Re: [GZG] Primers

[Adrian Johnson <adrian.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Am I the *only* one who uses Grey? I find white lightens up overlaid 
> colours and black
> darkens them down. If I want the applied colour to appear as it does in 
> the paint pot (or
> as it would when painted on most tan cardstock), I prefer the grey. If I 
> use black, it
> inevitably darkens things plus makes it hard to see figure detail - shadow 
> and primer
> combine to make it hard for me to see what I'm painting. White, OTOH, 
> makes it difficult
> to paint some colours on (I primed some UNSC hardsuits white, tried 
> painting them white,
> and then cursed myself). Grey seems to be a good base colour for most 
> greens or sand
> colours (common camouflage colours).

I find that grey primer makes colours more "muddy" and dull.  I almost 
exclusively prime with black (using Armory too).  Have tried working with 
white several times, and don't like it at all, unless I'm painting the 
figure almost exclusively with bright colours (yellow, orange, etc) - which 
for me doesn't usually happen.  


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