Blood Red?

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**Globzog**

What is the trick to using Blood Red without having to put on 5,000 coats just to cover the base coat?

**KingCracker**

I know this works for yellow. Paint the area you want to paint with white. Then go with the blood red. Make sure you water down the paint so its thinner. It goes on alot smoother then normal. Good luck

**wolfeman**

layer with darker reds before you put your blood red.

**J.Black**

Are you trying to paint it over a black undercoat?

I usually put a coat of white down first.

**Globzog**

Ya black undercoat, but I have the same problem with white basecoat too. ill try the darker red first. Thanks!

**archont**

For Red I'd probably just do a sloppy yellow undercoat and then go red. I would however refrain from doing a white basecoat: That could make the red feel pink^^

**SagesStone**

Maybe go from black to Scab Red then Blood Red over the top of that.

**Fishboy**

I would actually recomend a layer of red foundation paint first but thin it a little. Then paint your blood red over that. Sometimes red over white will give a splotchy first and second coat.

**Caffran9**

blood red over a black undercoat...

I'd start with a layer of the Mechrite Red foundation paint (make sure you thin this a bit though so you get even and smooth coverage). Then blood red on top of that.

You can also work up from red gore or other darker reds.

**greenskin lynn**

i prime white, then do a quick layer of terracotta, then the red

**SgtSixkilla**

I think the coverage of Blood Red over white is awesome. Almost as good as Chaos Black (over anything).

If I paint blood red over almost any other color than white however, it almost always gets 'miscolored', because even though it's an even coat, the color below shows through (without, as you say, 5000 coats.)

**DarkHound**

FOUNDAAAAAAAAATIONS!!! USE DEM!!!

Between Foundation White and Skull White, I can get away with painting white on black primed models. I have foundation yellow, and I've never had trouble with getting yellow on black primed models. I always start with Marachrite Red for my red minis. My berserkers turn out great with that as a base. Anything else you are having trouble painting? Get the foundation color of it first.

**bubber**

mechanarite red then blood red. easy as

check ouy my death jack -
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/bubber1234/DSCF0012.jpg

this was then shaded with brown & red inks