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Post by zuludon on Nov 30, 2016 18:51:03 GMT
I am prepping some Indian Mutiny 9th Lancers that Dorset Toy Soldiers put together for me (nice job too!). Since their hot weather uniform was 90% white, I am wondering if I can use a white spray metal primer and then just paint the non-white bits of the uniform and skin and call it done? The rest of my Mutiny collection are all done in toy soldier, non-shaded style. Sample uniform attached. Attachments:
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Post by Mike Lewis on Nov 30, 2016 19:34:56 GMT
Don't see why not, I had cans made up of 2 shades of Khaki and British Scarlet for use when painting Imperial Miniatures figures and I just spray prime the figure with the main coat colour.
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Post by briancarrick on Dec 1, 2016 8:19:38 GMT
I usually paint a unit at a time and find that when I spray the primer it doesn't give an even coverage so that I then have to do some tidying up by brush, not too onerous as the spray has done 90% of the job.
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Post by davel on Dec 2, 2016 21:00:25 GMT
Hi. I have to say that I use grey primer on my models, busts and wargames figures. I used to use white but now find grey better.
It depends on what paints you use as to whether white or grey suits the figure better. I use acrylics, and on the odd occasion when I used white primer, I sometimes found that the colours I applied didn't take too well as the white primer seemed to show through. Hence my switch to grey.
However, if you're using enamel colours, I don't think there should be a problem with white primer.
Good luck
Dave
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Post by davel on Dec 2, 2016 21:03:37 GMT
Just a note following on from Brian Carrick. He quite right in saying that you don't always manage to cover all the figure with a spray can. However, I've never found this to be a problem and the paint seems to take OK even in those areas the spray has failed to cover well.
Dave
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