What Minis Are You Painting?

We painted our Last Night on Earth heroes this weekend. It was so much fun, that after we were done, we decided to tackle the Talisman minis.

Plus, our FLGS was having a Columbus Day Weekend sale, so all the paints were 20% off. It took three trips to the store to get all the colors we wanted. We'd be painting, and realize that we could really use a real purple, or a good color for blond hair, and I'd go off to the store again. Of course, once I was there I couldn't resist getting several other colors. The Man was totally cool about it. Not only didn't he give me any grief when he saw how many pots of paint I had on the table by Monday night, he pretty much let me paint to my hearts content. Even when the sink started leaking, and we had a huge pool of water in the craft room, and he had to completely disassemble the sink, and ended up installing a new tap and faucets, he only bothered me twice to hold the flash light, once to get a towel, and once to call the plumber.

The Man painted a couple of minis and probably would have painted more if he didn't have to spend so much time with his head under the sink. We discovered the Spawn has talent as well. Having slave labor with little hands and young eyes to get those main blocks of color on really makes things go quickly.

It was interesting to paint the Talisman characters, which are so bright and storybook, right after painting the Last Night on Earth dudes, which are dark and gritty. I'm pretty pleased with how most of them turned out. I just have a bit of touch up to do, and then sealing. I'm beginning to cast my eye at our other games. I'm thinking Betrayal my be next.

MVPC: Most Valuable Paint Colors for the weekend- Vomit Brown, mostly because the Spawn got to say "Pass the Vomit," and then giggle.

RE: Betrayal. I'm just thinking about possibly giving the figures a wash so they look less flat. But I don't yet know how they are sealed and if the paint will stick.

RE: flexi-plastic. Yes, I found that they crack more. I talked to the mini painting expert dude at the store, and he agreed that the flexi plastic is harder to paint and chips, cracks more easily. He sold me some sealer and told me it would help.

Mr Skeletor wrote:

Painted heaps of FFG figs and have never seen one crack.

Did you need to seal them or anything?