect either positive or negative. I attempted to go bare boned and the paint wasn't sticking. I could get it to stick if I kept at it, but with several hundred miniatures staring at me, keeping at it was just not going to be enough. I ended up 'priming' the miniature using undiluted paint sprayed from an airbrush. I found this to work pretty good as the misted paint was spread thin enough as not to pool or pull. A few passes and their was good cover. I could also load up the brush and spray several miniatures at the same time. Paint is not primer, though, and if I was going to coat the mini I might as well prime it proper. I searched around and found that Vallejo Surface Primer was getting excellent results. I have some on order and will see how that goes moving forward.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Mar 28, 2015 0:41:59 GMT
Howdy,
One down, one hundred forty nine to go...
Great work, Kev!
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Post by adamantinedragon on Mar 28, 2015 2:20:38 GMT
Oooh... that paint job set off my exalt response...
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Post by belatucadras on Apr 12, 2015 3:32:58 GMT
The Vallejo Surface Primer works great. Sprayed lightly from an airbrush, the resulting surface was a pleasure to paint.
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Post by Draklith on Apr 12, 2015 16:30:39 GMT
I have found that they last several Bones minis that I have painted (4 or 5) didn't require me to wash or prep...just base and paint
I always base my minis before I start to paint them, and I use a spray paint made by testor, I think it's actually an enamel, flat black, it's also one of the only spray paints that I have found to NOT adversely affect Styrofoam in anyway, and I have tried it on every type of Styrofoam I can get my hands on. Here's a picky of it, picked up at hobby and craft stores in the model section for about $4 (pricey) per can.
So just thought I'd share this again considering all those here that still think you can't spray paint Styrofoam, U CAN
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