I recently bought some Reaper miniatures (the Reaper Bones companion animal pack, to be precise). Took them out of the package and let them sit for a couple weeks before finally getting around to priming them. Primed them with a simple Rustoleum spray primer for plastics, then let them dry. It's been four days now, and they're still slightly tacky to the touch!
I realize now that I forgot to wash them with soap and water after taking them out of the package. Is that why they're still tacky? Is there anything I can do to fix the situation? (Maybe wash them now and apply another coat of primer? Strip the primer somehow, wash them, and then re-prime?) Or have I screwed the pooch entirely and need to buy another pack?
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I do a little painting of minis and with bones I have never primed them as I have heard how a lot of the primer doesn’t react well to the material that bones is made of (permanent tackiness being one of the issues). I just use some dish soap and water and scrub pretty thoroughly with an old tooth brush, let em dry for a day and start painting. The reaper website has some good forum articles from people more knowledgeable than me you should check it out for lots of tips.
Hopefully you should be able to strip it and start over, good luck!
Thanks for the advice - I tried scrubbing the minis nice and good, and for two of them I applied a base layer of grey acrylic paint, unthinned. That did the trick, though two of the minis still turned out ****y. Next time I paint some Reaper Bones I'll just do the wash + acrylic base coat.
I'm particularly proud of how the wolf turned out.
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Primed them with a simple Rustoleum spray primer for plastics, then let them dry. It's been four days now, and they're still slightly tacky to the touch!
I've heard similar results for bones using Rustoleum. fwiw: Bones don't actually require primer. I've painted plenty of Bones without any primer and was happy with the result.
Army Painter makes excellent miniature primer though (I've used the Colored ones on Bones to save painting time).
After watching this, I've started using very cheap black acrylic Apple Barrel paint from Wal-Mart as my primer for Bones, and I have to say that it works great! It's brush on, so it takes a little longer, but it dries fast enough. I find that if I do 3 or 4 minis at a time, by the time I finish priming the last one, the first one is dry enough to start painting.
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I recently bought some Reaper miniatures (the Reaper Bones companion animal pack, to be precise). Took them out of the package and let them sit for a couple weeks before finally getting around to priming them. Primed them with a simple Rustoleum spray primer for plastics, then let them dry. It's been four days now, and they're still slightly tacky to the touch!
I realize now that I forgot to wash them with soap and water after taking them out of the package. Is that why they're still tacky? Is there anything I can do to fix the situation? (Maybe wash them now and apply another coat of primer? Strip the primer somehow, wash them, and then re-prime?) Or have I screwed the pooch entirely and need to buy another pack?
"We're the perfect combination of expendable and unkillable!"
I do a little painting of minis and with bones I have never primed them as I have heard how a lot of the primer doesn’t react well to the material that bones is made of (permanent tackiness being one of the issues). I just use some dish soap and water and scrub pretty thoroughly with an old tooth brush, let em dry for a day and start painting. The reaper website has some good forum articles from people more knowledgeable than me you should check it out for lots of tips.
Hopefully you should be able to strip it and start over, good luck!
Thanks for the advice - I tried scrubbing the minis nice and good, and for two of them I applied a base layer of grey acrylic paint, unthinned. That did the trick, though two of the minis still turned out ****y. Next time I paint some Reaper Bones I'll just do the wash + acrylic base coat.
I'm particularly proud of how the wolf turned out.
"We're the perfect combination of expendable and unkillable!"
I also never prime my Bones minis, but several of my friends who paint do prime them first.
Your wolf looks great. Fur lends itself well to dry brushing.
"Not all those who wander are lost"
I've heard similar results for bones using Rustoleum. fwiw: Bones don't actually require primer. I've painted plenty of Bones without any primer and was happy with the result.
Army Painter makes excellent miniature primer though (I've used the Colored ones on Bones to save painting time).
Spray primer on Bones is notorious for tackiness. However I've had success with Army Painter spray-on primer, as it's made to use with minis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJZeauUW-M
After watching this, I've started using very cheap black acrylic Apple Barrel paint from Wal-Mart as my primer for Bones, and I have to say that it works great! It's brush on, so it takes a little longer, but it dries fast enough. I find that if I do 3 or 4 minis at a time, by the time I finish priming the last one, the first one is dry enough to start painting.