| chrach7 | 07 Jul 2014 9:57 a.m. PST |
Are the collectible pre-painted minis (esp. clix) hand painted or are they sprayed by factory automata? |
| Tarleton | 07 Jul 2014 10:17 a.m. PST |
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 07 Jul 2014 10:23 a.m. PST |
They're painted in China by kids making less than a buck a day. |
| Rich Bliss | 07 Jul 2014 10:43 a.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 07 Jul 2014 10:46 a.m. PST |
Political prisoners in factory concentration camps owned by the Red Army. |
| HammerHead | 07 Jul 2014 11:06 a.m. PST |
By long term residents of the Doghouse |
 Doctor X  | 07 Jul 2014 11:08 a.m. PST |
And here I thought pixies and nixies painted them. |
 javelin98 | 07 Jul 2014 11:41 a.m. PST |
I second the OFM's nomination, only with the PLA in place of the Red Army. |
| KeithRK | 07 Jul 2014 12:07 p.m. PST |
They're painted by the children caught by this guy.
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| chrach7 | 07 Jul 2014 12:18 p.m. PST |
That's what I was afraid of. Then again, I'm painting alot of crap for free. |
| Rich Bliss | 07 Jul 2014 1:36 p.m. PST |
Actually, the Army is primarily focused on producing consumer electronics like DVD players and toasters. In my experience (having visited many such factories), the typical Chinese handwork factory employee is a young woman, 20-30 years of age from a farming family, born at least 100 miles from the coast. |
 ochoin | 07 Jul 2014 2:04 p.m. PST |
Not making excuses but the Chinese have a long history (thousands of years) of using their military as free labour. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 07 Jul 2014 3:23 p.m. PST |
In my last trip to China (2003) my tour group went through some of these sweat shops where kids painstakingly and time-consumingly make 'art' for tourists. They have to pretend they're enjoying their work and smile. I am not kidding. |
| Psycho Rabbit | 07 Jul 2014 6:49 p.m. PST |
God bless Chinese children…..:) |
| CraigH | 07 Jul 2014 7:20 p.m. PST |
My guess is that it is a variant on inkjet printer technology. Pretty sure it is used in model railroad 'prepaints', don't see why it can't apply here. |
 Bobgnar | 07 Jul 2014 9:13 p.m. PST |
What is a "pre-painted" figure as compared to a "painted " figure. Is a pre-painted figure painted by someone other than the owner? Third party painting? If I send my figures to Fernando, are they then pre-painted? If the maker sends them directly and then I get them, are they pre-painted. Are Britains 54mm toy lead figures pre-painted? I thought pre-painted figures were those that came out of the casting moulds already painted. |
| Todosi | 08 Jul 2014 12:03 p.m. PST |
Bobgnar, no. There is no such thing as a figure that comes out of the mold painted. Paint is a layer of color added to an existing substrate. Prepainted means something that you purchase in retail packaging that has been painted by the manufacturer. |
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