White, or Black Primer?

[Karpiu]

I\'m also kind of a old school hardcore painter that user a white undercoat to paint a Chaos army :]

I tried to paint on a black undercoat on several minis and the thing I noticed was that painting was taking me about 3 times less time than on a white.

 

[Wolf Fang]

grey FTW as seen in this old wip shot of a still unfinished ork boss lol (has gotten much farther and orkier since tho

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Wolf_Fang/WIPs/Ork/DSCN1364.jpg

 

[Dammekkos2]

I used to use white (yellow space marines) but I use either black or grey these days, thinking of doing white again though.

 

[Spacemunkie]

White, black or grey.

Primer is just another weapon in your arsenal....

 

[DrEvilmonki]

I started using black back in the day because it was faster. Me I the guys I painted with tended to like darker moodier looking figs and so black became our weapon of choice.
In those days GW was very cartoony looking and so white made more sense.

 

[Quayleman]

I use black, grey, and white all on the same mini.
First I cover the entire mini in black, then use a lighter spray of grey leaving the black in the recesses, and finally a very light sray of white to help pick out the fine details

 

[Meridian]

Well I tried using black primer { cause it seemed everyone else was } and found that I had an extremely hard time seeing the deail on my mini\'s, so its back to my trusty old white primer where everything is easy to see.

 

[Javi Metal]

Tamiya vs vallejo

As I told before, already got a can of citadel white spray primer. :redface:

That said, if able to buy a new one (I\'m really curious) from the two brands avaliable at yhe nearest stores (Tamiya and Vallejo) wich one should I try ? Since I got white and never gave grey a try may choose it, but still have hard time deciding wich of those 2 brands.

???

 

[J2FcM]

Tamiya go for.


Why don\'t people just use white always? If you want black... then just paint over the areas you want black... in black? It can\'t get much easier than that, can it?

 

[EricJ]

Originally posted by J2FcM


Tamiya go for.


Why don\'t people just use white always? If you want black... then just paint over the areas you want black... in black? It can\'t get much easier than that, can it?

That\'s exactly how I normally do it. Minis tend to benefit from contrast, so I like to have contrasting areas based on black v. white basecoat. Not to hard to just prime it white and paint certain areas black...WAY easier than priming black then painting areas white...in about 20 coats to cover right.

 

[Spacemunkie]

The reason people don\'t use white is because they want a mini to be dark or they want to paint it quickly.

If I\'m painting up entire units, black is the colour to use. You can slap the paint on quick and leave the recesses, getting easy shading that works well for tabletop minis.

I find it difficult to understand inflexibility with this one. It\'s simply a case of the right primer for the right job...

 

[GreenOne]

Nobody talked about clear primer ( Varnish) think of triyng that sometime..
I use white, I have a tendency to paint too dark so I don\'t think black would help me.
For something that would look better with black undercoat, I\'ll paint on black.

 

[Torn blue sky]

Iv\'e always primed white, the only exeption would be if I wanted a REALLY dark scheme.
My styles really dark/light contrasty anyway.

 

[hakoMike]

Originally posted by Modderrhu
White. Wash with black.
The advantages of black, with the advantages of white.

I\'ve been doing this too, but more often a charred brown wash than black... a guide coat really.

Like Meridian, a black primed model sucks the light out of the room... I just can\'t see the details.