Had the soft plastic soldier manufacturers produced packs like this from the beginning, I doubt we would ever have moved to metal. These are great little gaming figures.
My prep and sealing process for these is pretty foolproof. I've not had any flake since I started this. I wash the figures in liquid dish soap to remove the grease from them. I prime with a rattle-can grey or white plastic primer from Rustoleum. Once they are painted, I brush on Varathane "Ultimate Polyurethane" clear gloss interior and let it cure for three days. After all the basing is done, I seal with Testor's Dullcote from a rattle-can.
Now they need to start producing good cavalry figures too. I cannot find anything in soft plastic that looks great ranked up for gaming.
Nice job. If only we'd had acrylic paints fifty years ago, I'd never have painted my Airfix napoleonics with Humbrol enamels that flaked off in no time. As you say, that didn't work, so the best answer for decades was to switch to metals.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was Testors enamels for me back in the 80s and 90s, and the result was the same: flaky.
DeleteMe too!
DeleteDo you really think that we not have been tempted to switch to metals if the plastic poses were suitable? Hmm. I wonder.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I would have stuck with plastics. I have always like the proportions better.
DeleteThat is as fine a job as I have ever seen on soft plastics, HaT produce many fine figures in a lot of ranges but maybe too late for me to change.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie! I wish they would make cavalry figures suitable for gaming.
DeleteWonderful and yes I quite agree on the not changing if these were available years ago! :)
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