Re: [Epic] Painting Itty-bitty men

From: Larry Irish <wirish1_at_...>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:13:48 -0500

>>I am finished all my vehicles and am now about to start painting the
>>Marines.
>>Any suggestions? Should I glue them to the stand then paint or paint first
>>then glue?
>
>Well, with the new stands, I glue 3 of the five miniatures on and then
>paint them (I play orks) but they get too clustered otherwise. The other
>two I blu-tack to a ruler or spare base and paint them there. Then I glue
>those two on and paint the base, etc.
>Vlad

The habit I got into for painting infantry (back when the cramped square
bases were the norm) was to cut the infantry sprues into 'strips.' If you
look at a sprue, you'll notice that every other sprue runner has infantry
attached at the base on both sides of it. I hack up the sprues so that just
this runner and the infantry attached at the base is left - this way, you
have the whole figure free of sprue and easy to paint.

If this is of interest but none too clear, ask for more info...

Larry
Received on Mon Jan 12 1998 - 15:13:48 UTC