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I see a lot of bigger minis (medis?) from shows like DBZ and I always think I'd love to paint over them.

But you can't just start painting on top, right? What do you do to prep them for repainting?

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[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It depends on how deep the details are and how much the existing paint is clogging them. If it isn't too much of an issue, then a simple spraypaint reprime on top is acceptable.

If you are looking to strip a mini, it depends on the material of the figure and the paint type. I regularly use Super Clean to strip eBay second hand tabletop figures. It eats any paint I've thrown at it, without damaging molded plastic figures. However if it is a resin figure, the stuff will melt it.

Good tools once you've soaked a figure in your juice of choice are toothpicks and stiff bristle plastic brushes. Sometimes a resoak is needed. Once I've scrubbed a lot of the surface and picked out the details it is usually good. If original paint exists in a super obscure crevice, it shouldn't matter once new primer goes on.

[-] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

So when people buy minis like this one, they typically strip off the old first?

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

For something that large and with such largely sculpted details, I'd probably just spray paint over it without stripping.

The paint may end up a little more susceptible to wear than if you strip it, but this is a display piece not a tabletop piece so I imagine it won't get handled nearly as much or as roughly.

[-] BirbSeed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

SSTF nailed it. This is the way.

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