Custom advice (Marvel)

[Randy13]

I'm going to maybe try my first custom action figure. My plan is to turn one of those new three foot tall Batman Begins figures into a Marvel Legends version of one of the Celestials, because that's the kind of Marvel character that I dig. I haven't actually found one of these batmen yet, but for future reference--what kind of paint is best for roto vinyl? Has anyone made a custom of this size before that can share some tips?

(yeah, I know he'll be a bit small, but until they make a 2000 inch tall roto fig, he'll have to do)

[Lobsterman]

So you like a challenge, huh?

I'll start by saying: acrylic, acrylic acrylic. Enamel makes a sticky mess of soft plastics. So too, generally, do sprays. Someone on the board mentioned one from Krylon that's supposedly designed for plastics, but I've never used it.

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Here's the link for that Krylon paint I was talking about

www.krylon.com/main/product_template.cfm?levelid=5&sub_levelid=10&productid=1751&content=product_details

[Randy13]

Lobsterman said:

So you like a challenge, huh?

I'll start by saying: acrylic, acrylic acrylic. Enamel makes a sticky mess of soft plastics. So too, generally, do sprays. Someone on the board mentioned one from Krylon that's supposedly designed for plastics, but I've never used it.

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Here's the link for that Krylon paint I was talking about

www.krylon.com/main/product_template.cfm?levelid=5&sub_levelid=10&productid=1751&content=product_details

Cool! It's the phrases like 'No sanding, no priming' that make me skeptical. But maybe a base coat of that fusion stuff with a detail coat of acrylics. I have a whole box of fossilized acrylics, I wonder if there's anyway to reconstitute them...

Thanks!