Help! Minis question

[sfgiants]

Hello all, I just unearthed a huge trove of my old minis. Except when I was 12 I didn't paint well... I need to find a way to strip the paint...Any suggestions?

 

[BButler]

Well, there are lots of choices and little agreement about which one is best. Three that will work are:

Pine Sol
Simple green
Brake fluid

Personally, I use PineSol. Just soak your painted minis overnight in full-strength PineSol and the paint will come off easy. I use an old toothbrush to take off the last stubborn remnants of paint. The other solutions work pretty much the same way.

PineSol makes your minis piney fresh, though

 

[Piratecat]

By request of the miniatures fans, we now have a forum for miniatures! I'll slide this over.

 

[Alchemist]

Hey, didn't we just have this topic?

Oven cleaner. Spray on, leave for 2 hours, scrub off with old toothbrush. The other one that works pretty well for me is brake fluid, but I seem to have to leave it for longer.

Both have been safe on lead, pewter and plastic minis.

Happy painting.

 

[S'mon]

By request of the miniatures fans, we now have a forum for miniatures! I'll slide this over.

<h1>YAAAAAAYYYY!!!! </h1>

 

[kengar]

By request of the miniatures fans, we now have a forum for miniatures! I'll slide this over.

We do??! Where? All I see is the "Art Gallery & Miniatures" one we've always had. Or am I just blind?

 

[S'mon]

We do??! Where? All I see is the "Art Gallery & Miniatures" one we've always had. Or am I just blind?

On closer inspection, I see that PC simply added the word "Miniatures" to the Art Gallery forum, thus giving us two for the price of one!

 

[kengar]

On closer inspection, I see that PC simply added the word "Miniatures" to the Art Gallery forum, thus giving us two for the price of one!

That's had "Miniatures" as part of its name for a while now. phooey! I was hoping we had a new forum. Oh well. (sigh)

 

[Gizzard]

Hello all, I just unearthed a huge trove of my old minis. Except when I was 12 I didn't paint well...

I dont know how long ago you were 12, but minis have made great strides forward since I was 12. Back then, everything D&D was 15mm which just cant compete with the 25mm and 30mm figures which are popular today.

Anyway, if you have a collection of 15mm figs, I'd recommend buying a 25mm fig (Reaper, Games Workshop) or two to try out. The amount of work you will spend stripping old 15mm figures could easily go into painting a new mini which will look twice as good.

Try www.coolminiornot.com for examples of what can be done in the format (with a huge amount of talent. ;-)