How I killed Batman...An acetone horror story.

[supervike]

If only I'd bothered to read further into some of the threads here.

I remembered reading that Acetone will strip off those HeroClix super-thick paint jobs.

I was very impressed initially.  As soon as I dropped the Caped Crusader into the dip, I could see little sheets of that horrible blue paint fading away.

Then, we decided to go out for lunch, and I left Batman to his own devices.

I came home to find a cloudy blue mixture.  I plunged in to find that not only had the paint all but disappeared, but his cape was badly mangled, and poor Batman was now a spongy mess.  I dumped out the nasty acetone, and rinsed the Heroclix, only to realize one of his hands was now missing as well (most likely in the disposed acetone)

So, I in my ignorant haste have done what countless supervillians have failed to do.

The horrifying results:

[Predatorpt]

Look at the bright side...you now have a zombie Batman

[Blue in vt]

Yeah...acetone likes to eat plastic...bummer eh?

I agree that it does open up some interesting modeling possibilities.

At least it was only one figure,

Blue

[aggro84]

Look at the bright side...you now have a zombie Batman

I was thinking the same thing!

I think it will look pretty cool painted.

Any pre-painted models I've re-painted so far have turned out "okay".
I've just scraped off the mold lines and any super thick paint and primered right over them.

[YIU]

Nice zombie Batman, Jim  

There is a specific product used by miniatures painters in France to strip paint on plastic miniatures : Glanzer.



I tried it on Alkemy plastic miniatures and it works perfectly. People use it on GW plastic, model kits but I never tried on Heroclix minis (I paint over the existing paint).

10 to 20 minutes for plastic and a few hours for a pewter miniature and it is cleaner than with an acetone bath.

I don't know if it is sold in UK or USA. This product is used to wash tiles. I am sure you can find it under another name.

[fastolfrus]

Paint his face as a white mask and you could have "Batman of the Opera" :~}

[sundayhero]

acetone works on heroclix figures (at least, mine  ). BUT you must not dip them into acetone, and more important, not let them into acetone for ages. And of course be carefull since acetone is a dangerous chemical product.

The best way to use acetone on heroclix figures is to brush it on the figure, so you can control the effect.

For next figures, take a look here :

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=35438.0

[Cherno]

Looks like Batman took a dive into one of the vats at Axis Chemicals

I hope it wasn't too expensive.

[Comsquare]

Looks like Batman took a dive into one of the vats at Axis Chemicals

I hope it wasn't too expensive.

But should he not have green hair then

[Cherno]

But should he not have green hair then

Let's assume it was a different vat

Also, he does have green hair, but it's hidden under the cape!

[Weird WWII]

Looks like a perfect Batman zed.

Brian

[mpennock]

So, I in my ignorant haste have done what countless supervillians have failed to do.

Since you haven't mentioned him, I presume that Robin escaped from his deathtrap.....

[supervike]

Since you haven't mentioned him, I presume that Robin escaped from his deathtrap.....

Yes indeed!!  I had a hankering to paint up a Batman, but not so with the Boy Wonder.

He escaped to warn the others.



Live and learn.

[alexgrunt]

@YIU: Glanzer doesn't work on the industrial paint they use on Heroclix...

[Commander Vyper]

Use a mantic zed head, sculpt a ripped cowl over it, swop, use a mantic zed hand to replace the missing one. You got you blackest night black latern bats, straight off the er...bat!