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I have gradually been building up a collection of old GW terrain that is made out of hardfoam. They are great peices but the paintjobs I want to redo. I think I am down with how to repaint them avoiding spray cans and just brushing acrylics. Annoyingly though GW liberally sprinkled green flock over all the peices. Does anyone know the best way to remove this? Also can I varnish the models afterwards for protection and if possible I would like to oil wash them as well.

Here is the first peice I will be working on on (not my one but it is the same peice). It is designed for fantasy but I am going to convert it for 40K use.


Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Honestly, and you're probably not going to like this answer, it looks like you're just going to have to take a knife or something, and scrape it off very very carefully. I'd be extremely wary of using any type or chemicals or aerosols on it, for fear of melting or damaging the foam. I'd also maybe stay away from an oil wash, for the same reason.

If you are lucky, they used PVA glue to attach the flock. Try soaking one overnight in water and see if it peels off. If not, you may need to flock over it, or scrape it off manually.

Soft wire brush (or a very stiff bristle) should allow you to remove much of the grassy crap.

If lucky, it's only stuck on with pva. A stiff brush will assist with that too (while you soak it.)