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Was just wondering for those of you that have used it:

1) Does it require an undercoat of primer? Or is it like the Army Painter line that it "sticks" well enough on it's own and can serve as primer to additional colors on top.

2) How is the nozzle? Does it spray in a nice wide dispersal with a fine mist? Or are there issues of it getting goopey and ruining details?

3) Does it dry with a smooth finish and a cast sheen (the old Spray cans circa the late 90s did that). Or does it finish flat and have a more "toothy" feel

Thanks for any replies

Girlpainting did a video review on youtube.

1. You still need a primer. It flakes away easily without one.
2. Not sure on this one, but she seemed happy with it iirc.
3. It looked fairly flat.

Seems like you're paying a premium for something less useful though. It's not a 100% colour match to the citadel colours they're named for, and still requires a primer (so is worse than the army painter cans in both respects), and as always is far less cost effective than using an airbrush to do the same thing.

Wow, that's just all sorts of fail on many accounts. Thanks for the info!!! I was harboring a hint of hope that GW line would be useful somehow....

Just for an experiment I purchased two cans of Smurf Blue - I mean Macragge blue - for my Ultramarines (yep I admit it, I drink smurfberry kool-aid. Its my hobby, so smurf off! ) Anyways.. So far, I have primed a couple test figs with black P3 primer, then base coated with the Macragge Blue. I doesn't appear to be as bad as I thought it was going to be. You just need to make sure that you find the distance between the nozzle and the figure sweet spot. Considering that I refuse to use Citadel primer, I was kinda worried about this, but I was pleasantly surprised. I did compare it afterward to some of my Army Painter UM Blue primed (work smarter not harder) marines and the Macragge blue is definitely a darker blue, but not so much that you it stands out, you kinda need to be looking for it..

The real problem is the FREAKING OUT OF THIS WORLD PRICE! $17 US for a can of blue spray paint? Considering that I have access to Army Painter UM Blue at dealer cost, I doubt I can justify the expense beyond just trying it this one time. Besides, using some of the Guilliman Blue glaze over it looks pretty darn the same as the Macragge blue base coat.

As for the "feel" of the paint, it is not rough, but it isn't completely smooth either, which is fine to me since its a basecoat anyway. It is a very flat color paint though. After a few tactical marines, I base coated a tyrannic war vet and it didn't fill in the details. I apologize for the rambling, but hopefully this gives you a little better idea,

Sheepdog911 wrote:
Just for an experiment I purchased two cans of Smurf Blue - I mean Macragge blue - for my Ultramarines (yep I admit it, I drink smurfberry kool-aid. Its my hobby, so smurf off! ) Anyways.. So far, I have primed a couple test figs with black P3 primer, then base coated with the Macragge Blue. I doesn't appear to be as bad as I thought it was going to be. You just need to make sure that you find the distance between the nozzle and the figure sweet spot. Considering that I refuse to use Citadel primer, I was kinda worried about this, but I was pleasantly surprised. I did compare it afterward to some of my Army Painter UM Blue primed (work smarter not harder) marines and the Macragge blue is definitely a darker blue, but not so much that you it stands out, you kinda need to be looking for it..

The real problem is the FREAKING OUT OF THIS WORLD PRICE! $17 US for a can of blue spray paint? Considering that I have access to Army Painter UM Blue at dealer cost, I doubt I can justify the expense beyond just trying it this one time. Besides, using some of the Guilliman Blue glaze over it looks pretty darn the same as the Macragge blue base coat.

As for the "feel" of the paint, it is not rough, but it isn't completely smooth either, which is fine to me since its a basecoat anyway. It is a very flat color paint though. I have never uploaded a pic to this site before, so I am not sure

Thanks for the pics, they look fine. The paint looks ok, just hope for the cost that it doesn't flake. So the model you show was primered in black then coated blue?

Black was the undercoat, then sprayed blue. I did try to prime one blackreach tac marine in white P3, but it didn't turn out all that wonderful. T The black is much more forgiving for a novice painter like myself (that's my story and I am sticking to it!).

I would definitely seal these with a satin varnish to put a little bit of sheen to it, but not too much. I've got a couple test marines finished that haven't been sealed yet and I will post the results of different gloss finishes for the heck of it.

I used the Citadel Primers back in the day when I loved in Tennessee, the humidity was killer, and fuzzed (pun intended SD911 ...) up my models.

What primer are you using? I use Black Krylon and love it!

I use Privateer Press P3 Primer. Best stuff I have ever found as it is a very fine spray which doesn't fill in extreme details. Again, getting it at dealer cost is not a bad thing either. If my cost for primer was typical retail cost, I would in all likelihood be using Krylon.