Tabris_
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Hello, people. I decided to make this topic as i think this post fits better here than the original ( http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?38693-The-Journey-of-a-Third-World-Noob ).
This post is being posted simultaneously into this forum and Warhammer Brasil (there in portuguese, of course).
I'm back to painting my LOTR minis. I found out that the last store to try bringing GW minis to Brazil seems to have given up and are selling their stocks VERY CHEAP to get rid of them. Of course i got all my economies and bought everything i could. I painted some Gondorians and Wood elves (you can see them in the other topic, as well as there at CMON) but now i want to try something different for my next painting.
Here in Brazil almost everybody uses black primer, at first i thought this was true everywhere, but as i began reading from other sources i noticed usually people that really delve in the idea of painting usually prime white. I considered both options by researching about the differences and decided to give a try. As i wanted something different i also have chosen a Rohirrim to paint (BTW, I love those. If i could find people that play LOTR here in Rio i would surely make an army of them).
Now some thoughts about priming:
1 - Acrilex Acrylic Base (Brush-on primer): I used this in the Rohirrim i'm going to paint next. It was the first kind of priming i used but i usually put a coat of black over the primer before i painted the colors (Silly me, according to the bottle of the product i could just mix it with any paint i wanted). This time i use many layers of very diluted primer to get a even coverage. I'm happy with the result, i could get it a little more even coverage, i think, but it's ok as it is and i don't risk overpriming the mini.
2 - Colorgin Paint for Plastics: This is technically not primer (or is not sold as so) but black paint on spray, almost everybody use the non-plastic specific version of it here in Brazil to prime. It works fine, it's VERY HARD to get out of the mini after i put it and i think the paint settles well over it. I only used this once but it was a lot of minis in one go. My inexperience with spray priming overprimed some minis to the point i had to strip the paint from half a dozen of them to try again. This made me want to go back to brush on priming. Lack of open spaces to prime here also make spray priming more work to me than it usually is for others (Have to cover part of a wall with newspaper, find a decent table, cover it with newspaper and do this all far from my father that had some lung problems in the past and can't smell this thing.)
3 - Colorgin Grey Primer: Never tested it. It's the only spray paint i found that was labeled as a primer. It seems to only come in that color (at least i only found that color here where i live). Might try it in the future
PS: Sorry for the bad photo. Need to but a better camera.
This post is being posted simultaneously into this forum and Warhammer Brasil (there in portuguese, of course).
I'm back to painting my LOTR minis. I found out that the last store to try bringing GW minis to Brazil seems to have given up and are selling their stocks VERY CHEAP to get rid of them. Of course i got all my economies and bought everything i could. I painted some Gondorians and Wood elves (you can see them in the other topic, as well as there at CMON) but now i want to try something different for my next painting.
Here in Brazil almost everybody uses black primer, at first i thought this was true everywhere, but as i began reading from other sources i noticed usually people that really delve in the idea of painting usually prime white. I considered both options by researching about the differences and decided to give a try. As i wanted something different i also have chosen a Rohirrim to paint (BTW, I love those. If i could find people that play LOTR here in Rio i would surely make an army of them).
Now some thoughts about priming:
1 - Acrilex Acrylic Base (Brush-on primer): I used this in the Rohirrim i'm going to paint next. It was the first kind of priming i used but i usually put a coat of black over the primer before i painted the colors (Silly me, according to the bottle of the product i could just mix it with any paint i wanted). This time i use many layers of very diluted primer to get a even coverage. I'm happy with the result, i could get it a little more even coverage, i think, but it's ok as it is and i don't risk overpriming the mini.
2 - Colorgin Paint for Plastics: This is technically not primer (or is not sold as so) but black paint on spray, almost everybody use the non-plastic specific version of it here in Brazil to prime. It works fine, it's VERY HARD to get out of the mini after i put it and i think the paint settles well over it. I only used this once but it was a lot of minis in one go. My inexperience with spray priming overprimed some minis to the point i had to strip the paint from half a dozen of them to try again. This made me want to go back to brush on priming. Lack of open spaces to prime here also make spray priming more work to me than it usually is for others (Have to cover part of a wall with newspaper, find a decent table, cover it with newspaper and do this all far from my father that had some lung problems in the past and can't smell this thing.)
3 - Colorgin Grey Primer: Never tested it. It's the only spray paint i found that was labeled as a primer. It seems to only come in that color (at least i only found that color here where i live). Might try it in the future
PS: Sorry for the bad photo. Need to but a better camera.
I'd suggest prepping 3 minis, one each with black, white & grey undercoats, then paint them up as normal for a unit. Compare how the same colour paint goes on to each mini & gives a slightly different effect. Pick the one that you enjoy working with the most!
