At my parents house visiting today and saw this out among all the chaos of toys being played with by 3 boys. This custom was given to my nephew years ago and has been through quite a bit of play by 3 cousins at my parents house. It's a little dinged up, but I'm surprised at how well those "cheap" paints are holding up.

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do you have a picture of the paints? i went into a michaels about a week ago and cant find any model paints at all.

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These are the paint brands I use 95% of the time. I use a little tamiya and a little gamesworkshop too.

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looks great! I really like that figure i'd try to trade them for it

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Dusty, I also use the basic paints that you showed. I like a lot the Plaid paints as well.

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I use those paints almost exclusively.

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Craftsmart I think is the "in house" Michael's cheaper version of Plaid

I've got to try that matte varnish though.

newwavepop they aren't by the models
they have their own aisle

Great story.
Thanks for sharing.

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I am pretty sure it is the clear coat that makes the biggest difference for longevity. Although, if you don't properly clean the plastic, first, everything turns to crap!

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