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Hi!
I just got my Start Collecting: T'au!-set. I want to paint them in the scheme of Vior'la Sept, white and red. Should I spray prime them white or black? Do white coat become too bright, or would black make it too dark?
Thanks!

I do a white and blue scheme and prime grey but white would work for you too just wash it brown or blue and work back up to white.
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Red is bit hard on black so white probably better.

Alternative might be grey which isn't too dark and gives nice base for white anyway. Grey for base, then off white like ulthuan grey as main colour and pure white as highlight for example.

Grey primer for sure.

Red works fine on black. I paint my BA that way.

I would think red would be worse on white. Brighter the pigments the worse their coverage which means the colors on the bottom will bleed through a bit. Which is fine when it's bright orange or yellow. A pale yellow is yellow.

But when you mix white with red it's pink....

Pink.

It takes a lot of coats to kill the pinking in red paint when you paint it over white. Start with the grey or black.

Grey seems best to me.
A good grey will kind of self shade the white areas while not being such a hindrance to the reds. But you also won't be fighting the black with your whites.

Personally as i plan on doing white and blue my self i would start off with

Corax white spray

Touch up anything missed with white with a ting of grey to try and match it

zenith highlight with normal white spray or airbrush

black out garments and areas that will be colored

for red id go off the black to hull red which is a fantastic brown red from valliejo then up to whatever red fancies you.

Went to my local Games Workshop-store and the staff member recommended Corax White. Tried it on my first T'au model ever, and it seems ok. I'm not used to having to touch up on the primer though, the spray kind of floated out rather than covering everything it went on. Could it be that it were -9 degrees outside, or is this what I'll have to expect from white spray? I'm more used to black and Zandri Dust.

I havent used corax white rattlecans yet, but -9°C is not good for spraying. 20°C would be better.

The cans have very exact instructions on them for temperature, relative humidity, and angle of spray. Don't follow the instructions and expect problems.

Thanks. I'll have to wait until spring to spray coat them then. Gives me more time to figure out the painting scheme. I'll just prime them by hand 'til then.

You can spray them now outside, but you need to return inside immediately, let the paint dry and warm up again. Do multiple really thin layers, until the miniature is all white. Rattlecan paint is very thin, its ok if you need something like 5 layers until you are finished.