For your 'army' sized work, could you let us know what colour primer you use? I followed the GW trend of going from white to black (which I really disliked due to my use of very very thin paint, think skim milk like Jeremie Bonamant but without his skill), but now I am back at using white and grey primers. Grey is primarly influenced by Tamiya grey primer used by gundam modellers.
I find it makes a big difference (though many people don't seem to care)
I would also appreciate if you wrote about your 'different' techniques for say, mass painting of armies. Do you use a more straight forward 'all base colours then build up' or 'focus on one colour at a time?'
For me, there are no tabletop minis, so my approach remains basically the same for every single miniature. I may need to do something different for a new color scheme or a super complex figure, etc., but all things are done in mostly the same way, via the shaded basecoat and glazing.
I will use white, grey or black primer depending on the particular figure, and the effect I want to achieve.
Since I always use brush on primer, it is not unusual for me to have all three of those primer colors on a single figure. I will sometimes even mix paint colors in with my primer (White primer, usually).
I am always painting dozens of figure at any one time, so every day is army painting day. :-)
I hope this answers some of your questions... thanks for following the blog!
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteAmazing work, I especially love your lizardmen.
For your 'army' sized work, could you let us know what colour primer you use? I followed the GW trend of going from white to black (which I really disliked due to my use of very very thin paint, think skim milk like Jeremie Bonamant but without his skill), but now I am back at using white and grey primers. Grey is primarly influenced by Tamiya grey primer used by gundam modellers.
I find it makes a big difference (though many people don't seem to care)
I would also appreciate if you wrote about your 'different' techniques for say, mass painting of armies. Do you use a more straight forward 'all base colours then build up' or 'focus on one colour at a time?'
Your skills are amazing!
Richard
For me, there are no tabletop minis, so my approach remains basically the same for every single miniature. I may need to do something different for a new color scheme or a super complex figure, etc., but all things are done in mostly the same way, via the shaded basecoat and glazing.
DeleteI will use white, grey or black primer depending on the particular figure, and the effect I want to achieve.
Since I always use brush on primer, it is not unusual for me to have all three of those primer colors on a single figure. I will sometimes even mix paint colors in with my primer (White primer, usually).
I am always painting dozens of figure at any one time, so every day is army painting day. :-)
I hope this answers some of your questions... thanks for following the blog!