Despite the bad color scheme, the paint was put on well. Since it was smooth and pretty much a grey primer coat I just painted over it with black primer! I know its lazy, but all I had to do was strip it down if it didnt work...
...But fortunately it did work out, and pretty well at that. The crusader squad minis are finished save for a special weapons guy and their sergeant equivalent. I should have better pics of them up soon.