Re: Painting question - Orange

Jon Davis wrote:
> 
> I tried to paint an orange base coat on a starship figure last night.
> I had primed it with white.  Ral Partha Orange was very thin and I
> wasn't terribly happy with the first coat's results.	I also tried
> an old bottle of Citadel Hobgoblin Orange and the results were even
> worse.
> 
> Are there any suggestions for better coverage or a primer base color
> that would do a better job for a one coat layer of orane base?

You might want go out and buy a cheap can of orange spray paint to prime
the miniature.	I bought a can of yellow at K-Mart for about $1.50 that
I used to prime my taxicab (slightly modified GZG police cruiser)

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/miniatures/gallery/taxi.jpg

In this case I happened to have a shade of yellow paint that matched
pretty well to the spray, which was very helpful for the inevitible
touch-up work. (especially with that @%@#$%@! checkerboard striping)

Tom

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Thomas Pope
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
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