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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 05:16 PM UTC
What type of primer is best used for priming resin figures and does it make any difference what color the primer is?
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 05:46 PM UTC
I use Tamiya Fine in the rattle can,light gray.If I can get Mr Surfacer 1200, I use that
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 06:00 PM UTC
Hi Tony I can't say what primer works best on resin figures but my preferred primer color for figures is black. I find it forgiving if I miss anything in the deep areas it will look like a shadow.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 06:19 PM UTC
Hi Tony,

I can only recommend Games Workshop Black primer with a second light coat of White (both with rattle can).
Tamiya Grey is - from my experience - too smooth for painting Color transitions on figures.
You can find some very helpful tutorials on
Massivevoodoo.com:
especially the tutorial about primers on figures:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.de/2009/11/tutorial-kongs-priming-thoughts.html

Happy painting!
Thomas
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 06:45 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Tony,

I can only recommend Games Workshop Black primer with a second light coat of White (both with rattle can).
Tamiya Grey is - from my experience - too smooth for painting Color transitions on figures.
You can find some very helpful tutorials on
Massivevoodoo.com:
especially the tutorial about primers on figures:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.de/2009/11/tutorial-kongs-priming-thoughts.html

Happy painting!
Thomas


That is a great tutorial
I am a novice with figure painting,don't give it too much thought,so I just use what I use on my AFV's.Are you saying that a rougher primer aids in the shadowing and highliting ?

thanks
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 07:50 PM UTC
Hi Tony,

"Are you saying that a rougher primer aids in the shadowing and highliting ? "

... Yes, that's true.
Figure painters mostly work with acrylic paints which are heavily thinned.
If the surface is too smooth, the Color will not cover the surface but build up Drops. And paint (& Pigment) control is nearly impossible.

By the way:
Which Colors do you use?
Tamiya?
Valleyo?
AK?
Enamels?

All the best
Thomas
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Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 07:58 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Tony,

"Are you saying that a rougher primer aids in the shadowing and highliting ? "

... Yes, that's true.
Figure painters mostly work with acrylic paints which are heavily thinned.
If the surface is too smooth, the Color will not cover the surface but build up Drops. And paint (& Pigment) control is nearly impossible.

By the way:
Which Colors do you use?
Tamiya?
Valleyo?
AK?
Enamels?

All the best
Thomas


Vallejo Color
1967er
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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 12:43 PM UTC
Hi,

Vallejo is good for figure painting - just thin it down enough.
I would suggest to use:

1 part of Color
1 part of thinner medium (that is Color without pigments)
1 - 2 parts of thinner

Sound pretty thin, but you have better control if the Color is thinned down.

Thomas
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Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 03:59 PM UTC
thanks again,will give it a shot on my next figgy
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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016 - 02:20 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Hi Tony,

I can only recommend Games Workshop Black primer with a second light coat of White (both with rattle can).
Tamiya Grey is - from my experience - too smooth for painting Color transitions on figures.
You can find some very helpful tutorials on
Massivevoodoo.com:
especially the tutorial about primers on figures:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.de/2009/11/tutorial-kongs-priming-thoughts.html

Happy painting!
Thomas


For figure or bust i use the Tamiya grey primer but not the Fine one, for your same problem,to smooth or i give the Enamel Humbrol 1 primer grey by brush
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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016 - 11:52 AM UTC
Hi I don't use a primer when painting resin figures. I have done in the past but find I get much better results without priming. I do make sure I wash the figure before painting though. Give it a try?
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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016 - 02:28 PM UTC
Hello,

you can easily use Mr. surfacer aswell as Tamiya Primer. Both work very well. I can not recommend Vallejo primer, from my own experience. If you paint Valljo Acrylics painting with diluted paint in several layers is key. I usually mix a very, very small amount of Tamiya Flat Base into the Vallejo Colours as this gives a very nice coat of dead flat colour on which you can perfectly commence with painting. So you should not focus too much on the primer (Games Workshop) but on the proper Vallejo Basecoat.

Best Regards

Dennis
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Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016 - 06:58 PM UTC

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Hello,

you can easily use Mr. surfacer aswell as Tamiya Primer. Both work very well. I can not recommend Vallejo primer, from my own experience. If you paint Valljo Acrylics painting with diluted paint in several layers is key. I usually mix a very, very small amount of Tamiya Flat Base into the Vallejo Colours as this gives a very nice coat of dead flat colour on which you can perfectly commence with painting. So you should not focus too much on the primer (Games Workshop) but on the proper Vallejo Basecoat.
Hmmm, tell me more about adding small amount of Tamiya flat base into the Vallejo colors. I paint all my figures with acrylics (mainly Vallejo). Your concept has certainly piqued my interest. Thank you.
Best Regards

Dennis
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