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Hey guys,

I have a Tau army that's painted mostly in the T'au colour scheme, but recently I created my own colour scheme and want to start repainting them.

Trouble is, they're all properly based and such, is there anyway that I can strip/reundercoat them without harming the base? (and/or detail of the models)

Also, would it be better to strip? Or just spray over them again?

Any help would be HUGELY appreciated ^^

With out harming the base? What is on the base? If you used PVA glue, not really anything you can do.

Did you matte finish your models? Cuz that makes a difference on what you use.

Simple Green works well, it just takes about 2-weeks to get it off. Just drop it in and wait, give a shake about every other day. Does not affect the plastic at all. But if the model was matte finished, it has a problem getting through that.

There is a brand of degreaser that works really well, but you need to wear gloves to use it. If you are interested, I can look it up.

I have used Castrol Super Clean (also known as just Super Clean at auto parts stores) to great effect ... the pva glue will de-bond tho. With Super clean ... in the purple bottle ... it will strip the paint in a matter of hours . Just dont leave metal in there for weeks on end tho. I left a paint jar lid in it for like 3 weeks and it chewed it up !! LOL And with the super clean you hafta use gloves and eye protection. ive used it without gloves before but it does burn/iritate the skin so definitely use gloves. Ill get a pic of the stuff up if you want. Just bought some new the other day.

I guess you could make a rack so that the bases are out of the detergent/cleaner but the models themselves are in the stripper, but your feat would not get striped...

Cut them off the base, strip, paint, glue back on.

In a case like this I'd suggest painting over whatever is there if you can rather than stripping. The existing paint will act as a primer coat for you. Then re-seal when done.