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Hello I'm new to all this and I'm about to start my Space Wolves army.

I'm buying an undercoat and my question is, can i just use The Fang spray paint or would i need to spray them black then use The Fang?

(My main colour will be The Fang)
   
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you can use the fang spray as a undercoat.

use the zaldari dust to undercoat some of my models. worked fine.

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Almightyliham wrote:
you can use the fang spray as a undercoat.



Thank you!
   
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Im pretty sure games workshop advise an undercoat (chaos black or coral white) followed by a base coat spray.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Citadel-Paint-Guide
   
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Look up zenithal priming! (: I do this all the time with my Army Painter color primers.


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John Wirral wrote:
Im pretty sure games workshop advise an undercoat (chaos black or coral white) followed by a base coat spray.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Citadel-Paint-Guide


Actually all of their sprays say the same: Can be used to basecoat your miniatures.

I've been using The Fang straight on my models without a separate "primer". Only issue I've had is you can get too smooth a coat if you spray from too close or apply even a bit too much, so keep your distance and use short controlled bursts.

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John Wirral wrote:
Im pretty sure games workshop advise an undercoat (chaos black or coral white) followed by a base coat spray.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Citadel-Paint-Guide

Actually they don't.

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defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'

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I basecoat/prime all of my minis in the predominate color the mini will be when it is done. It saves a ton of time. I use Testors flat enamels shot through my airbrush, so the color options are nearly unlimited. Also, an enamel basecoat is much sturdier than acrylic, but any spray you use should be fine - just keep the coat as thin as you can.

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 Ghaz wrote:
John Wirral wrote:
Im pretty sure games workshop advise an undercoat (chaos black or coral white) followed by a base coat spray.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Citadel-Paint-Guide

Actually they don't.


https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Citadel-death-guard-green-spray-2017

When sprayed over an undercoat, it's a fast way to get a uniform base of colour onto your models.


Mind you, not all the spray descriptions say this. I have gotten away with using just Leadbelcher spray to prime some models, but for the sake of being safe rather than sorry, I would just apply them over a primer.

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Iv been using corax white as a primer

seems to be fine.

im sure the fang would be fine as well.

however if you are worried about missing spots and stuff, id prime generic black,

do a once over with a hairy stick and black and make sure you get any area's you missed first with a thin coat.

then spray over that way the fang.

so long as you dont over do it you wont lose any details.

 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
Send help!

 
   
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Florence, KY

 General Annoyance wrote:
 Ghaz wrote:
John Wirral wrote:
Im pretty sure games workshop advise an undercoat (chaos black or coral white) followed by a base coat spray.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Citadel-Paint-Guide

Actually they don't.


https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Citadel-death-guard-green-spray-2017

When sprayed over an undercoat, it's a fast way to get a uniform base of colour onto your models.


Mind you, not all the spray descriptions say this. I have gotten away with using just Leadbelcher spray to prime some models, but for the sake of being safe rather than sorry, I would just apply them over a primer.

Duncan has noted time and again on Facebook that they don't need an undercoat, and several of his tutorials have him using a model with just the colored spray and no white or black undercoat.

'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents
cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable
defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'

- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty
Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
 
   
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As far as I've seen, it's always been recommended to apply a base primer first; I don't follow Duncan on Facebook, but I have seen a few tutorials where he's used a spray instead of Corax White/Chaos Black, and said it explicitly.

Like I said, probably fine to use on its own as I have used before. Probably wouldn't hurt to use a black/white undercoat either.

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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents
cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable
defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'

- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty
Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
 
   
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Outer Space, Apparently

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