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lol, I was wondering if that would appear

I often wonder if that song has a deeper meaning... Or is it just that the bird is the word is the bird and that's that.

that...and ooom-ma-mow-mow is important.

With that song you have to read between the lines to get the true insightful meaning- its a poem locked in a riddle...

....its pretty fooking moving tbh.

The one with the orange fleur-de-lis on the first page looks badass.

I wish I had your attention span, weety. I managed to paint a carnifex and a zoanthrope, and now I have 10 half-painted termagants staring at me.And I do a little bit here and there, but like right now I'm trying to put khemri brown over the carapace, and I've got 5 of them done. Over 5 days.I did two of them tonight.

I just noticed you don't have a thread yet valhalla? They help to motivate!
Thankyou shredsmore. Its been a long time since I looked at my 1st page! Hope you enjoy it all!

Yea- start a blog! Mine keeps me going! You feel a need to do more and stick to your painting plans. You can't disappoint your audience!

Question for Americans. I looked up simple green on ebay and I find simple green in so many types! Which is the one for stripping minis? There is degreaser, carpet cleaner, boat cleaner, bike wheel cleaner, hand cleaner and all purpose cleaner...

Thats a lota cleaners

weetyskemian44 wrote:Question for Americans. I looked up simple green on ebay and I find simple green in so many types! Which is the one for stripping minis? There is degreaser, carpet cleaner, boat cleaner, bike wheel cleaner, hand cleaner and all purpose cleaner...

Thats a lota cleaners

I use this one:



I stripped three Imperial Guard Sanctioned Psykers (metal minis) this week. I left them in a bath of Simple Green for about three days and then brushed them under warm water with a toothbrush. All of the paint except for some dark pigment in the recesses and some paint on the bases came off. Doesn't bother my nose or my skin.

And since you are in the UK: http://www.encleansols.co.uk/3/

And for my German friends:

ExTrade Trapp u. Partner GmbH
Master Distributor
Simple Green Deutschland
Humboldtstrasse 9-11
53819 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany

Phone: +49 2247 969 490
Fax: +49 2247 969499
Cel: +49 160 475 64 52
Contact: Alfred F. Trapp

I find detol does the job. I was unsuccessful in trying to score some simple green.

Tortured-Robot wrote:I find detol does the job. I was unsuccessful in trying to score some simple green.

Why can't you just order it from the UK distributor? That's the UK link I included for Weety in my previous post.

It's pricey in the UK. Twelve UK pounds for 1 liter. It comes in two 500 mL bottles though so maybe you could split it with someone.

I used roughly 1/8 of a 1 liter bottle to strip the three psykers and I could easily have fit another dozen figs into the container. You can also reuse Simple Green though you may want to pour it through a cloth filter at some point to remove paint bits.

Weety, if you're looking to strip metal models, Wilkinson's Cellulose Thinners will work, providing you use a glass container.

On a good day, you can strip a metal model in a few hours.

Yea price is always important for me haha. I just found detol much cheaper, easier to get and perhaps less harmful?

thanks JB... i will hold that contact details dear to me now... i think in the future this will come in handy!!!

and weety... what a nice and cheapo and perfectly working lightbox... i will have to try that out too!!!

and your minis are perfect too... goers without saying of course!^^

Fairy Power Spray - I've stripped acrylics and 20 year old enamels from plastics and metals. Spray, leave ten minutes, scrub with toothbrush (preferably an old one or someone else's), rinse - on some of the old enamels I had to repeat the process. I've heard that it can loosen superglue and GS, but I've not noticed that.

Sorry to hijack the thread but-

I often get and try to strip models that have been over strayed in a heavy coat of black undercoat. When using detol as my normal medium of stripping normal paint jobs easily lifts off, however the models covered with the spray undercoat turns into a black sticky oily messy which is a nightmare.

Anyone had the same problems?

QVCUK.com does simple green

Try Malt Vinegar and an old toothbrush. DO NOT try brake fluid. I have used just plain simple green to great effect before. But I hear on the dakka that this stuff called "LA's Awesome!" is now the king of the hill for paint stripper)

With as much old stuff that you go through I would recommend a ultrasonic cleaner and a good de-greaser.
Link to my review on stripping models
http://warfrog.blogspot.com/2011/08/saving-ebay-finds-part-2.html

When you look at the warning on the de-greaser look for a disclaimer about it damaging paint finishes. For me I won;t use anything other than Super Clean, but its easy to find at Wal-Mart and $8.00 a gallon here.

UK Ebay ultrasonic cleaner
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultrasonic-Cleaner-/110814005527?pt=UK_Jewellery_Watches_JewelleryBoxes_Supplies_CA&hash=item19cd078917#ht_500wt_1202

Look for a cleaner that is around 2 liters and that has a heater. Get a dental or tattoo grade cleaner & look for a used one. Not like you need it for medical grade sterilization and cleaning, keep up with it and you can find one that is reasonable.

A good cleaner and de-greaser makes old models even more fun, I often buy the super crappy pro-painted lots just to strip them and resale them.

Its plastic that I'm having trouble stipping. Dettol works fine for metal, although like tourtured robot I have had the problem with spray undercoat becoming oily when stripping with dettol - I found the bets thing to do was to try and rub most of it off gently with kitchen towel and then maybe try the vinegar...

Ultrasonic clear is a great Idea If I can get one for peanuts! Not feeling quite so poo cos got paid today - the ****s just got around to paying us all the money they owe us (they were paying us the old rate of minimum wage for like 4 months!).

So I might stretch to simple geen but only if fairy power spray dont work. Thanks for all the helpful!

EPISODE IV: A New Background Picture

Is that a re-paint, a re-touch or completely new? I think it's a re-touch, but by no means 100% sure of that

Whichever, the face is stunning, and love the shoulderpad And the checks.

He is completely new -but he was painted to fit in with all the other imperial guard dudes. Your idea of the power spray seems to be working! The plastic beakies should be stripped b4 long

Too much classy old-skool in this thread for me to remember each one That's my excuse for memory loss anyway Still a great face!

Glad to help, I swear by power-spray these days. I've had a couple of instances of old paint in deep recesses not being completely stripped, but have found if I let the mini dry for several hours after stripping, a pin/needle pulls the remnants out very easily.

The power spray isn't perfect - probably because there is a lot of old superglue in the way - anyone know how to shift superglue

Acetone fingernail polish remover.

Unfortunately I heard that melts plastic. I put the minis in for another soak and hopefully that'll loosen it.

Link to my warseer thread in case anyone wants to bump me up the list. http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?330854-The-Museum-of-Rogue-Trader-and-Necromunda

Consider yourself bumped Weety

I'm kiev33 on Warseer. I just bumped it too.