dsmiles Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Gray primer...blech. Worst of both worlds. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 You send me your eyes and I'll start using white or black. I'll even let you pick. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiniest rhombus Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 You send me your eyes and I'll start using white or black. I'll even let you pick. Grey primer users unite. Details get lost when I try to see black or white primed minis. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Ditto! I can't see detail for ...stuff on black or white minis. Believe me, I've tried! I do military vehicles with a base of black, but figures? Nope. And as much as I love Bones, the main reason I haven't painted any of my Bones I, ok, ONE of the reasons, is I can't see stuffe! I bought some colored Army Painter primers, since word is Walmart primer doesn't work (I tried it on 2 Bones, but it cured somewhere between 2 weeks and several months...I didn't keep checking... ) to try on them, but haven't yet. I could do the brown liner treatment, but if I have to brush base several hundred minis...well, add that to my procrastination list. Another reason I wanted to see the grey plastic CAV models, to see if it helped, then I would plead uselessly to have all Bones done in grey... *ramble, ramble* Edited January 14, 2015 by Baphomet69 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish the Deliverer Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Got an airbrush? Brown liner + airbrush. The theory is sound. I should try it when I get back. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Got an airbrush? Brown liner + airbrush. The theory is sound. I should try it when I get back.I do in fact have an airbrush. A cheapy Testors (yeah, that one). I tried it once on paper. Didn't go well. Needs more practice. I see so many beautiful things done with airbrush (art, minis, body paint, you name it), but I can't connect the dots...but then, I could say the same for regular mini painting... ;) but I really want to learn airbrush for larger minis. Hey! There's a class for RCon, though I don't think I'm going to make it this year either... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish the Deliverer Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) I have an airbrush (a good one evidently) but I haven't taken the time to learn it. I have a bunch of videos bookmarked but time is a resource I either don't have or squander. Edited January 14, 2015 by Dilvish the Deliverer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) Hey, Dilvish...how about an airbrush how-to video from you? Hmmmm....? Oh, nvrmnd... Edited January 14, 2015 by Baphomet69 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish the Deliverer Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 If you want to see guy flail around and get paint everywhere but the mini? Sure. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet69 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 If you want to see guy flail around and get paint everywhere but the mini? Sure. S'ok. I have a mirror... ;) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlylowlycook Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 If you want to see guy flail around and get paint everywhere but the mini? Sure. S'ok. I have a mirror... ;) But I doubt you can see yourself in the mirror once it's covered in paint. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMelons Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I used to be on the gray primer bus too but something strange happened. I can't see with gray anymore, only white. My colors are much more vibrant and its far easier to paint them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Darsc Zacal Posted January 14, 2015 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2015 I prefer white primer myself. Always have. And yes I have tried black and various greys, as well as others over the years. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aard_Rinn Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Brown, people. The cool kids prime brown. At least, I do. I use it especially for figures with a lot of leather or cloth; that way any uncovered primer blends with my shading. I don't blackline, so this is doubly important... And on furry things, dark brown almost always hides the inevitable white patch that the washes miss. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingo Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 White is traditional for good reasons. But TBH, in both paintings and miniatures I will use whatever color seems like it will work well. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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