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I recently decided to speed up my painting process with a spray paint primer that is the same colour as the flesh tone of Khorne Daemons. It works great, and doesn't seem to have the same issues that most white/red sprays have with being chalky. My only issue is that it is quite light. I took the darkest spray possible that was a matte finish, and yet it still looks vaguely shiny and has a higher tint than i'd like. Is there any way to fix this? Will a liberal use of Nuln oil settle it down? And is Mephiston Red Citadel sprays a better fit for such a project, since I know it will share a pigment?

You could try shading it down, yeah. Agrax might be better than nuln oil, but depends on what effect you're going for.

Which spray are you using? There should be some pretty dark reds out there - army painter chaotic red for instance.

Crispy78 wrote:
You could try shading it down, yeah. Agrax might be better than nuln oil, but depends on what effect you're going for.

Which spray are you using? There should be some pretty dark reds out there - army painter chaotic red for instance.

I forget the exact name, but it's a rustello paint

I use my airbrush to base coat and get the first predominant color down all in one step. I use the Testors flat enamels and they are excellent, with just a slight amount of thinning before spraying.

I have not had very good luck with the large spray cans of flat colors, as they seem to send out too much paint that hides some details.

When I did a bunch of Skaven for my son, I accidentally got gloss Testors. Of course, the base coat in a very light brown was shiny (Ugh), but a earthtone/black mix wash made the color perfect, darkened the recesses and took away the shine. Overall, perfect.

Just experiment with a wash that gets you what you want - either mix colors and add a touch of water to lighten up.