Miniatures Gaming Podcast

Episode 6: Super Cheap Miniatures

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In Episode 6, I described how to paint inexpensive plastic figures to use in your miniatures games.

Below is a photo of the inexpensive miniatures I found for $1US.

Wash them well in hot, soapy water and let them dry completely.

Here are a couple of the figures unpainted:

You’ll need to prime your plastic miniatures. Krylon Fusion works best for plastic figures. Be sure to use 2519 Flat Black, not Gloss or Satin Black.

Krylon® Fusion

Once the primer coat is dry, you can paint your figures. I used Delta Ceramcoat acrylic paints. They seem to work well and are non-toxic.

Ceramcoat

Here are the paints I used. You don’t need to match these paints exactly, but be sure to use the Opaque paints. You’ll also need white.

2085 AC Flesh
Opaque

2053 Dark Brown
Opaque

2402 Sandstone
Opaque

2471 Hunter Green
Opaque

I used a silver Sharpie marker for the metallic gun parts.

Painting Guide

You can use the drawings below as a guide to painting your plastic figures.

If you wish to paint your figures more accurately to represent a specific WW2 army, check out the painting guide here.

Here are the same figures painted as described in the podcast:

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