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Hello,

I'm relatively new to the model painting game and I ordered a sheet of etched Raven Guard Brass from forge world. They have engraved ravens and text. I can fill them in with multiple strokes of watered down paint and they look nice, except the raised portions are brass colored. I want to go for a black/white scheme for them.

So my question is how do I achieve white over the remaining brass?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/rgbrass.jpg

ShadowCaptainYeti wrote:Hello,

I'm relatively new to the model painting game and I ordered a sheet of etched Raven Guard Brass from forge world. They have engraved ravens and text. I can fill them in with multiple strokes of watered down paint and they look nice, except the raised portions are brass colored. I want to go for a black/white scheme for them.

So my question is how do I achieve white over the remaining brass?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/rgbrass.jpg

Prime them as you would anything else to give paint something to stick to.

CT GAMER wrote:

ShadowCaptainYeti wrote:Hello,

I'm relatively new to the model painting game and I ordered a sheet of etched Raven Guard Brass from forge world. They have engraved ravens and text. I can fill them in with multiple strokes of watered down paint and they look nice, except the raised portions are brass colored. I want to go for a black/white scheme for them.

So my question is how do I achieve white over the remaining brass?

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/DefaultFW/xlarge/rgbrass.jpg

Prime them as you would anything else to give paint something to stick to.

There was a problem with my question I should have been more specific, how do I get white on the remaining brass without encroaching on the black

If you primed it, there should be no "brass" showing. Paint sticks to primer really well, so you simply use a paintbrush.

As you approach the edges the three-dimensionality of it should ensure you don't encroach on the recessed area. Just be careful and don't overload your paintbrush. Use multiple small strokes and you'll be able to paint within the lines.

Absolutionis wrote:If you primed it, there should be no "brass" showing. Paint sticks to primer really well, so you simply use a paintbrush.

As you approach the edges the three-dimensionality of it should ensure you don't encroach on the recessed area. Just be careful and don't overload your paintbrush. Use multiple small strokes and you'll be able to paint within the lines.

The recessed areas are literally so small that priming would fill them in, and the raised lines are only a few brush hairs wide. Is there a technique that would allow me to just stamp it? Or I could try a transfer sheet

Prime FIRST (white) THEN fill in the engraved bits. Even a light priming shouldn't fill the engraving. If it is, you're using the WRONG primer.

No wonder you are having troubles. You're Bass-ackwards.

Roller might work, though. Hard rubber, like for a lino-cut or such.

chromedog wrote:Prime FIRST (white) THEN fill in the engraved bits. Even a light priming shouldn't fill the engraving. If it is, you're using the WRONG primer.

No wonder you are having troubles. You're Bass-ackwards.

Roller might work, though. Hard rubber, like for a lino-cut or such.

Even if the space, example: the legs, are only a few milimeters wide? If so then I am definitely using the wrong primer.

EDIT: The transfer sheet worked flawlessly, now to figure out the text :/