Don't Watertreat Obi-Wan?

I was gonna throw some water on the Obi-Wan and I seemed to hear a voice in the back of my mind say "NO!". I want to water treat him with robes on.

Can anyone tell me if I am just hearing voices? or is it the voice of caution?

nash said:

it's just water...el agua

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I know but I seem to remember someone saying the robe bleeds or maybe the tunic shrinks or some such.

ohhh, i think its the leather parts bro. just keep those away from el agua.

Thanks itm. I knew I read something somewhere. I should have known it was Dave's voice in my head.

pixletwin said:

Thanks itm. I knew I read something somewhere. I should have known it was Dave's voice in my head.

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Dave is in your head?

Actually, the robes on my Obi Wan did shrink!
I was impatient, and ofr some reason, the water from the tap was mildly warm and instead of waiting, I just dunked them in... not good.
The shrinkage wasn't catastrophic, but it did happen.

Pix... best advice I can give... soak all of his clothing and wring it out a bit.... And then flatten it out on a table, and THEN put it on the body. It will still hang naturally as it should and will dry nicely. No bleeding, no shrinkage.

Just do NOT put that damn belt on!!

I just did it... I guess we'll see if anything disastrous happens.

Odd, usually cold water causes shrinkage...

nash said:

ohhh, i think its the leather parts bro. just keep those away from el agua.

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It is the leather. I put the belt back onto my Qui-Gon a little too early and the leather bled all over his underclothes. He's now posed fully cloaked to hide it.

All of the problems listed in this thread is exactly why I WON'T water treat my figures. I heard someone tried on Subject 57 and the dyes (green and blood) ran and had a colorful puddle at his feet.

Buttmunch said:

All of the problems listed in this thread is exactly why I WON'T water treat my figures. I heard someone tried on Subject 57 and the dyes (green and blood) ran and had a colorful puddle at his feet.

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Paint fixes all....

Buttmunch said:

All of the problems listed in this thread is exactly why I WON'T water treat my figures. I heard someone tried on Subject 57 and the dyes (green and blood) ran and had a colorful puddle at his feet.

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You're missin out then. The difference between a SW fig thats been water treated is light and day when you compare it to a plain one. especially if you are posing them in robes.

Oh I can definately see the difference just from the pics shown here, but like most things, even if I follow the directions I'll find a way to mess up.

No bleeding with mine, even belt on!

DarkArtist81 said:

Paint fixes all....

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Not if the paintbrush is in the hand of an idiot (ie me)!!!!!

I've used the water treatment on all of my 12" figs and have had no negative results

Anzik Hayes said:

Odd, usually cold water causes shrinkage...

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I was in the pool! I was in the pool!!