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Hello Fraters, I hope this is the right forum. I have some miniatures I want to strip paint of and someone recommended me an Ultrasonic bath. Could you confirm if this a good method? Is it worth it to buy one? What do you need to consider for buying or using one? Greetings, Kyknos

Hi all, I picked up some second hand FW models recently, and they seem to have been painted with Tamiya's clear paints over silver - the paint has the appearance of some kind of laquer. I'd want to strip them back before repriming, I just wanted to check whether 99% isopropyl would be sufficient to remove the tamiya, or so I need something stronger? I'm assuming that acetone would just melt the resin like it would plastic? Anyone got a suggestion?

So when I last left the hobby I was in the process of converting my wolves into a 13th company detachment from the black crusade at the time. Coming back I started with my guard as a smaller project, as some new primaris thing was out and I needed to learn what in the name of russ that was. Now I've gotten the guard to a point I'm just painting guardsmen til the sun explodes, its time to give the army that got me into the game the respect and love it deserves. This is going to be a big project, as with the guard it was just repainting and a small reorganization, this will require rebasing(still on 25's), stripping(so many layers of paint),and reconverting. When last I left the wolves could bring 2 power weapons a special weapon and 2 plasma pistols in each grey hunter squad, so I need to bring that into line with whats now allowed. So tomorrow I have a game at my local against my buddies deathguard to send them off in their current glory, before the clippers and alcohol come. We decided on 3000 points total, which I'm taking most of the force. 3 10 man grey hunters(plasmagun, PL w/ PF), 3 10 man blood claws(PL w/ PF) form the bulk. Bjorn, Logan, and the new Ragnar (my friend bought it for me. No lie that guilt that hes unpainted is a lot of what prompted this project), Company ancient, 10 man scout squad, 1 5 man termie squad 1 5 man wolf guard, 2 long fang packs and a vindicator. Plan is to have the grey hunters and long fangs give support to the mass of blood claws and dreadnoughts to smash the center. Simple and adaptable if needed since the grey hunters can still go toe to toe with whatever he can bring. So after tomorrow its time to start painting. The only thing done is the predator, which will just need highlights or to be left alone as an old paint job. The old metal bjorn model is stripped and ready to prime and get started, and the ragnar is bare. I'm probably going to wait to do these til I've got my scheme down well. I have Wolf grey and ice storm from army painter. Ive been trying to get SW grey from my local but they've been out of that and the codex twice now, so here hoping for tomorrow. The plan is to prime white, SW grey contrast, highlight with ice storm, then accent with the darker wolf grey, or maybe a neutral dark grey. Im getting Moon yellow for one pad and then I'm going to blood angel red for the other. Going to use a lot of brass and copper to accent the metals to stand out, and keep all the wolf pelts dark. Like greys and blacks to stand out against the bright blues of the marines. I'm thinking something similar for the bases. My guard are going to be on dirt and grass, so I want something different so I'm thinking rubble. I also saw a great tutorial on how to do cobblestone or tile so I may try a couple and see what I like while I wait for the iso to do its work. Any good recommendations there? Iso alcohol seems to be the best for plastic, but Ive heard of green cleaner. I'm worried that would eat the plastic though if I let it set. I have the 91% for the 3d printer so going to give it a shot and then well see. I'm looking forward to it. Ive read a lot on them and they look awesome. Once I get my current packs in order I'm going to start integrating the primaris stuff. I'm going to change one of the blood claw packs over to a jump pack one. They used to be so expensive I'm looking forward to the variety. The centurions look as beefy as the terminators so cant go wrong there too. And guys riding giant wolves? wish I had those when I started. I'm sad to see all the priests go, but they've got some cool stuff to replace them. Time to get back to it. Total to paint