"Can you use Army Painter system on Reaper Bones?" Topic

Just as the topic states, have any of you used the Army Painter system, i.e., primer, base color, then their dip to get your Bones figures painted and does it work well with that type of plastic?

Thanks,

Kim

I just used Apple Barrel acrylics and MinWax polystain

seems to have worked fine

Yes, I've done it for 1 figure.

Here also is an extensive FAQ about Bones figure prep & painting, including what primers have & haven't worked with the Bones plastic

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I used the Army Painter primer because this article recommended it.

BC that was a great article thanks. I have found that the Bones seem to take paint directly really well but I was looking to do some speed painting in order to get a bunch of Kobolds painted for a special dungeon crawl.

The Dip method works just fine on Vinyl figures, but if you're using Army painter or the Regular oil based Minwax Polyshades (my dip of choice) they need to be completely covered with paint.

Oil based primers, sprays and dips, when applied directly to PVC vinyl sometimes get a bit sticky. Sometimes they don't, but it's not a chance you want to take. Paint will stick directly to bones, but I prefer to cover them all in Gesso anyway. AFAIK, Army painter primers are acrylic and should be fine on bones.

Once it's covered in paint or primer, it will be just fine to dip, and you might even be able to get away with dip over exposed PVC (say for speed painting skeletons) if you use the water-based Minwax Polyshades.

If you're interested in dipping, I humbly offer my own brush-dipping tutorial, which also includes lots of pictures and minwax to AP equivalents
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The link was wrong with the Krylon primer not drying. I used Krylon on a dozen of them and it dried by the next day.

I second the Minwax being fine, though I was worried ahead of time.

I just there was a good way to permanently unbend the bones. I'm starting to think they're the same plastic used on the rubbish Clix and Mageknight models.

As far as I know, bones are the same -or very similar- plastic as clix and mage knight. They're all PVC vinyl miniatures IIRC. The only real difference is that they seem to be more cleanly cast with better detail.

So far folks are saying that a dip in boiling water, straiten the plastic out and then dip in ice water is the key for changing their shape. I've not tried it yet though, so YMMV. Good Luck.