<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread " Do you prime with colours other than white/black? "]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
So, im still pretty much a novice, but im getting better, you can check my gallery...

Ive always base coated everything by spraying it black, but im about to start on some dwarf beserkers from AOW after a year cutting my teeth on space marines..

I figure ill paint over the black with brown predominantly, as the base for the skin and beard/mohawk makes up 90% of the model anyways.

So, can i just spray them all brown instead of black? Do you think that would cause any issues?

And do any of you lot regularly prime your models with other colours? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552396.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552396.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552409.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552409.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552412.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552412.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
Brown is a bit more dodgy to use. Although if you washed it, probably with devlan mud or you could poke very small amounts of badab black into the recesses, before you painted it, that would define the colour rather well. One tip would be to paint the metallics black before basecoat though.


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Ninjad twice, brown should not effect red too badly, but you might have to do a few layers of white or grey.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552421.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552421.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
*Codex Grey is better than black imo since you don't have the darker color coming through.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552469.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552469.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552718.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552718.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552846.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552846.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
Of course, thats with an airbrush.. probably wouldn't work for brushing.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552903.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552903.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
Cheers,


IK-Painter]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552956.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3552956.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3553402.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3553402.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black? I mainly use their primers.
They do black, white, grey, yellow ochre & red oxide.

Here's a couple of pictures of some models I primed (but yet to finish painting!!!) with the last 2 colours:



]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3553514.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3553514.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? GW's Desert yellow... It came out really nicely. I'll see if I can get some pics.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3553930.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3553930.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
They can be a real time saver in a pinch.
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You may want to try one mini first to make sure that you like the way it comes out then do your regiment. There's nothing like painting $50 worth of minis and then having to trash them because your primer was acting up or got old or it was humid that day, whatever.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554125.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554125.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554151.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554151.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554159.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554159.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
I'm currently painting my Blood Angles Assault Marines using the prescribed "dark flesh" i.e. dark red as a base and so far, I like it. I've got to get the figures finished though.


Otherwise, I've always used grey or black for years. I tired white and while it worked for bright colors (though it could make them too bright IMO), I didn't necessarily like it for darker/drab colors.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554702.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554702.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554718.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554718.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
The red was for a F1 Ferrari, the yellow will be for a F1 Camel Lotus.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554724.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554724.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
Grey works well for most colors, particularly well on metal models (since it's easier to see details than with black and white primers
Blues and Greens (and some metallics) are great when based in white, lighter reds as well (but you need a second coat of red to blot out the pinkish hue usually.
For everything else, Black

As a caveat though, for darker reds (particularly darker ones like for Khorne-themed stuff) that getting a brown or clear primer works best. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554741.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554741.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
OP, as far as priming in color, its fine, as long as you are using an actual colored primer, not paint. The real point of primer is to prepare the surface and give the paint something to stick to. If you simply spray your base color over bare plastic, metal, resin, etc you will likely get chipping and flaking. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554767.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554767.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554791.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3554791.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
Mad4Minis wrote:
OP, as far as priming in color, its fine, as long as you are using an actual colored primer, not paint. The real point of primer is to prepare the surface and give the paint something to stick to. If you simply spray your base color over bare plastic, metal, resin, etc you will likely get chipping and flaking.


+1 on this. There is a difference between prime and your base color. I will repeat: The real point of primer is to prepare the surface and give the paint something to stick to.
Once your (spray) primer coat is on, then you work on the base color, ideally spray paint. That said, you want to use a primer color that works with your base color: white for bright colors, gray for medium colors, black for dark colors and other colors for special effects. In addition to white, gray and black, I have used red oxide, dark gray and yellow and green zinc oxide primer.

Tim]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3555851.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3555851.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black? SW, i prime grey. between priming black, white, or grey on them, it makes absolutely no difference, but that's because I chose such a color for their armor (bit darker shade of grey-blue than most use).

For my nids, I prime white. Then again, they're fluorescent, so if you don't use white first, you wouldn't see any color ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3555914.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3555914.page GMT Re: Do you prime with colours other than white/black? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3556816.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3556816.page GMT Do you prime with colours other than white/black?
I also bought Bor Dragonbane from AOW.

Best model ever. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3558525.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/409658/3558525.page GMT