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hey all..

Well as I am painting *gasp* RED orks, I needed a red primer for my models base coat. Lo and behold, my fiancee (of all people) suggested Halfords.

I popped down there, and hey presto, a large range of plastic and metal primers in many colours, and for not too bad a price, less than GW anyway.

It covers really well, and dries nice and fast, so by the time the 10th is primed, the first is ready for painting.

Just a handy tip for cheap quality primers...

Have fun painting!!

Funnily enough I was recommended this earlier today for my blood angels.

Vichyssoise wrote:Well as I am painting *gasp* RED orks

GREEN IS BEST

Just glanced at the Halford's website (I'm in the US, but the name sounded familiar) - seems like a combo outdoor and automotive store, right? If so, I'm not surprised. Lots of quality sprays available at automotive and home improvement stores, but if a newbie (stateside, at least) asked me for the best quality:price ratio, I'd send them to Walmart for the $0.99 cans. You can prime an army for the cost of one can of GW spray and the results are perfectly acceptable.

Green is old news.. I'll post a pic on here when I get the first five done tomorrow or wednesday!! Playing IG tomorrow night which will be a new experience for me...

Red is weird, but they look kwl!!!

Vichyssoise wrote:hey all..

Well as I am painting *gasp* RED orks, I needed a red primer for my models base coat. Lo and behold, my fiancee (of all people) suggested Halfords.

I popped down there, and hey presto, a large range of plastic and metal primers in many colours, and for not too bad a price, less than GW anyway.

It covers really well, and dries nice and fast, so by the time the 10th is primed, the first is ready for painting.

Just a handy tip for cheap quality primers...

Have fun painting!!

dude you are awesome.i'd never thought of halfords,i checked their site and the selection is brilliant and a couple of quid cheaper than gw.

How similar is the finish to the standard satin style finish of GW paints from pots? I usually find automotive paint to be too glossy or matt by comparison so was wondering how it compares.

Always used Halfords - i find the spray superior to GW's anyway!

Vichyssoise wrote:Green is old news.. I'll post a pic on here when I get the first five done tomorrow or wednesday!! Playing IG tomorrow night which will be a new experience for me...

Red is weird, but they look kwl!!!

<- red ork

Heheh, yeah.
I definitely want to see pics

I always buy the .99 cent Wal Mart spray.

It doesn't spray very thick, thus not obsecuring detail on the model itself. Also, I find that paint sticks to the primer better than the GW stuff anyways

I find that it's ok on metal models, but not the best...oh, and it works well on the resin FW models also

legoburner wrote:How similar is the finish to the standard satin style finish of GW paints from pots? I usually find automotive paint to be too glossy or matt by comparison so was wondering how it compares.

Given that FW's treadheads recommend Halfords, I'd say pretty well.

A proper primer is matt anyway. It also provides a surface paint LIKES to stick to. It actually makes painting easier.

I use duplicolor autoprimers here (can't get Halfords and don't have Walmarts) and they give me good results.