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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:44 am
by subyrally
i you do use paint, i would reccommend tamiya model paints, they are some of the best quality that i have seen and used and they dry very quickly. also use a very very fine brus, like only a couple strands for detail work. i will be the first to admit, i suck at painting, but the lego stuff i have painted came out pretty well. just take your time with it as well.

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:25 pm
by White Nun
I paint in details on my Minifigs, but I generally keep it simple because this seems to work best. I've never tried painting bricks in solid colour though and I'd have my doubts about this unless it's a MOC that's going to be a permanent assembly.

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:16 pm
by stubby
Paint is only good for detail work on surfaces that aren't going to connect together. If you want to change the color of a whole construction element, vinyl dye is the correct solution:

http://www.minifigcustomizationnetwork.com/howto/1675

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:25 am
by morganm
That is really awesome!

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:05 pm
by NapalmKing
Zahru II wrote:As a purist I'm terryfied even of the thought of painting bricks, but I suppose your best bet would be that kind of paint that can be easily removed (acrylic? idk).
One thing that I tried was using masking tape and putting them on minifigs then coloring the masking take with a permanent marker it worked pretty well and can be used to make lots of different minifigs seem similar.