/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Hi, all.

So I got these metal dice as a gift. I'm pretty sure they are these ones here (though it was a gift, so I'm not positive):
https://www.amazon.com/Truewon-Playing-Numbers-Nickel-Flannel/dp/B01N9F99XY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501043833&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=metal+dice+set+d%26d+green&psc=1

I don't care for the green color that they use for the numbers, so I was going to remove it and make them blue. But there are a few things that I wanted to know first.

First, should I worry about removing the other paint first or just paint over it? I'm pretty sure that I should remove the paint, but if any of you have just painted over the other paint and it worked, then that seems the most simple.

If I should remove the paint, how should I go about that without damaging the surface of the dice? If they are the same dice in the above link, then it says that they have a nickel finish on them. I googled removing paint from metal, but I didn't see any metal that looked the same as the dice, so I didn't want to apply any chemicals to the metal and wind up removing the outer coat.

Next, what kind of paint would be best to use? If you can't see in the picture, the numbers are engraved (perhaps there's a more specific word for what I mean, but I'm pretty sure that's it), so I shouldn't have to worry about the paint coming off when rolling the dice. I saw some paint for painting the d&d miniatures (which is something I'd like to get into making out of wood and painting myself, but that is for a later date), would that work for this?

What kind of brush should I use?
Should I cover the parts I'm not going to paint in masking tape, and if so, how do I accurately cut out the areas that I'm going to paint?

What other issues might I run into?


And lastly, did I miss any info that might help you out?

Thanks everybody.