<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Primer Colors"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Primer Colors But do I really need all 3...? I've usually primed my minis black before, but can anyone tell me if there are situations where grey/white primer will be superior?

Maybe someone can shine a light on when and where you need or don't need a certain primer.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5897502.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5897502.page GMT Primer Colors
so if you're painting Dark Angels, black primer is just dandy, but if you're painting something you want to be bright, like Imperial Fists or eldar or really anything with yellow/orange as a main colour, white primer helps a lot...

as a rule I also prime in black, it allows me to be lazy with my shading, but for something as bright as this, I used white primer...



for this guy I used black, but it took me a few layers to get the yellow nice and bright on top of black primer..

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I'm just trying to figure out if I need to buy all three in the long run (I might as well order them all now in that case) or if I'll manage with black and white only.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5897531.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5897531.page GMT Primer Colors
Also, if you want to try zenithal priming, grey is a useful intermediate step between black and white. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5897552.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5897552.page GMT Primer Colors
obviously the brand of primer makes a HUGE difference, but as a general rule I have found black primers to give a smoother coat than either white or grey. on vehicles this doesn't really matter, but on a key mini it makes a huge difference obviously...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5899959.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5899959.page GMT Re:Primer Colors
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Black works well with metallics and dark tones. You can overcome the black primer with strategic basecoats - brown if you're going to be doing red, for example. Though, I think it's too much hassle if you're model is going to be mostly bright colors. The high elves I did with a black basecoat were just too time consuming and I could have gotten better/easier results with gray or white primer. My marines are pretty much all silver black and red, so the black primer works well for them.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5900391.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5900391.page GMT Re:Primer Colors http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5900696.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5900696.page GMT Primer Colors
Edit:I've always used black primer but recently switched to grey because I'm doing eldar I'd like to be a bit more vibrant but not too bright.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5901842.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5901842.page GMT Re:Primer Colors http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5901993.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/543098/5901993.page GMT