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and im talking about the reds, greens and blues lol.

Years ago i sprayed some space marines red (for some blood angels) and it ended up coimg out really crusty and just not smooth at all. It basically ruined some space marine models.

Now I want to re-make my old Night Lords army, but I want to spray them blue so I don't have to base coat 30 marines and tanks, ect by hand again. I heard some where that you should spray the models black first and then blue for it to actually work. Is this true?

any help would be greatly appreciated.

I primed my SoB with Armypainter red. Directly, with no other colours. Worked fine.

And my Necrons were primed with their silver. Also worked fine, no problems.

You can see them here if you want to see the effects. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/600269.page the painting of the Sisters is not great though, because I started painting 40k with them first.


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Almost forgot. Fr the silver primer, perhaps because of the pigment, it is harder to apply another colour on it, especially if its a smooth surface such as the side of a base or a large smooth sheet. My scheme used black so I could circumvent that with thick layers.

This might affect you if you decide to prime silver. Washes go on with no problems though.

If you spray a coat of silver primer and can't get other colours to stick afterwards, try spraying a coat of matt varnish (I use Army Painter's brand) after the silver primer and leave it to dry (cure) as long as you can.
It works for me.


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Poor results from aerosol painting is usually down to inexperience with the technique.
Like with a lot of other things, practice is a good idea - just put some minis together and test your spraying technique.

Also, a primer should have a matte finish, to allow further paint to be applied to it.