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I'm currently in the middle of painting my AoBR Boyz, and I've purcahsed a can of Chaos Black to help make priming faster and easier. Unfortunately, my first few candidates have emerged with their arm and neck joints covered with paint, and I have to file it off on each boy - sometimes, that's not feasible and other parts of the model may be in the way.
It has occoured to me that covering the areas to be bonded with some blu-tack would help, but I don't have nearly enough to throw away after the primer gets into it.
How does Dakka solve this particular problem?

Are you priming them in their component form?

A small bit of masking tape works for me.

Firstly, for smaller simple models like Ork boys, you can just assemble them first, and prime them second.

For larger more complex models where it will pay to paint before assembly, then use blu-tak. If you can afford a can of black primer (whats that these days, $25?) then you can afford a pack of blu-tak, lol.

Kaldor wrote:Firstly, for smaller simple models like Ork boys, you can just assemble them first, and prime them second.

For larger more complex models where it will pay to paint before assembly, then use blu-tak. If you can afford a can of black primer (whats that these days, $25?) then you can afford a pack of blu-tak, lol.

If I was to assemble first, if would make painting areas such as underarms and necks quite difficult. Shoota Boyz (of which I have a dozen in pieces) will also be difficult, as their Shootas would block the primer from reaching their bodies.

The masking tape idea sounds good, however. My only concern there is that making sure not to over-cover could be fiddly sometimes.


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Whoops, I should have specified first - I'm trying to sprayprime their legs and torsos (cemented together), as that's usually the simplest shape in a model's body.

You could always get some silly putty (toy store), pinch off a little bit, stick it to the areas that you don't want paint, and peal off when the paint is dry. A very cheap and effective solution.

Most art stores carry liquid mask which you can put on areas you don't wnat paint touching, like masking tape it can be peeled off later leaving the area underneath the liquid mask untouched.

Another alternative is rubber cement.

Liquid mask sounds even better. I've heard of it in a few painting articles. I'll go to the local art store this afternoon and have a look.

Trust me, you won't notice any difficulty in painting under the models arms or any hard to reach parts. I've painted hundreds of the little buggers.

While liquid mask works, really blu-tak is your best option. It is easier to apply, you can spray immediately, and remove immediately, and it's re-usable.