I have played (and own) more supremacy junk than I like to think about. I'm
looking for an excuse to break out the mushrooms for DS2 or laserlight's soon
to be released (yeah sure) operational scale rules....
Anyway, I'd suggest you take a test vehicle, get some decent primer (I think I
use armouries stuff) and prime the thing. Let the paint dry. I have had
problems getting primer to stick to toys before in that it gives a bit patchy
coverage. But it still offers a pretty good coverage for most of the surface.
Then paint onto that. The only way to help that I can think of is take some
fine grain sandpaper and very lightly sand the surface of the plastic to try
to remove the smoothness of the outer surface, thus giving the primer
something to grip on. That might work.
Some plastics just don't like holding paint.
Some of the 1/72 or 1/76 scale plastic army
men are hard plastic, others are a softer kind that loves to flake off paint.
Such seems to be the way of the world and not much to do about
it....
T.
From: "Thomas Barclay" <kaladorn@magma.ca>
> than I like to think about. I'm looking for an
O ye of little faith. I've been working on them this week.
> onto that. The only way to help that I can think
On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 02:47:33 -0400, "Thomas Barclay" <kaladorn@magma.ca>
wrote:
> Some plastics just don't like holding paint.
Umm... yes there is! There are all sorts of options that you have to make soft
plastic army men keep their paint. I did some reading on this. I can give
anyone references to pages if they want, but the easiest one (I read about it
in a message by Frank Chadwick of GDW fame) is to paint on watered down white
glue (the stuff you get from Woodland Scenics is the same stuff,
pre-watered).
You paint it on fairly thick, and keep brushing it out of the folds where it
will settle in white until it sets. The result is a clear, flexible coat that
wraps around the paint. No flaking, by all accounts.
On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:35:35 -0500, Allan Goodall <agoodall@att.net>
wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 02:47:33 -0400, "Thomas Barclay"
<kaladorn@magma.ca>
> wrote:
One of my favorite brands of paints is Cel-Vinyl's "Cartoon Colors".
The stuff is intended for use on animation cels, and is very flexible...well
suited for painting things like plastic army men.
The other really neat bit is that each color has about 20 gradations, ranging
from darkest (20) to just barely a shade away from white (1), so it makes
drybrushing, highlighting, and so forth a VERY easy process. I need to put
together an order soon.
Problem is, the stuff is a bit pricey...but it lasts for a very long time.
I've only had one bottle die, and that was because I've literally used
the entire bottle (Dark Green 20 -- covers everything, and it's a
wonderful color).