[DSII]Painting RenLeg Plastics

> ----- Original Message -----
Although I use a TO&E >that has 4 vehicles per platoon, so they won't fill out
a battalion sized unit per box. >Unfortunately I haven't had the chance of
painting any of these. (I've been working >on a modern GHQ based force
recently with GZG infantry) Does anyone know if >the RenLeg plastics are easy
or hard to paint?
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Thats a lot of plastic to paint. I painted the ones that came with the
Centurion box and they turned out fairly decent. I used some spray on primer
while they were still on the sprues (gray I think), then cut them off the
sprue, touching up the places where the mini was attached to the sprue.
I put on a green base coat for the RenLeg/Commonwealth minis, and a
brown one for the TOG. Painted some camo patterns on them and drybrushed with
a lighter tone of the base coat. The drybrushing did not turn out all that
well. Then sprayed on some sealer (Krylon Matte). The paints were from Ral
Partha's Battletech Autumn colors set, and went on pretty good. The primer
that you brush on was too thin, so I used the spray kind instead or it would
have taken me forever.

After I painted them I cut the tip off of a thumbtack, and glued the mini to
it, then glued the thumbtack to a primed and painted penny. This idea came
from someone on the list. I cut up a handful of floral moss (I think) into
smaller pieces and put it in a bowl. Putting some art glue that drys clear
onto the penny and rolling the assembly around in the bowl gives the
impression that the mini is hovering over some ground cover.