My wargaming hobby has taken a bit of a back seat recently as real life has taken over with fun chores like grouting and resealing the shower room. Even so I’ve been squeezing bits in as and when I can in a slightly random manner.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had a lot of the old Citadel Judge Dredd figures to strip and I’ve been busy stripping said miniatures. I wasn’t hugely surprised to discover that twenty six years ago(!) I never bothered doing things like removing flash from the models, filing unsightly mold lines or even bothering to undercoat my figures. Back then I was all about slapping the paint on and getting them on the gaming table as fast as I could! Ah fun times. 🙂
Below are about half of the figures. Unfortunately a few of them were broken so I’ve had to do some repair work to them.
Anyway, this got me thinking about mentioning how I strip my figures. After years of trying various things out the quickest and cheapest way to strip figures is using Superdrug Acetone free nail polish remover. I can already hear some of you tutting that I should be using Biostrip, Dettol or Brake Fluid but I like to strip figures quickly and easily using something that’s not a problem to dispose of once used. I’ve used Superdrugs Acetone free nail polish remover with no ill effect on my metal, plastic, and resin models.
You’ll notice that some of the figures above still have quite a bit of paint on them. Those are the ones that were painted with very thick Humbrol enamel paint rather than acrylic paint.
I’ve also started to paint my Mark 1 Imperial Guard Hellhounds. They’re ugly looking models and I’m not overly fond of them as they’re another blocky looking vehicle.
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