Okay, I've made more progress on the two figures made of the new black plastic. If you use oil or water based paint, the paint does not stick nearly as well as the prior materials. If you use water based paint and your first coat is a bit on the thinner side, a second coat seems to cover 90%. You then have to do a third run with the same color but only doing the spots not covered by the second coat.
The level of detail is amazing. The lines in the armor and the lines on the faces are very well defined. On these figures, I have the ability to do much better faces than before as the details around the eyes and lips are done much better than prior materials. I have noticed that in joints like arm pits and where clothing or weapons get close to the body, the small black studs then to fill the voids and are hard, if not impossible to remove some times. Even after looking over the entire figure before you start painting, you don't notice all the studs until you start painting some areas.
Semi-final decision, it is added work to remove all the studs, but most come off without a problem. You need a good primer or multiple coats but if you make the coats thin, you have a finished figure with much higher detail. Conclusion for now is that the new black material can yield a much better finished figure than the prior high dollar clear material, but it will take quite a bit more work on the part of the artist.
The level of detail is amazing. The lines in the armor and the lines on the faces are very well defined. On these figures, I have the ability to do much better faces than before as the details around the eyes and lips are done much better than prior materials. I have noticed that in joints like arm pits and where clothing or weapons get close to the body, the small black studs then to fill the voids and are hard, if not impossible to remove some times. Even after looking over the entire figure before you start painting, you don't notice all the studs until you start painting some areas.
Semi-final decision, it is added work to remove all the studs, but most come off without a problem. You need a good primer or multiple coats but if you make the coats thin, you have a finished figure with much higher detail. Conclusion for now is that the new black material can yield a much better finished figure than the prior high dollar clear material, but it will take quite a bit more work on the part of the artist.
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