They were a delight to paint, as are all of these lovely old figures.
The second unit was originally painted as Confederate infantry, but they had been varnished, which had turned brown. My only option was to drop them into the paint stripper and return them to bare metal. I have painted them as a Federal infantry unit:
The final unit is made up of Union Zouaves. These figures were nicely painted and being blue, had not been affected by the varnish, but they were a bit worn with paint chips. These figures were restored by adding paint to the earlier work:
Good looking units. The old Minifigs do present a pleasing figure when cleaned up.
ReplyDeleteI agree that once painted they do look rather nice.
DeleteI do like these Minifigs , they have a lot of character.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think the moulding is always very consistent too. Other companies tend to grow in height over time.
DeleteI love Minifigs... en masse they are lovely
ReplyDeleteThey seem to lose that over chubby look once painted and based and deployed in a group.
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