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I prefer to use 'magic wash' but I'm not sure I can still get the most important ingredient: Clear liquid Future floor polish.https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2othj?Future-Floor-Polish-the-mini-painters-best (I hear it now has a Pledge name as Future was bought by pledge)The poster Fitzwalrus seems to have about the recipe I remember - 3 or 4 water to 1 of Future. Also, not mentioned but quite useful: 1 or 2 drops of normal (not the silky stuff, the clear stuff) dish detergent (it helps the mix to flow where you want it to in crevasses (and crevices) while mostly leaving little on raised areas - something of a surfactant.Here's another with a bunch of different options based on country:Another technique if you've never tried it that I wholly recommend: The Wet Pallete painting techniqueUse a sheet of baker's parchment over a bit of water in a small tray (or over a fairly wet paper towel) and then pour a bit of each paint colour you wish to use on the parchment. The parchment paper is *partly* permissible to water but it is slow and that keeps your paints from drying while you paint (and you can mix colours on the palette).I wish I had my painted Type S'es and others to show off. They're in storage at a friend's place. Maybe I'll get them back when next I see him in forms other than virtual.TomBOn Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 5:57 PM Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:You definitely need to wash them carefully, probably with a soft toothbrush. Then prime; several coats may be needed to cover striations.Of course, Ad Astra Games produces licensed metal warship miniatures, plus a few adventure-scale at 1:2500. https://www.adastragames.com/products?category=TravellerEOn Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 2:38 PM James Catchpole - jlcatchpole at googlemail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:If you are unsure about painting them, I would suggest giving one a grey base coat and an ink wash and see if that is sufficient.I don't have any experience painting Fine Detail Plastic myself, but I do note that the shapeways support suggests soaking it in hot water and washing up liquid before starting, and a quick search suggests using acrylic paints, not enamel (which would be my preference anyway).On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 21:28 Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list), <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:Just arrived today from Foreven Shipyard Traveller Starship Miniatures (via Shapeways) are these delights:I'm saving up for the rest and believe a lab ship might be on the design blocks.Just trying to decide whether I dare trying to learn to paint them (with DEX 3), but fear I'll just make a mess.Great to see the March Harrier (and often forgotten launch).Now.... it would be a pity to have these and not run a combat.... mwah hah hah!tc-----
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