Painting a KP XXL Rubber muscle body

[siquisiri]

I decided to share this as i know it will be useful info to many of us that customize our figs.
In working on my custom Hellboy i decided to use the KP Heroik XXL body as a base body. The problem? it has a rubber muscle torso that i would have to paint red and all customizers know, paint and rubber do not always mix well.
I did some research and tried RIT dye, acrylic paint, and the rustoleum plastic paint. All did not work. After a few days i found a paint that dries over the rubber body without a problem. The paint is: Duplicolor Vinyl & Fabric spray paint: https://www.duplicolor.com/products/vinylFabricCoating/ It comes in various colors. If you want a matt finish, just spray over it with Testors dullcoat. Hope the info helps


KAUSTIC PLASTIK Heroik XXL body



Duplicolor Vinyl and Fabric paint



Hellboy

 

[CanadianBrandon]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing the tip!

 

[slobodaneee]

too bad they don't have a fleshtone

 

[galactiboy]

Luckily the body already comes in flesh tone

Nice work man... so how durable is the paint? Any flaking from moving the neck or where the arms connect into the body? How about the elbows?

 

[slobodaneee]

Luckily the body already comes in flesh tone

Nice work man... so how durable is the paint? Any flaking from moving the neck or where the arms connect into the body? How about the elbows?

i meant the lighter flesh tone

 

[siquisiri]

sorry for the late reply, lol,,,, anyway.. No cracking or problems at all so far.