Re: [GZG] Primers

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major effort I use grey.  For a quick and dark paint job I
use black and avoid filling in every crevice with a brush.

Roger

On 3/3/06, Thomas Barclay <kaladorn@magma.ca> wrote:
>
> I found Tester's primers too slippery. Not interested in trying to
sand a
> 25mm figure!
>
> I use Armoury Grey primer. I found their black too gritty for my
taste.
>
> 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).
>
> Automotive primers I find tend to be too slick for my taste, though
some
> of them might not
> be bad.
>
> I haven't yet tried airbrush primers, but it struck me they'd go on a
mite
> bit watery on
> shiny slick figures... so maybe not deposit so evenly.
>
> So, my recommendation is Armoury primers.
>
> TomB
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