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Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
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Author:  jmw23 [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:15 am ]
Post subject:  Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I've noticed a few heavy Epic painters advocate painting infantry still on the sprue. That leads me to an interesting question...do you guys recommend removing mold lines on 6mm infantry? I'm normally pretty obsessive about cleaning flash, but at this scale, with these tiny models, it seems like a potential waste of time. What is the consensus?
Author:  Commander Sims [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I don't paint on the sprue, but I do clean up mold lines. I guess I'm a stickler too.
Author:  splash [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I try to clean up the mold lines on 6mm infantry. Honestly, I do. But at that scale I usually end up missing some.
Author:  Dwarf Supreme [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I hardly ever remove mold lines from infantry. I'm not that picky and it does feel like a big waste of time to me. I'm a little more picky about bigger plastic minis like dreads, robots and bikes.
Author:  Dobbsy [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
splash wrote:
I try to clean up the mold lines on 6mm infantry. Honestly, I do. But at that scale I usually end up missing some.

+1

I also de-sprue before painting as I prefer to be able to turn the mini around to get all sides etc.
Author:  captPiett [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I always take stuff off the sprue before prepping/painting. On the mould lines, every time I don't remove them I end up regretting it, especially since I use a lot of washes. Washes and inks are like putting neon lights on those lines
Author:  jimmyzimms [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
captPiett speaks the truth (again)
Author:  jmw23 [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
OK, thanks for the opinions guys. I'll go back to tidying up some Onslaught not-Tyranids now.
Author:  Lead-Space [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
jimmyzimms wrote:
captPiett speaks the truth (again)


What he said!
Author:  RexHavoc [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
unless your really in a hurry to get things painted for a game then you should always try to remove them. The time and money spent on them makes it worth while.

I always miss some, but always try to get them as good as I can. I'm never in a rush for them to be finished (the last game I played was around 1995, other then a intro game of warhammer during 7th) but then, that would explain why I only finish about 2 stands of minis a year! But it does give me tons more time to devote to being completely o.c.d. over mold lines! ;)
Author:  Dave [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I loathe mold lines with the fiery passion of a bus full of middle age woman on their way to a Twilight convention.

I've also never seen anyone here paint on the sprue. Never tried it myself as having infantry based up means you at least get to play with them before they're painted.
Author:  splash [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I never paint on the sprue, either. Never occurred to me to do that. Guess it would have some advantages, but I like de-spruing everything and and painting them that way.
Author:  captPiett [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
Dave wrote:
I loathe mold lines with the fiery passion of a bus full of middle age woman on their way to a Twilight convention.

So you loathe mold lines with the fiery passion like when you're on the bus to the Twilight convention?

I tried painting on the sprue once, on a 1/72 scale EA-6B prowler. It was easier to spray paint the parts that way. However, many (if not most) of the places I had to cut to get the parts off the sprue were on the outside of the model after construction, and had to be retouched. I never finished that model either.
Author:  jimmyzimms [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
I de-sprue but then mount the infantry onto a strip of cardboard with painters tape. This allows me to get the best of both worlds, so to speak. Mold lines on your models are like the sounds of pigs being slaughtered [shudders]
Author:  Dave [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cleaning Mold Lines on 6mm Infantry?
captPiett wrote:
So you loathe mold lines with the fiery passion like when you're on the bus to the Twilight convention?


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