Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hi,
I have but one question to ask! I have recently jus painted a Tac Marine up with a Skull White undercoat (using brush) followed by a coat of Scorpion Green... The result of this was very 'Grainy' (very bright and brush stroke filled - not how you want a model looking). I then thought perhaps to apply a coat of Dark Green Ink, it looks like the desired Green displayed on Grey Death's SoM's - however is slightly too blotchy in some places for my likeing (I am a Newbie at painting so I might be bein fussy!!). Anyway to my point any advice you could offer me would be a help as I really love the colour and the Chapter! I dont want to have to resort to scrappin plans of a SoM's Chapter and be like the other Space Marine collectors and paint a darn Ultra-Smurfs army!!

Again sorry to bore on but any advice would be gr8 thanks.

Brush on primers are hard to keep even and thin.

best way is to buy a spray can.

If I had to guess I'd say that you just need more thin layers of the basecoat first before you ink. Scorpion green doesn't cover too well so you need multiple thin layers to achieve a smooth even finish.

If I had a clear picture of the result I could give more accurate advice.

I'll upload a pic sometime this evenin (UK time), like I said I'm a beginner so it wont look nothing special ... Jus need some advice for first time painting... Thanks guys

When I painted mine I used a black spray on undercoat, then used gw knarloc green foundation paint for the base coat, then went over that with goblin green and did my highlights with scorpion green, doing the uppermost highlights with scorpion green and white. The trick is to let the black undercoat show in the cracks, let the thraka show in shallower recesses and then let the highlights bring it all together.

Here's a veteran and a commander

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-16825-3089_Sons%20Of%20Medusa%20Vet.html

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-16825-3525_Sons%20Of%20Medusa%20Commander.html

You can undercoat with a brush, in fact you get a much better finish than spray can ever get, but you need a big stiff bristled natural fibre brush like you give kids. Get most of the paint off it, then jab it onto the model; if there is too much paint just dry the drush off and go over it again and it will pick up the excess paint

spot on