Painting Question

Anybody here ever played Supremacy?

I just bought 40 of the plastic tank miniatures for this game, with plans of
doing up an armor company or two, and I was curious if anyone has any tips on
what paint will stick to the plastic best?

> Anybody here ever played Supremacy?

No. If they're styrene, paint them as you would any plastic model kit. If
they're polyethylene, then clean them and prime them. Then be very gentle when
painting them. Then apply a couple of coats of lacquer and hope it doesn't com
off. PE is what they make milk jugs out of, it looks waxy and is somewhat
flexible, and paint doesn't stick
well--rubs off easily.  Something I haven't tried but could work is to
give them a dusting with a spray adhesive first, then primer --or it
could just make a mess so don't do it to all 40 at once.

> On 18-Jul-02 at 07:38, Laserlight (laserlight@quixnet.net) wrote:

> PE is what they make milk jugs out of,

PE is nifty stuff, you can heat it with a propane torch until it turns clear,
work it, and when it cools it goes back to being slightly opaque plastic. I've
made tool covers for my very sharp woodworking chisels by heating a milk jug,
sticking the chisel in and spinning it. When it cools it pulls off easily and
covers perfectly.

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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:25:50 -0400
From: Ray Forsythe <erf2@wombatzone.com>
Subject: Painting Question

Anybody here ever played Supremacy?

I just bought 40 of the plastic tank miniatures for this game, with plans of

doing up an armor company or two, and I was curious if anyone has any tips on
what paint will stick to the plastic best?
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I have seen and done two ways to paint plastics.

1. enamel paint: the hassle here is the paint clean up with some thinning
solvent, like turpentine.

2. acrylic paint: requires the plastics washed with dish detergent/water
to remove the injection mold oils. no washing can cause thinning, bubbles,
etc.

3. buy lead miniatures instead

since I have tons of acrylics and turpentine gives me a headache, I choose 2
& 3.

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 10:12:36 -0400, "David Reeves"
> <davidar@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:

> 2. acrylic paint: requires the plastics washed with dish

Umm... you _are_ priming the figure, aren't you? I've had no problems
painting resin, plastic, or lead with acrylics as long as I prime them with a
half decent (though not necessarily expensive) primer. I have never bothered
to wash them in dish detergent (though I've read often that you should). I
just trim flash, etc., prime, paint, and the coat with a couple of layers of
matte coat.

Dave Reeves said:
> 2. acrylic paint: requires the plastics washed with dish

Depends on the plastic. Styrene, no prob. If you do polyethylene without
primer, you're wasting time--the paint will come off when you handle it.