A small problem with colors

[Mummy]

i started to paint french in graygoats and vallejo paint is coming off despite that i keep them reapainting them.

last time i did put some figures in small plastic bag and some paint was off late while the humbrol paint didnt come off

so what i must do?

[ModernKiwi]

What kind of undercoat did you use? A good undercoat should stop flaking from happening.

[Maurice]

last time i did put some figures in small plastic bag and some paint was off

Don't do that.

Acrylic paint is far less sturdy as enamels and can't handle such rough handling.

[Paul]

Which set of figures ??

[The Observer]

If you have finished painting your fig , you can cover it with transparent acrylic colour-but even if you use a matt one, there is a bit of a glossy shine afterwards

[Mummy]

i have used humbrol paints as under and vallejo colors up

the set is early napoleonic french infatry in graycoats by hat

[Peter]

Made in rubber plastic? Then you need a very good undercoat after cleaning them!

[Paul]

Made in rubber plastic? Then you need a very good undercoat after cleaning them!

Peter´s right.
Hence my question about which set. That "plastic" They´ve been asking similar questions like this on the hat site...loads of ideas there.

[Mummy]

i have tired to paint them wiht humbrol and modelmaster colors but then happends that the paint does not try normally currently i have painted figures from 1805 french artillery set , figures try normally but guns does not try. i painted them in modelmaster blue in friday but they havent tried normally yet

[Maurice]

It won't dry normally with enamels because these new soft plastics are especially designed for acrylic paints (or so mrs. Jones told us).

What to do is this:

- cut the figures from the sprue and remove any excess plastic
- bath the figures is mildly warm water with dish soap
- use acrylic spray paint (from Games Workshop for example) to prime the figures
- then use acrylic paint to paint the figures
- if necessary when finished with painting, apply an acrylic based varnish to protect the paint

This should get you nicely painted figures.