"Very Nice Paint of Modern Figures!" Topic

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Greatly improved by Mr. Limpia Hornos!

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Love it….

I quite liked the second batch, they certainly were a step up from the first.

Do you know whether he was using acrylics or enamels?

Cool!
The painting gives them, like, UNIFORMS and things.

what scale?

It's not a scale, it's a size!

I see your painting has improved Allen, no need to be modest.

I presume those are from the Esci 1/72 kit of modern US soldiers:

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WOW! He stripped those figures really, really well.

Okay, what scales?

I'm not falling for it!

How rude.

They don't look too heavy so you probably won't need a scale. However, they look like they are 20mm Scale or 1:72 Size. My only complaint is that the set only shows one left-handed figure. Is he the only one in his right-mind?

And I thought Hofschroer had problems.

It's their only outlet for .

Allen, you are cruel but very funny. Salut!

Made me laugh!

Mind you, when I was young that is how mine looked – I well remember Mr Featherstone saying (to paraphrase) "get boxes of Airfix ACW in blue and grey – paint flesh, guns and hats – leave uniforms in plastic colour".

Simpler times – and not necessarily bad for that, because it got me playing. My kids now worry so much about "Chapter approved" that they can never get units finished. Is that progress?

The article is about stripping paint from old figures and is here:

miniaturezone.co.uk/?p=408

Mike

Simpler times – and not necessarily bad for that, because it got me playing. My kids now worry so much about "Chapter approved" that they can never get units finished. Is that progress?

I agree. It's a hobby. If the person enjoys what he does then screw everyone else IMO, including the Quality Nazis.

I won't play with unpainted figures but will allow beginners to play with the part painted figures as you describe above. I usually find that slowly but surely more conventional painting spreads like a contagion through the army. ;-p

Fatman

Unpleasant, this….

"The article is about stripping paint from old figures and is here:

miniaturezone.co.uk/?p=408

Mike"

Now that's a first-rate tip Mike, thank you!

They resemble human beings to closely to be an attempt at trolls.

Yeah, PSR was WAY generous to this set.

Great camo, I can see where they would hide in the current theater of operations. Allen you missed your calling. You should work at NADIC designing new uniforms for the U.S. Army.
VR
James Mattes

Ummm, why was Allen DH'd for this?

Limpia hornos is the name of the oven cleaner: link

The figures were undoubtably improved (and prepped ready for painting).

Where was this trolling?

Geoff, I suspect the point is that he (Allen) was probably taking the out of one of our forum members who likes to post links to somewhatpainted 1:72 plastic figures. This gentleman I'm thinking of is often quite enthusiastic about it as he does.

An earlier post of Allen's today was read by some as a dig at another forum member, so maybe Bill just decided to read the worst intentions into his actions. Was Allen truly on a sarcastic rampage? We may never know.

The 't' rule only says calling someone one, or otherwise trying to stir up trouble: TMP link

I actually found the topic quite useful and am wondering if I can get this stuff in the UK, or if a similar UK-based brand will also work (or simply melt the figures).

Does anyone know if the oven cleaner just works on enamels, or will it work on Acrylic as well?

There has to be an easier/simpler way of stripping paint from minis….

I would have expected it to melt the plastic, hence my interest.

Was Allen truly on a sarcastic rampage? We may never know.

Of course Allen was on a sarcastic rampage – he has been for the last several decades, and it's possibly his most endearing trait….

Ummm, why was Allen DH'd for this?

Limpia hornos is the name of the oven cleaner

Wit, humor and satire is apparently limited on TMP to articles about pedophilia.

Donald~
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This is oven cleaner. I don't see why anyone would be DHed for mentioning this. Once we begin getting DHed for obscure references it seems a bit ridiculous but I should stay out of it before I end up in the clink as well for trolling, bumping, igniting, jostling, raunching, ruffling or any other term that is in fashion.

Come on guys follow the money trail. He posted this thread to the plastics board as a slam on the other threads. Pushed a bit too hard it seems. There is a fine line between being funny and being a jerk. Guess the Ed drew the line and some in the DH crossed it.
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James Mattes

My guess is a nose-out-of-joint whiner saw it, whined loudly, and the Editor gave him (misguidedly in my opinion) a red card. I often wonder where many of these people think there is a right to "not be offended". Allen may be sarcastic, but he's helped me out with his postings on several occasions, and have no problems with him, no matter how sarcastic he gets (but maybe that's a comment on me).

Steve

This is getting pathetic.

In the Dawghouse for that!

How strange. Allen got DHed for this thread, yet nothing was even "snipped". 3 days in the hoosegow, for "trolling"? I don't see it myself. When was the last time Allen and OFM were incarcerated together?… :)

Ridiculous…

Well put.

What i don't get is if you don't like plastic figures, why do you feel the need to go on the Plastic board and make fun of those who do. Seems kind of juvenile.

It's his entire body of work on the subject that got him there.

He violates the spirit of this site in at least half his posts but is usually smart enough to stay within the letter of the law. In this case as James Mattes stated he must have crossed the line.

So unless you've followed his long running and intrusive dialog on the plastics world, don't complain that his one post shouldn't put him there.

I would have expected it to melt the plastic, hence my interest.

It's almost certainly just lye. Unless the delta heat of combination with water gets too high, lye won't hurt plastic.

-Kle.

It's his entire body of work on the subject that got him there.

Meh.
Allen and Bill are just having a ing contest.

Either that, or Bill needs to lower his ISP costs temporarily. With Allen and John in the DH, there will be half as many posts per day…
-Kle.

Eazy Off is much better, and makes your miniatures lemony fresh!

Binky says "follow all the directions on the can closely"

Aw. Allen has been so helpful to me at TMP with advice, suggestions, sound counsel. I hate to think of him suffering in the DH for this puny "offense" while I'm running around in my (red) underpants shooting zombies and drinking pink margaritas.

Let's all mail him some files and digging spoons!

While there are a wide variety of plastic paint jobs out on the internet, there are some which I would match against any metal masterpiece. There is a young fellow in the Netherlands named Benno who has done some fabulous work.

Look at the box illustrations for the Zvezda figs. Top notch.

If you want to build large armies at a reasonable price plastic is tough to beat. Plastic figs for the most part have more realistic proportions too (vs oversized hands and telephone pole rifles often seen on larger metal figs).

Having said all that, I collect both. I have friends and family who like different figures than I do. I know Double G is much more biased toward metal than I am. Neither of us feel the need to make fun of other's taste or paint jobs and certainly not on a public forum.

BTW, a lot of those 'subpar' paint jobs are by young people just getting started in the hobby. They need encouragement if we want to keep recruiting people