Cheers Emiel, no boiling water just hands of patience and accuracy.
lol, yeah he's pale cos I ****ed up! Ye ol' 'dip' (Hydrogen Peroxyde) doesn't work on all figures as I found out the hard way. Any figures with lighter paintwork it'll bleach that too so think I'm gonna knock the 'dip' treatment on the head and just buy mint as they are.