They come in white, black and grey, all flat finish. I know these are US brands, but any good flat primer should do. I tried the GW and after I used it I decided to find a different product. The brands I use now have low odor and dry as well as GW s.
Important thing is to test out the primer on a spare piece of plastic to make sure you like it. Tim, I have plans somewhere for a paint booth made out of a cardboard box, a box fan and a furnace fliter.
It can be placed against a window. The filter contains the overspray and particle mess and the fan vents all the fumes outdoors. If I can find them, I'll PM you with the file pretty sure it was a pdf. Haven't tried it, or any of their other colours, on other models though. It tended to be rather rough, as though it was supposed to be sanded before the final paint coat was to be applied.
I prefer matte black or matte white spray paint for priming. I really prefer the black, but I use white for brightly coloured models such as Brettonians.
Social Links. Buy spray primer, sure. You can find lots of them that are just as good or even better in a hardware store. There's also the issue that it may not be primer, just spraypaint. Primer helps later paint layers to stick on the model. Spraypaint doesn't, and sometimes hinder it if it's too glossy. Chaos Black spraypaint is not worth it. I repeat, not worth it. Buy something cheaper and better. Binghamton, NY. I would never buy the stuff. It seems to work well, but there are myriad other products that also work well, are easy to get, and cost a fraction of the price.
If you get it, I wouldn't expect you to be disappointed by the results - most who have gripes about the product base them on value, not quality. You honour him by sacrificing your money to the plastic effigies of his warriors. In time, your devotion will be rewarded with the gift of having even more effigies to worship. Rustoleum and Krylon Ultra-flat Camoflauge paints. Best black primer! Vallejo, CA. Games workshop is a master at taking items found for cheap at your local hardware store, slapping a new label on them and then charging three times as much.
There is no reason to buy GW greenstuff, non-plastic-glue-superglue, or spray-on undercoat, when you can just go to the store and get kneadatite, cyanoacrilate adhesive and spray primer, which are the exact same things, just cheaper. If you want to pay several bucks for the GW logo on your primer, then knock yourself out, but you're not really getting a different product. The only time I buy GW hobby supplies myself is with brushes, because despite several trips to the art store, I oddly can't find brushes that stack up against the GW ones I bought years ago and are still going strong.
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I've never heard any positive first-hand experiences with the GW sprays. I'd recommend Vallejo's paint-on primer or Testors, honestly. GW 's black spray is NOT primer. Not now, not ever. It is simply black spray paint. It has NOT been specifically formulated for miniatures in any way.
It is black spray paint. It has no additional adhesion or shrinking properties, it is black spray paint. As a matter of fact, Krylon used to be their supplier, back when their quality control was decent.
It is overpriced black spray paint. If you want something of equal quality the Home Depot brand. For my two cents, Krylon primers are the way to go.
Rustoleum isn't bad, but goes on a little thicker. Both are much cheaper and actual primers, not Central MN. I have used GW black spray and I really liked it! I use Krylon grey spray primer only because the black was slightly too dark to paint over if I wanted nice bright colors. I have transported many of the models "primed" in chaos black and have had no chipping or wearing of the paint.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Either way no matter what you use, make sure its not too humid before priming! I have some interesting textures on some of my models.
AesSedai wrote: Isn't this too subjective? It may not be worth it to you, but that's relative to your financial situation. If we took ten brands of spray primer into a blind test, I would not be surprised if the GW primer turned out to be number 1 or 2. Nauvoo, Alabama. I use Krylon Color Master for my priming.
Beats the hell out of Rustoleum or Citadel stuff in my opinion. P3 is really nice. It's my black primer rattle can of choice. Halfords in UK do a big can of flat black that works wonders, also their primer can are great too. When you can't see the drunk guy at a party, you should look for the nearest mirror.
It may be worth pointing out, as long as we're on the topic, any spray primer best, most expensive, cheapest, worst will do at least a little better if it's not cold. Put some hot water not boiling, or even close to boiling, just hot-water-tap hot in a small bucket or bowl and let the spray can sit in it for a while. Dakka 5. Member List. Recent Topics. Top Rated Topics. Forum Tools Forum Tools Search. Subject: Advert. Asterios Longtime Dakkanaut. May I ask why? I like the Duplicolor flat sandable auto primer.
Desubot Legendary Master of the Chapter. Oh my god I'm becoming martel. Send help! I really wish people would stop saying this. It's not "the same stuff". It ain't good unless you have the holy grail of priming conditions. Anytime I've used it, it gunks up the detail on my models--and it's why I refuse to buy second-hand locally from any of the tools who talk about "Yeah, I just use hardware store stuff!
Thank you everyone!!
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