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He has no experience with painting. He wants to do a necron frost force.

I am going to help him prime his necrons or should I have him do foundation paint? FYI, children are legally not allowed to use spray paint in his community.

He was thinking of doing a prime black and then base paint blue with a wash of white(frost). I was thinking a base of white would look better.

So what brushes and paints types do you recommend. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065710.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065710.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth
White will make the blue lighter and brighter which might not help the white wash.

Gray will give you a mixture of both.

Always Prime you models. Doesn't matter whether you spend tons of money using the GW one or one from your local home store. It will help the paint stick to the model longer.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065741.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065741.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth
My son's force of necrons are all various metallics done from Krylon's brushed metal range. I understand the legality issue, but I'm sure that it's in place to prevent grafitti and not arts and crafts. If he's supervised by an adult, it shouldn't be a problem to use something like Army Painter's colored primers.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065750.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065750.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065783.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4065783.page GMT Re:Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089200.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089200.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089391.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089391.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth
However, if you want to teach your son about painting I'd recommend there are some good tips as above.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089660.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089660.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth
Ultra Grey wrote:Most hobby stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby) will have a line or two of brushes labeled as "student" or "academic". They'll be fine for a 13 yo, but make sure they're natural bristle, not synthetic. Synthetic is absolutely unsuited for acrylics. No matter how careful you are about cleaning, they will always develop "hook end" or "fork end". Synthetic is pretty much for water colors. I won't give recommendations for size ( 0,00, etc.) as all companies have their own standards for numbering. Look for "round" and make sure it comes to a nice sharp point. Larger for general painting, smaller for details.


What GWS brushes would you do for what style? For example what brush type would you use for washing(shading)? For base coating? I have bought a lot of brushes and I am stilling new at painting myself. I want to make sure that he starts off right not ruin about 8 brushes from past mistakes I made as a noob with no trainer. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089838.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089838.page GMT Basic Equipment to paint Necrons for Youth GWS brushes. They're low quality, high priced. TBH, I couldn't even tell you what they have available these days. Look for Winsor and Newton, or Grumbacher(sp?) like 000 or so for detail, and a 0 for 90% of your painting, including washing.. Again, a size 0 W&N isn't exactly the same as a size 0 DaVinci, but they're close enough, I guess. And you want "round". Look for their more affordable natural hair brushes, and they'll probably be half the price of GWS brushes. And remember, don't be thrown off by a brushes diameter if it looks too big, it's the tip that matters, the rest is reservoir. Also look here or youtube at some painting tuts, and you'll see what these guys are using.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089886.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/438471/4089886.page GMT