A Bit of Rot and Rustling
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| Early evening rustling |
The latest of my Lone Wolf figures has been the bandit. Unfortunately he seems to have suffered a bit lead rot. He was a figure that I purchased off of eBay already painted and sat on the shelf for a number of ears before painting. He had the paint removed and I did attempt to paint him as part of the duel series however I gave up because at the time I thought was unremoved paint but I now realise was lead rot. Which was giving a rough surface around the recesses of the model.
When I painted him the first time, I did think the paint removal (lead rot) wasn't great but it really showed up as I painted the model. Interestingly the figure was a very dark metal colour which i assume means the lead mix was bit off. As most my other figures from the same period are a much light metal colour.
This is the only one of the Lone Wolf figures, I can't find the a Gary Chalk picture on which it is based.
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| Pre Paint Stripping! |
The paint was removed again, any light scraping to remove the remaining paint just damaged the figure. So figure was cleaned with soap/water/old tooth brush and an loose material removed. Fortunately it is still be mostly in the recesses. The figure was then re-undercoated. I decided to go for a darker scheme to try and hide some of the damage. Overall I am ok with the final result given the state of the miniature.
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