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ochoin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:12 am

Paul wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 1:57 pm Anything natural like wood or fur gets the contrast paint treatment from me now. The brown contrast paints are particularly good although, like all the range be careful of variations in intensity!

So do I have to go through the process of painting the fur with the base coat (grey seer?) then putting on a contrast colour eg nazdrag yellow?

donald

It depends what colour you normally undercoat. The actual primers for contrast, Grey seer/corax white/bone give a really smooth finish so the end result is slightly better. However I use it over a Halfords car grey primer spray and it works fine. If you use a white undercoat too, experiment and see if you like the results. The only time you'd need to re-prime in grey or white is if you use a black undercoat.

I know nothing of contrast paints, but one way of toning downs the highlight might be to prime in grey or brown and then highlight, followed by the contrast paint.

Thanks for all the advice. I'll slip out to a GW shop next week & give it a whirl.

donald

You’re wasting your time. It’s an acknowledged fact that GW paints only work on GW figures. They just won’t stick to any other make of figure. It might seem so at first, but before you know it, they’ll have come off

ochoin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:20 am I'll slip out to a GW shop next week

No need to rub it in!

I don't need to visit a GW store, I can quit at any time.

And when your nulns start to chafe?

Fortunately I bought in bulk earlier, I don't think I can paint without it any more.

Hard to paint with chafing nulns.

It's far easier to use a brush.

I've been holding off finishing my velites as some are wearing wolf skins. Dont have grey or brown contrast paint but you've given me some ideas.