Ninjas! and combatting lead rot

Completed ninjas from Crossover Miniatures.  I painted these up as minions for The Blue Viper ( a super villain figure I completed a while back ).  There are a total of 12 of them.

Here with The Blue Viper (the ninjas im calling 'The Fang Of The Viper')

A few more ninjas

On an unrelated note, I picked up a box of Elfquest miniatures this week off of ebay.  (Ever read Elfquest?  It was one of my favorite comics as a kid - really great stuff, and now its available for free if you are interested Elfquest Online Comics).  Anyway, much to my horror, I cracked the box open, and all of the minis are starting to exhibit the signs of lead rot (which I had never heard of before)

Here is one of the figures.  You can see the 'rot' starting to begin - an outer crusty surface that is sitting right on top of the nice shiny figure.

Im giving them a baking soda bath, and im going to scrub them down with a wire brush.  Seems to be working ok with the first one I tried...still needs some more work though.

More pics as I progress with these.