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Re: Body Armor
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Date: 
Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:25:26 GMT
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
news:G4Dquy.8D4@lugnet.com...
Anyway, in the FAQ someone suggests trying Games Workshop (ie, Citadel) • paints,
because they're "made for painting plastic".  They aren't.  While Citadel
produces many plastic miniatures, Citadel paints are meant to be applied • to a
primed miniature, NOT directly to the plastic.  So, unless you want to • cover
the entire minifig in a coat or three of primer, I'd suggest avoiding • Citadel
Paints.

I've been using Citadel/Games Workshop paints for years (I have over 5,000
Citadel/Games Workshop figures!) and I agree that they aren't great on
certain plastics - because they're water based acrylics they have a nasty
habit of "pooling" on the surface of some plastics. A thin coat of Games
Workshop primer usually does the trick, although on metal I've always found
the paints pretty good without a primer. I've yet to try them on LEGO - I
don't want to subject any of my minifigs to customisation as I just don't
have enough, although Gui-Gonn Jinn is looking like a contender with LEGO
having 4 sets with him included!

Dan



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(...) with, and I thought about posting but then didn't because I figured that would be weird, responding to a post just because I found it through the FAQ... Anyway, in the FAQ someone suggests trying Games Workshop (ie, Citadel) paints, because (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)

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