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Hi Folks
Can I please pick all your brains for any Plastikote experience.

Ive used black Plastikote on some larger scale non-wargames stuff and find myself with as mostly full can left of black. I fancy using it to undercoat minis but Im a bit worried that my choice of plastikote was due to ite reputation of being very hard-wearing.
Is this hard-wearing because it covers thicker I wonder?? Would that obscure detail on such a small thing as a miniature??

The easy answer would be to test it, but.. I have a newborn baby and have very very very little time left for any hobbies and so plan on undercoating a mass of models in one big go so I can paint things as I get a spare min or two.

So basically, with anyones experience out there, is plastikote thicker/better/worse etc than games Workshop spray primers please?

Thanks folks for any advice or experience

Bob

You can use it to undercoat minis, but I would recommend warming the can gently in some warm water. For some reason you get a finer coat when the can has been warmed through.

I also found that spray varnishing before getting on with the painting helped matters, as is doesn't take paint or washes very well if you don't.

Thanks Jack, maybe a bit of experiment is needed after all

Cheers

Thats always the advice I give people. Test it out first. ALWAYS test it out first. New can of paint? Test spray on something. That way you dont ruin your minis

Try your paints on it afterwards. We put gloss white Plasticote over Halfords Primer and the result blistered and cracked after drying. Oops!

Thanks folks

Im actually starting to wonder if its worth me putting the time in considering the tiny bit of free time I have at the moment. I might just buy a tin of GW Chaos Black for the sake of the £8

I've been using Plasti-Kote white for over a year now on both plastic and metal figures. No trouble with losing detail under the primer.

http://chicagoterrainfactory.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/the-search-for-spray-primer/