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Old 12-27-2008, 02:19 PM
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Default Yes, It Is Labor

As I said before, it’s not hard to do. What makes it labor intensive is that there will be periods when the painter will have to wait for parts of the figure to dry before moving to the next step. Use the helmet for an example. Before any decals can be applied to the helmet, the base color of the helmet must dry first. This is especially true for a team such as the Chiefs.

The process can be a lot easier if you do it with a team that wears white on white such as the Redskins. Time will be saved if the natural white plastic of the figure is used instead of painting the figure all white. The only part that will have to dry before moving on to the next step would be the helmet.

I don’t know what you know about shooting a video. To be honest, I don’t know if you are shooting a video at all. I also don’t know how meticulous you are. To get just a couple of minutes of video require a lot of shots. The entire process is labor intensive. One thing can’t get done until the first thing is done. The processes do not run in parallel. Until the figures are painted and bases tweaked, the camera is on standby. Again waiting! That applies even if you have help.

Maurice

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