>>6754221OK so
1. wash in warm soapy water, rinse let air dry
2. use acrylic*
3. skip priming
4. thin some* but don't get weird about it, this isn't a mini on which you're trying to preserve detail; on the other hand you don't want to hide the character of the fabric
5. let dry overnight (not necessary except...)
6. test. put it on and off the figure. see if the paint cracks or anything. there really isn't any need to like bend it to see where it fails, basically put it through a few on and offs to make sure when you're ready it won't just fall apart
7. touch up if necessary
8. if things went bad the acrylic is easy to strip, get some goo gone (orange oil) or some purple or green stuff. I use goo gone because I have it and it will strip months old testors enamal from a mini and it won't damage anything. In any case stripping if it goes bad is the easy part, you can research it later.
you can also paint some other piece just to see how it looks, drys, bends etc, since you have the vest and stuff. there are alternatives if the paint doesn't work, down to a sharpie pen, but hopefully the acrylic will work.
I would wash the sleeves, attach the arms and then paint last.
If it wasn't flexible I'd say hit it with a top coat, but like the primer I don't think adding extra layers is going to help anything.
*acrylic in a tube is thick like peanut butter and it's not what you want. in the model asile is already thinned (meaning more water). the little pots are fine, especially if you have a hobby lobby. the paint will be thicker in the pots than in modelling/mini bottles, which are fine too, like I would just use a reaper bones or similar paint straight out of the bottle for this. acrylic is kind of rubbery, so if you can get a thin coat to cover it might be great.
If I had anything I could think of like that shirt I'd slap some paint on it to test for you but for the life of me I can't think what would be similar, that I have, that I would test paint on.
HTH
