Stripping with Simple Green

I have been painting miniatures for about eight years now, but have never yet delved into the realm of stripping. I'm lucky to be putting paint on figures, let alone having the time to take it off! But on a stop at the Target the other day I picked up a bottle of Simple Green all purpose cleaner. I filled up a pickle jar halfway, dumped in a handful of miniatures I painted at the very start of my painting career (photos withheld by author), and lo and behold, a couple days later, I have a pile of about 20 Reaper figures sitting here ready to be painted. If only my Germans and Romans weren't calling....

Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian...

...black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.

(One without all the flash...much more sullen.)

From the depths of the Teutoburg

Here are some pictures of what I have been doing with most of my miniature-themed efforts recently: a warband of ancient Germans. The figures in these pictures are all Foundry figs, which I picked up on the super cheap at Historicon 2009 in Wally's Basement, as rule #113 of my hobby handbook states, "One should never pay full price for Foundry's top-class miniatures, especially when one has mouths to feed, unless absolutely necessary."

As of this point, I have painted up a whole other unit of infantry (Old Glory) and a cavalry unit, which I should have pictures up of in the very near future.

Enjoy!

Here are a few of my bowmen, of which there are more which are not pictured.

Have some huscarls...

Here are some pics of some Old Glory huscarls I did up last year to oppose my Normans.

(click to enlarge)





Cheers!