Last Night on Earth

[Too Bo Coo]

I think the 'stickiness' is from the application of a thinner that is also used in the manufacture of the plastic.  I bought some Dark Future cars, typical GW hard plastic. I had a brain fart and used turpentine to take the old paint off.  Needless to say, in a few moments I had sticky slag that took days to 'dry', and once it did, the cars were shrunk and unrecognizable. Of course that was being dunked into 100% pure thinner....

How do your figs look now?

[Sterling Moose]

I've repainted 'Heroclix' with regular acrylics (Cote D'Arms, craft paint, GW etc) with no sticky effects at all.

[dexter]

Be interested to know what paints and varnish you used. I've encounted this problem in the past when repainting WOTC D&D figures but it happened only when I used oil based varnish on them (humbrol enamels). I think there is a chemical in some plastics which is there to soften the plastic and this gasses off and softens any oil based paint. I've since painted DDM figures and some LNOE figures just in acrylic with acrylic varnish and haven't had any problems.


In my experience once a figure has gone sticky theres nothing you can do to un-sticky it 

I used a GW spray undercoat , everything after that was acrylic ,a mix of GW Tamiya and Miniature Paint

[Too Bo Coo]

Maybe the Tamiya paint is the culprit.....

[Cherno]

I'm pretty sure it's from the spray primer, the same thing happend to an airsofter who wanted to paint his helmet which had a rubber/plastic edge, and when he sprayed it the same stickyness ensued

[dexter]

Maybe the Tamiya paint is the culprit.....

the tamiya  paint was only used on weapons,so that won't have caused it.

[Cherno]

You could try asking that one fellow over at BGG how he painted his LNoE miniatures; I based mine on his color scheme

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/245051/last-night-on-earth-the-zombie-game

[Too Bo Coo]

the tamiya  paint was only used on weapons,so that won't have caused it.

Rats.  Thought I nailed it....

[obsidian3d]

Those pics are really good.  I've been meaning to paint up the figures from Touch of Evil.  Most of them are actually very nicely sculpted, so it's good to see that Flying Frog is consistent across their games.  Hm...maybe I should buy LNOE just to get some survivor figures for modern zombie horror.

[Cherno]

The survivor and zombie miniatures were available seperately directly from FFP, maybe they still have them.

[dexter]

Those pics are really good.  I've been meaning to paint up the figures from Touch of Evil.  Most of them are actually very nicely sculpted, so it's good to see that Flying Frog is consistent across their games.  Hm...maybe I should buy LNOE just to get some survivor figures for modern zombie horror.

you can sometimes find LNOE cheap on ebay now,a friend recently bought one for £17 including p+p

[apeekaboo]

Ok, so I applied Army Painter Quickshade to my LNOE miniature.
I also rebased them on GW 25mm round bases and added magnets underneath, making them fit in with my other minis.

Normally the Quickshade takes 24 hours to harden. With these miniatures it took 8 (!) days for the Quickshade to become "unsticky". 

Since the Quickshade makes the miniatures highly glossy, I wanted to turn that down with Army Painter Anti-shine.
The baby was asleep, so I went out to the nearby bicycle shed to use the spray instead of going to the neighborhood hobby room.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Apparently the temperature/humidity/whatever turned them frosty! 
Why couldn't I just wait for a better time to go to the hobby room... *face-palm*

I managed to rectify some of the frostiness by painting on GW matt varnish, but some minis needs to be retouched. *sigh*
I might return with with some pictures if I can get them back on track.

[obsidian3d]

I'd like to see them. And do let us know if you fix your frosting problem. I have a few figures that it's happened to as well.

[Cherno]

Ok, so I applied Army Painter Quickshade to my LNOE miniature.
I also rebased them on GW 25mm round bases and added magnets underneath, making them fit in with my other minis.

Normally the Quickshade takes 24 hours to harden. With these miniatures it took 8 (!) days for the Quickshade to become "unsticky". 

Since the Quickshade makes the miniatures highly glossy, I wanted to turn that down with Army Painter Anti-shine.
The baby was asleep, so I went out to the nearby bicycle shed to use the spray instead of going to the neighborhood hobby room.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

Apparently the temperature/humidity/whatever turned them frosty! 
Why couldn't I just wait for a better time to go to the hobby room... *face-palm*

I managed to rectify some of the frostiness by painting on GW matt varnish, but some minis needs to be retouched. *sigh*
I might return with with some pictures if I can get them back on track.

The same thing happend to me as well, and since then I have never used Anti-shine varnish again, just normal brush-on matte varnish.

[Too Bo Coo]

I have half a can of AP anti-shine, I dont care for the product.  Same thing happened to me.  The Testors product works much better.

Another tip that might help too.  When I use the dip I let the figs dry on a closed oil portable radiator.  They lose their tack in about 10 hours and feel dry in 24.  I let them sit for 48.  I suspect some of that 'white' is actually moisture still caught in the varnish.