For years I have used Halford Matt Black to undercoat but recently I have noticed that I am finding it harder and harder to pick out the detail when painting smaller figures.
i recently tried white and then remembered why I switched to black in the first place many moons ago...
I saw recently a mention of Halfords Camouflage Brown on the forum but damned if I can find it now...
Anyone care to share?
At times I have gone for a light dry brush over the top of the dark base coat to make it easier to see details. I use the army painter browns for base coats quite a bit, especially for horses.
Your eyesight must be as bad as mine Nosher !
Bob
I still use white but put a brown ink wash over the top
Black with a dark grey overbrush, othewise I can see a fecking thing. :-[
I had the same issue, but a first pair of spec and a good light fixed it :)
Black undercoat & an overbrush - been doing that for longer than I can remember - usually Charred Brown or Beasty Brown [unless I'm doing SYW white uniforms when I'll use grey] :)
I'm loathe to add another stage by undercoating in black and then overbrushing... plain lazy :-[
Can anyone reember the link (only a few days ago) which showed a tin of Halfords Matt primer? It was camo brown or some such like...
Greetiings
The Halfords web site has this for 300ml spray at £7.99:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_800815_langId_-1_categoryId_165495
There also seem to be black, green and khaki
Regards
Edward
Cheers Edward
thats the bleeder!!
Here
http://www.londongraphics.co.uk/products/Art-Supplies/Spray-Paint
you can get 400ml of Liquitex water-based acrylic spray paint for the same price - £7.99. Probably with the same finish as the tube paint. Haven't used it yet. There's also Montana Gold spray 400ml for £4.99 - varies matt to shiny. Humbrol also has a brown spray - called dark brown but more khaki/tan - £3.99 for only 150ml. Humbrol and Halfords probably the most matt. Montana Nitro 2G spray paint (500ml for £4.60) is said to be very matt but no brown as yet.
Cheers, Michael
+ FREE UK delivery from London Graphic Centre till 3 December 2012.
I've used Montana sprays before for arty crafty projects - they seem quick thick - I'd be wary of using them on figures
Nitro 2G 8)
I've been using the Tamiya fine surface primer for undercoating WWII armour recently. It's light grey and lets the detail through quite nicely. A light spray of base coat (Tamiya dark yellow) then stands out quite vividly.