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Hi.

Im starting my 2nd 40k army orc and am not a fan of the dark green skin colour so have gone for a much lighter green. I start this with a white spray primer as i fine the muscles show up well this way.
The problem im having is that when i paint on the black for the orcs boots and some of the brown im going back to models and seeing what looks like white chip marks showing up.

My first time painting onto a white undercoat and i really like the result apart from this.

I don't water the paint down too much either which was what a friend thought was the problem.

Needs pictures. I've never ever heard of this happening before, so I have no idea what it is.

Sorry i didnt get back sooner. Thanks but i think the problem was me not letting the paint dry. Also being a white undercoat it showed up through the black. Thankyou for your response i will try and get some pictures up as im pleased with the results at my first attempt at painting onto white.

I've found the newer GW black and white paints to be stupidly thin, so perhaps try another company and see if you get the same results?

Disclaimer: I haven't tried any other paints. I just can't shake off the GW pigment habit.

I prime white. If I’m handling the mini, rather then just the base, I sometimes wear the paint off and the basecoat shows through. Sometimes even if I am holding it by the base when painting, I still rub some paint off of the lower legs accidentally.

Not sure if this is what is causing your problems, but it might be.

I think that is what im probably doing. Also the black im using isnt gw it Vallejo. I tend to use a mix of gw and Vallejo paints.