Painting problems

[Ingwe]

Hello,

I ve painted the basic units of the dwarfs with acrylic paint but it seems to wear of. Could you advise me which paint to use or which way of painting to use.

Great game BTW. I hope the second edition will contain minis for the ents and someunique models such as Theoden, Elrond...or the Balrog.

Hopefully other aspects of Tolkiens works coud be oncorporated such as the war of gil-galad against Sauron but in that case the mechanics would have to be tweaked quite a bit.

THX and a merry christmas

[andypalmer]

Two things:

1. Apply an undercoat before painting

2. Apply a protective varnish after painting

[Ingwe]

Thx I apply an undercoat, a white one, but the paint still wears off. Maybe I dilute my paint too much.

Thanks for the tip I ll undercoat a bit heavier and see if it gives any result.


Grtz

[Xookliba]

I wouldn't apply a thicker undercoat. You will obliterate the detail. Primer coats should be really light. As the previous poster said, apply a coat of matte or gloss (as you prefer) varnish AFTER you have finished painting. This will for the most part keep the figure chip/wear-free.

Also, white undercoat is great for light colors (ie good guys), but black also works well for dark/shadowy figures. Try it on the Nazgul. And make sure your undercoat is completely flat (no gloss at all).

[Smash62]

I've had a different painting problem. My red (shadow player) units seem to be permanently "sticky".

I painted the bases of the three races a different color for easy differentiation (two were enamel, one acrylic). Then I coated them with 2 coats of The Armory's Matte Sealer.

After a few days, they pieces started sticking to each other, and the paint started coming off and sticking to other pieces.

So I then coated them with 2 to 3 coats of 1301 Krylon Gloss Acrylic. It's been a week or so, and I'm having the same problem again.

It's almost like the red plastic is still outgassing or something. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

(By the way, my gray and my blue pieces, with their bases painted--some even with the same color!--are all fine. It's got me mystified.)

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An update: I e-mailed Fantasy Flight about my problem and they mailed me replacement red plastic pieces. (That's great customer service!) I painted the new red pieces and am not having any problems with them! (I must have just had a bad batch of plastic.)

[nigel]

Weird,

Did you wash the figures first? When I used to paint plastic minis I'd always wash them in a water/washing up detergent mix first (and allow to dry) - which got rid of any grease etc on the figure, don't have time to paint figures now ...

Certainly never experienced the problem you have.

Nigel

[Smash62]

No, I didn't wash them first (now I wish I had). I don't know what to do with them now.

(And, by the way, I only painted the bases--something I can handle with my limited skill and time also.)

[nigel]

Smash62 said:

No, I didn't wash them first (now I wish I had). I don't know what to do with them now.

(And, by the way, I only painted the bases--something I can handle with my limited skill and time also.)

If varnish doesn't stop them feeling 'sticky/tacky' then probably you need to remove the whole mess, sounds like a problem with the inital/priming coat - but as I said before I've never experienced this myself I've had paint lift/peel/chip from plastic figures (especially 'flexible' figures)

How do you remove the paint? Depends on the base of the paint - you could try white spirit or detergent/water mix and a soft brush (like an old toothbrush).

If it was me I'd try with water/detergent and a brush first then try the white spirit if that didn't work (wear gloves and don't smoke while using it! ;D )

Nigel

[Xookliba]

Did you use Krylon fusion spray paint? The Krylon fusion is specifically for plastics. I would not be using any solvent-based paints since these minis are plastic. At best, the paint won't stick, at worst you may damage your minis.

Although it is odd that the others are fine. I've noticed that the red figures are a little softer. They might be of slightly different composition?

Be that as it may, you should always use hobby paints designed for use on plastics.

[kwojtasz]

how long would you say it takes to paint all the figures? as the game wouldn't be playable while your painting, unless you rotate the minis out and use the counters...

[jackstere]

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