John Rowlen posted:Painting Preiser 65602 Seated People 24 pack.
These are a few of the pictures for the post on painting the Preiser 65602 figures. I am showing pictures and leaving notes today on issues I want to discuss as I revise this final post.
The Four Unpainted Sprues sell for an average of $37.50 (US) in Preiser 65602 24 pack. If Preiser painted them, the five factory packs total over $150.00 for the 24 people. This is why I paint my own figures.
Tamiya XF-15 "Flesh" flat acrylic paint. Paint should dip downward and run up into the brush by capillary action. When paint pushes downward only, like a drumhead, it is time to stir or shake the paint and rinse the brush.
Quality brushes yield a quality paint job. I have used Atlas brushes for years and recently switched to Tamiya brushes at $10-12.00 each. 87153 - Ultra Fine, 87154 - Extra Fine, 87155 - Fine. As the number increases, the bristle length is longer. Ultra Fine for ties and repairing final inspection errors. Extra Fine for most painting of figures, Fine for painting the interior of passenger cars.
The 24 figures have received the first coat of XF-15 Flesh flat acrylic paint. Mold parting oils can cause open white unpainted spots to appear on the flesh of the figures. Check for needed touch-up. Avoid too heavy a coat of paint on faces - the eyes can be filled in and detail lost due to too much paint.
Paint neck ties, walking canes and Ultra Fine details of clothes after flesh is dry. (Opps, sloppy painted ties and brown cane and purse will be trimmed by white shirts and blue dresses in next step.)
Paint shirt on either side of neck tie. Paint Coat on either side of dress shirt, or paint dresses.
Paint hair and shoes.
There are very fine lines molded into the Preiser 65602 figures for hairlines and act as guides when painting. The similar figures from China do not have these fine lines, or eye and face details, and need an extra coat of paint to cover the China figures.
I will be updating this post until all ideas are recorded. Any questions are welcome. Picture updates of the 24 figures will be pictured here as I paint them, step by step: ties, shirts, coats, hair, then shoes.
UPDATE: 2/16/20 - I painted Women in BLUE clothes. Next box will be Pink, Yellow, Green and Lavender pastel colors I mixed. The men will have light grey and tan suits. Hair colors will be Earth Red, Sandy Blonde, and Rust Red with some Grey for older figures. It is time to pull figures off the Sprues to continue painting. I use an emery board to sand the sprue points off the figures. (The Dremel Tool is to severe and creates a scratching that does not paint well.)
The figures are off the sprues and getting painting of clothes, hair and shoes. Anyone can do this painting of Preiser 65602 Seated People when taken one step at a time. It is time to do the final inspection and touch up.
UPDATE: 2/17/20 - I have started the second box of 24 Seated People in Pink and Grey clothes. The Pink are ready to come off the Sprues. Yellow will be next.
Have a good week.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
Those look good John
