Skinflint Games wrote:Can you get a similar result from priming white and then washing down before basecoating?
Yes you can.
This guy was done exactly like that: primed white, then washed and glazed to get the colour and shadows.
A few touch ups were all that was needed to clean up the highlighting at the end.
Edit: I misunderstood your question. But yes, you can either apply the shadows as a wash over white primer.
Alternately, a better way is to prime black, and then drybrush grey and/or white over top.