Biggest regret...hardest team you've painted.

[Chris Harris]

For me it's this 1992 Dallas Cowboys teams I've been working on for two months.

I've never been a pre paint primer guy, but I know how much easier is to paint figures that are primed.

Plus, to me they look so much better.

[zak99b5]

Yes, I also use a primer.  Just a rattle can of plastic-compatible white or grey primer. 

I actually prefer the grey, as you know when you have good coverage when painting teams with white pants and/or jerseys.

I never liked that Tudor left white plastic bare for white elements.  Looks cheap/unfinished to me.

[nefgm.org]

3 hours ago, zak99b5 said:

Yes, I also use a primer.  Just a rattle can of plastic-compatible white or grey primer. 

I actually prefer the grey, as you know when you have good coverage when painting teams with white pants and/or jerseys.

I never liked that Tudor left white plastic bare for white elements.  Looks cheap/unfinished to me.

I actually like the white of the current Haiti Repro figures (HT-11-W) A much cleaner and brighter white than painting and saves time when painting. Kind of wish Tudor would produce some Haiti Repros with the amber plastic that they used to use. Always liked those teams, also. About the only time I use the grey primer is on the red Haiti-Repros. 

[Curt]

Well, honestly, I have no regrets for any of my teams. Not being able to match or mix the right shade of Testor enamels for Miami or Jacksonville, I discovered oil-based paint, although the truest to those colors didn't stick well to the plastic and rather than try fingernail polish, I just ordered those teams as pre-painted. I first start with a gloss white undercoat all over. On a whim, I painted my home Raiders black and chrome but trying to keep things more realistic went back to black and silver not too long ago. One day, I really need to learn how to post pictures and stuff. I like how all my teams that required 5 stripes on sleeves and socks turned out. The hardest part for me were some of the helmet logos. The three hardest were my retro Patriots, my Tennessee Titans, and my Dallas Cowboys. For the Patriots, I started a blue line near the bottom left-hand corner of the helmet, slanted the line up near the center top of the helmet but leaving enough room for helmet stripes, then a slanted line to the bottom right-hand corner. Three small red dots at the apex and each corner made for a satisfactory "crouching patriot" logo. Nested different sized and colored dots with a "tail" for flames did pretty well for my Titans. Last is the star of the Cowboys. Like all my teams, I'm happy with how the helmet stripes look but I'm proud of the star too. I used a very fine detail brush [as always]. A centered blue line starts halfway up the helmet going near to the top leaving enough room for the stripes. Then at the base of that line, a diagonal up to the left, a diagonal up to the right, then a diagonal down to the left and a diagonal down to the right completes what I think is a pretty good-looking star. Of course, everything takes practice. Hope everyone finds solutions for their needs. Blessings, Curt

[NO Dave]

Hardest? An All-Time Chicago Bears squad. All the stripes on the socks and sleeves, I thought it'd never end.