Need advise/help on repainting figure

[bumbayker]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this topic but here's my problem.

I just bought a 1/6 figure ver 2 of Porno Dianno (from Bastard!) today. However when I opened the box to carefully inspect it I noticed the paint job wasn't done as well as I hoped. Here is an image of how it originally looks. I'll try to provide a clear pic of mine when I have one ready.



With my figure the black straps and white lingerie straps were painted rather thinly and can see some of the flesh paint undercoat. It feels like whoever painted this did a rush job. What frustrates me also is one of the pegs for stand is about half an inch off.

Despite my disappointment I still think it was a good purchase since the figure is a hard find. I wish I could repaint it myself but I have very little experience and not confident on doing the task.

Anyone with any tips or advice to do this would be most welcome. Though I consider of hiring someone who has experience on figure painting as a last resort.

[delta408]

Is it made of resin, or is it PVC?

[bumbayker]

I'm not really sure. I believe its resin since the plastic isn't as hard compared to PVC. Does it pose a problem if its resin?

[delta408]

Resin is a very hard plastic. It can be sanded and painted easily. It's also expensive. PVC figures are more affordable than resin ones. And I may be wrong, but I always thought that PVC is softer than resin if it's used for figures. Anyway, if it's resin, then you could repaint it yourself, or as you said, hire someone to do it for you. If it's PVC, I think you can paint over it but I haven't really tried spot repainting on a large figure. What I've done was repaint the whole figure [it was just 5 inches high though]

[bumbayker]

Oh I see. I may be mistaken. I thought resin was the soft plastic. Sorry, I'm kinda a newbie regards to terminologies here.

I haven't really painted anything directly since my college days and I don't have a steady hand. I might as well find someone who can do it for me. Would you know anyone with expertise on this? Preferably in Metro Manila.

[kasmichan]

did you purchase from hobbyfan.com?

[bumbayker]

Nope. I bought it here at a toy shop in QC (not in GH btw). It was already assembled unlike in hobbyfan.com which is only has garage kits for it.

[delta408]

I did a little research and this is definitely a resin figure originally. PVC is going to be tough to repaint. I'd take a crack at it, but I have no experience with anime figures.

[bumbayker]

Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately I'm not located at Cebu. I might have an old friend of mine from college to repaint it for me when he gets back from Singapore since he has some experience with kit bashing.

[delta408]

That's great to hear. Please post pics when he's done repainting it.

[kasmichan]

it'll be a tough repaint since it's already built...unless you can undone the cement they use to put the parts together..

[Gane]

It could also be soft vinyl which we often see in those tiny figures Bandai included in some older Seed kits.

If it's Vinyl, you may want to check for guides online because cleaning this thing ones it is painted is a pain in the neck. You might just find a good help from searching Google... A factory painted figure comes with a different application technique so it is harder to figure out what can remove the paint.

If you want to try some stuff, Easy Off Oven Cleaner is the best brand Fine Scale Modeler Magazine prefer for stripping paint without harming the material.