Usually there's thick layers of paint, and it builds up on the figures evening out their folds and eradicating their details. So if you paint over it, you'll have to guess where the eyes are so you can paint accordingly, it's a mess. Your ignorance is forgiven.Sparkymark wrote:What is the reason for stripping the old paint off ( forgive my ignorance )?
Can you not paint over it as the old paint would just be like a primer?
Big Bene speaks the truth again, in greece it's called φωτιστικό οινόπνευμα, it's *lemony goodness* cheap and it's tha best thing to use when it comes to stripping paint off figures. It usually comes at 93 degrees. Totally reusable, in my jar right now I've about 100ml of the stuff and it has already stripped 20 night goblins, several metal figures, 10 bretonnian knights, and its soaking days are far from over. Sure, it's not blue anymore but it gets the job done. I've left figures for weeks in there, doesn't harm them at all.Big Bene wrote:In Greece, it's called οινόπνευμα and sold in 1/2 litre blue plastic bottles, it's used in every Greek household.
It seems it is pretty uncommon in the anglophone world, as I could not find a translation other then the bulky "denaturated alcohol" or "methylated spirit".
Probably not the best place to suggest this, but don't use it on finecast models. In fact, I don't know how you can strip finecast figures, they get all soft and bendy.
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