Zombie John and Ponch found

[Hotfoot]

Man, those portraits are scary. It is amazing how close a self-satisfied smile and a maniacal grin are.
You might try the RIT dye for degreying the heads. PM me if you are interested in how it works.

rche

I was going to try the plasticdip method. What is the rit dye method?

[ddgaff1132]

After reading all the posts. I figure the chips figures were a wealth of accessorys! they gave a lot of little details to just this line of figures. glasses, watches, special boots, guns and holsters. not to mention batons!!!

[MegoMark71]

Iron man and i don't remember if it was ponch or john were my first megos. reason i say ponch or john was because that Christmas my brother got Batman and the other chip.

[rche]

I was going to try the plasticdip method. What is the rit dye method?

It is a redye of the head. I use a medical dropper to measure out dye and use the scarlet and yellow liquid dye to get a flesh tone. You can just use the scarlet. You don't want to put a bunch of dye in your water, as the dye acts pretty quickly and you want some control.

I use approx 1ml of the scarlet and .25 ml yellow in 1 1/2 cups water. Bring to a simmer and place the head in. Use some tongs on the head as you just want to set it in the dye for a couple of seconds at a time. You need to make sure all of the zombie gets coated evenly, so turn the head under the dye with the tongs, pull it out, rinse with warm clean water and see how it is acting. Repeat until you have a color you like.

I should note, you need to clean the head thoroughly with mild soap (toothbrushes are good for this) before doing any dyeing.

Any exposed rubber will draw the dye. The dark painted areas, hair, eyes, eyebrows will not. Ponch's big smile might be slightly affected by the dye. There is a lot of white paint in there.

have a good time
rche