I'm currently trying to strip the paint off some of the hero figures. I haven't finished but I have a feeling they aren't going to look as good as they did when I first bought them.

Is there somewhere out there where I can get replacement figures?

ask this guy:
http://myworld.ebay.at/tus_07/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
he is selling replacement parts for descent 1.ed

I would love to check it out. But sadly the site is in German and the items he is selling are for the first edition.

I was actually able to get my minis cleaned up pretty good. About an hour in Isopropal did the trick. The have a little dull finish to them now but the details are still in tac.