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Hey guys, I recently started collecting a Blood Angels army and I'm at the stage where I need to start painting the models.

I tried using a Chaos Black spray coat and hand painting the red over it, but I found the results weren't what I was looking for and it took too long to cover the black up with the Blood Red paint. (I also tried using Mechrite Red on another test that also was unsuccessful.)

I purchased some Army Painter Dragon Red in order to spray the models red straight away allowing me to just add the detail in. I was wondering if using a chaos black spray first then respraying the dragon red over it would darken the colour? Or if I should just use the dragon red then add a black wash over it?

On the point of washes, I have had very bad experiences with washes in that they never end up the way I want them to, I was wondering if you guys had any tips for a total wash noob? haha

Thanks in advance for reading and posting any advice

Dral

If you already have the spray points, I'd suggest finding some throw away figures and playing around with various combinations.

For my Blood Angels, I primed with Krylon Camoflage Brown, basecoated Mechrite Red, then another layer of Red Gore.

That has come out nicely.

In general, black primer will make whatever colour you put on top a bit darker, and white primer will make it a bit paler.

I use grey primer for nearly everything, to get a more neutral result.

I prefer to spray paint as much as I can, and do the detailing with weathering techniques and/or washes, rather than careful hand painting.

Forgot to mention why I use brown primer. First, it's a dark enough color to leave nice shadows when I overbrush. Secondly, because red has a pretty strong brown components in it, it covers better without having to fight the black.