There were four more dudes that needed some touch up; the rest looked great, lead rot-free. Some interesting things I noticed today, but first a couple of pix:
The Grenadier Kneeling Cleric looks great.
The old Napoleonic dude looks great, too. Maybe he should show up in the Greywater Chronicles? The end of his rifle is long ago broken off, but maybe it’s now a sawed-off shotgun? Highly appropriate to a fantasy game…
With the paint flaking off of Laine, it looks like I never primed her back in 198X. What was I thinking? So I’ll let her sit in Pine Sol for a few days to remove all the paint before I prime her.
That’s one of the interesting things I noticed today. Here’s the other one:
I hope it shows up, it’s pretty cool. The dots are bubbles – on the bottom of the glass, not the surface! This was after I mixed the two together. There is obviously some simple science involved, that I probably learned in Junior High; but it’s still pretty cool. I stirred them with the toothbrush and they were still there.
Anyway, I scrubbed the eight guys that still needed some attention; but instead of rinsing off the residue, I left it on. I got to thinking about Martin’s blog, and he never mentioned washing off the solution that I recall, just letting it dry for a week. Maybe this helps protect it better? So I’ll let these guys dry with it on, unless I get some feedback to the contrary (like primer won’t adhere to a surface that has been treated but not flushed).
So I anticipate this being the penultimate post. Hopefully in a few days or a week, I can report that all the lead rot is gone. If not, maybe I’ll have to use mechanical means, like either an Xacto knife or that wire brush I bought.
As of right now, though, there is no doubt that this treatment is effective. Soaking for a few days and then a light scrub killed almost all of the bloom.
Science!