Help! My mini\'s got a malevolent soul!

[TobiWan]

This is so freaky - I read somewhere that to paint the mini\'s face first would be kinda encouraging to finish it. So I tried that on a Mid-Nor dwarf warrior...
The skin came out nicely and was fun to paint... then I painted the eyes and from then on everything I tried to paint on him came out wrong or I had to repaint it several times to get to something even near the standard I aimed at.
I painted some stuff on other minis - which came out nicely... then I went back to this guy and tried the same thing: No way!

He\'s staring at me right now and laughing because I\'ve messed up his scimitar 3 times by now.

This simply isn\'t normal painter\'s block anymore! I think I gave him a soul when I painted his eyes and thus brought him to life.

I think I\'ll have to call an exorcist or something! :flame:

Tobi

 

[DennisMech]

Ghost busters!

A malovent soul like that can only be exorcised by the ghost busters, or a bottle of paint stripper

I told you all, faces come last!

 

[wiccanpony]

put a tiny paperbag over his head.:flip:

 

[supervike]

gulp!

He may be waiting for you to go to sleep.

I\'d keep on eye open, if I were you...

 

[Trevor]

Sounds l;ike its time for the soul stripper.

 

[TobiWan]

Originally posted by Trevor
Sounds l;ike its time for the soul stripper.

Which compound would you suggest for this task? And where can I get this? :wow:

Tobi

 

[airhead]

Originally posted by TobiWan

Originally posted by Trevor
Sounds l;ike its time for the soul stripper.

Which compound would you suggest for this task? And where can I get this? Tobi

Try Easy Off Oven Cleaner - original formula.

 

[frenchkid]

Brake fluid is the only option you have left lol

 

[TobiWan]

Ah, no. I don\'t want to strip the whole thing because the skin\'s really good after all.
A cool thing I tried today on another mini is partial stripping. I took a pair of tweezers and a small piece of cotton and dipped it into nail polish remover (= more or less potent acetone). A bit of careful scrubbing easily removes thick layers of paint and works so far that you can apply a layer of your base color and you can start again with only a minor loss of quality.

Have a nice day,
Tobi

 

[Trevor]

Thats a great tip, gonna have to remember that one.

 

[DennisMech]

Originally posted by TobiWan
A cool thing I tried today on another mini is partial stripping.

But partial stripping\'s much less fun!

 

[TobiWan]

Originally posted by DennisMech
But partial stripping\'s much less fun!

lol Once hunger demands....

Have a nice day,
Tobi

 

[supervike]

in my day...

Originally posted by DennisMech
But partial stripping\'s much less fun!

Partial strippers were just called \"teases\"....lollol

 

[slidedog]

Yes partial stripping should be followed closely by complete stripping, always good for the soul!

Look out! Supervike is about to become a freak!

Congrats!