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Title: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
Post by: Hobgoblin on 11 January 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!

Title: Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
Post by: Bodvoc on 12 January 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?

Title: Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
Post by: Hobgoblin on 12 January 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.

Title: Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
Post by: Gunner Dunbar on 12 January 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.

Title: Re: Painting/undercoating 1/72 Dark Alliance plastics?
Post by: SBRPearce on 13 January 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.