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Author Topic: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?  (Read 1764 times)

Offline Hobgoblin

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Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
« on: January 11, 2017, 07:24:44 PM »
I just acquired the Dark Alliance war trolls. I haven't come across that sort of plastic before - much harder than Caesar, but not "hard plastic". Does anyone have experience of painting this stuff? If so, does it take spray undercoat OK, or is it better undercoated with paint by hand?

Thanks in advance!
« Last Edit: January 12, 2017, 12:53:33 PM by Hobgoblin »

Offline Bodvoc

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Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2017, 08:06:39 PM »
First, make sure you wash the figures in warm soapy water to rinse off any moulding agents.
Then you can put a thin wash of diluted pva over every figure before then painting, or, I have found Plasticote spray paints give an excellent undercoat on plastic figures.
Hope this helps?
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Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2017, 09:43:16 PM »
Thanks! Very helpful. I'll look into Plasticote. I tried undercoating one with Citadel's Imperial Primer, but it didn't adhere at all well. Their base white (whatever it's called - "Ceramite"?) seemed to work better, when I overpainted with that. I'll experiment with PVA.

Oddly, the much softer plastic of the Caeasar 1/72 figures seems to work perfectly with Ceramite White - I've had no flaking at all with those.

Online Gunner Dunbar

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Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2017, 11:11:06 PM »
I have painted lots of plastic figures, I use cheap flat black spray and have never had an issue, always wash the figs though.

Offline SBRPearce

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Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2017, 03:19:25 PM »
I don't know about its availability overseas, but in the US Krylon makes a spray paint formulated for plastic. I've used it as primer for several batches of plastic minis (it comes in all sorts of colors, including various camouflage shades) and it holds well, even on flexible materials.
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