Figure painting "trick"

Good idea. The stand part...not the painting 1:48 scale figures part.......

@RSJB18 posted:

Good idea. The stand part...not the painting 1:48 scale figures part.......

Thanks...I agree!

Ed, that looks quite handy!  Thank you for passing it along.  IT looks like you re quite successful with it!

Thanks, Mark.

I was lucky. We were blessed that my wife was a stay at home mom. Guess who painted the figures.

Great tip.

Now I can paint my little werewolves!

Mannyrock

Ed, thats far more than slapping some paint on.  Hard to believe you got that much detail out of those figures- especially the faces. Do you have a preferred manufacturer? Thanks - Jeff

I keep seeing “finger painting trick”

Thanks for this great tip !!!

CB&Q Bill

When I had been married a short time my wife became pregnant and stay at home a lot.  I came home one eventing and found she had painted the figures on a Revell small town station.  I was very upset until I found an HO station master with a watch chain, gold buttons, a moustache, dragging a mail sack with U. S. Mail printed on the side.  My railroad got a new VP that day and she ended up painting all the  small details(like the windows on a cigarette machine, house numbers, and the like).

She glued them to a bit of sprue and held them in a tiny little vise she picked up at the PX.

I wish I had kept some of them when I changed over to O27 and sold all if my HO stuff.

@ScoutingDad posted:

Hard to believe you got that much detail out of those figures- especially the faces. Do you have a preferred manufacturer?

You have hit upon an important aspect of the process:  you have to start with sell-mastered and reproduced figs.  No matter the skill of the painter of the techniques used, poorly carved or molded figs don't turn out as well.

@ScoutingDad posted:

Ed, thats far more than slapping some paint on.  Hard to believe you got that much detail out of those figures- especially the faces. Do you have a preferred manufacturer? Thanks - Jeff

Jeff, most of my military figures come with models I build. Primarily Tamiya. The figures in the pic are from an outfit called Gaso.Line.  They show up on the Bay from time to time.  I have a few others from them as well.  There also other European outfits such as ICM Holding in Kiev.  Not sure they are still in business as I bought pre Putin insanity.  Frankly, I just search for 1/48 military figures on the web...  Hope this helps.

WARNING!!!!                               WARNING!!!!                               WARNING!!!!

I was advised by a Forum member that this technique did NOT work for him.  In attempting to remove the figure it was damaged.  I'm sorry if anyone else has had the same experience.  If you do use this technique and are experiencing trouble removing the figure, you may try "un-cure" to soften the CA glue:

I was doing my yearly maintenance touch-up on my figures when I seen this post.

I like to use several spring clips, dull cote and a hair dryer.  Quicker, less steps, always ready to use.

A dab of hot glue will hold the figure securely. The glue can easily be softened for release with a little heat from a heat gun on a low setting.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

A dab of hot glue will hold the figure securely. The glue can easily be softened for release with a little heat from a heat gun on a low setting.

Bob

That's how I do it too.  I use a wooden BBQ skewer that rotates easy in my fingers and is nice and long to prevent overspray on my hands.  Then I just stab it into a block of foam to sit and dry.

@Ron045,

So how do you paint on the details?  Do you use a fine brush or perhaps a paint pen?

Someone else suggested a large chunk of wood with some fine holes, they mounted the figures on toothpicks and just drilled holes in the wood to hold them in place.

@texgeekboy posted:

@Ron045,

So how do you paint on the details?  Do you use a fine brush or perhaps a paint pen?

I have a few fine brushes.  The key is to paint the entire figure dark grey first.  Then any missed areas look like shadows or dirty clothing.

The decals on the hat and vest were actually the hardest part for me.