Re: [GZG] Primers

Thomas Barclay 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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I like the Krylon Sandable Primer in Grey. I agree with you on the black

vs. white issue. Grey is the best of both worlds for figures. I'm still 
undecided with vehicles between grey and black. I think it might depend 
on your painting method.

-Mark

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