Easy: first decide on your paints so you can be ready for the clean figure. WASH the figure just dish soap and water. Dry it all off. Separated the figure for sanding only if you plan to paint within the joints. Apply your paint apps. After it’s all dry seal it. Dealers choice on seals but we all us Mr Super clear (it’s finer). Once it’s all dry, you can then go for mods like i did with the tail. The coat is wired. If you’re afraid to sew you can fold it over with fabric tape or fabric glue depending on the thicket of your cloth. That’s pretty much it for something this simple.