I got started painting these right away -- with Testor's Model Paints! Ugh!
They didn't turn out well at all. :(
Eventually I decided to soak them in paint stripper to get the nasty oil-based acrylics off of them. Most of the minis globbed together in an awful mess. I tossed them out!
I did manage to save these three (it took A LOT of scrubbing)
I just couldn't bear to be without my #5001 box, so I did buy a couple off of eBay --
I hope to finish painting a complete box for myself and another for my grandson, Matt.
Someday! :)
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Those Grenadier minis bring back such happy memories - I can understand why you would get some off eBay.
I used the Testors paint on mine as well..and they stunk. I wish that Grenadier would have included a pamphlet on how to do a basic, but good paint job on the minis using acrylics and washes. Nothing to fancy..just a page or two. We had no internet then and were flying blind.
I just won an auction for 5001, I always wanted that set. I have some already, but not the rest.
Yep, I'm part of the Testors crowd, too. I slathered my first miniatures with a nice thick coat of enamel gloss.
A while back I embarked upon a project to salvage those victims of my early painting endeavors, and stripped the enamel off them in preparation for repainting.
I still have some of those! Grenadier were my first miniatures too. The box sets were fantastic.
I don't have the miniatures any more, but I did manage to retain the box cover to 5001. I'm planning on having it framed.
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