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| Subject: | Re: Primer in the UK? |  |
| Date: | Apr 1, 2002 |
| From: | shooty@shooty.zzn.com | |
in article 3C95A5D9.EAA84DB3@freesurf.fr, Christophe Jacquemont at
kouloupoulous@freesurf.fr wrote on 3/18/02 9:31 AM:
> Hi all,
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> Could UK modellers recommend a good inexpensive primer (in a spray can)
> and sources to get it.
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> I like Tamiya grey primer, is there a source where I can buy it cheap or
> should I get it from Japan?
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> Alternatively are there other brands that would work and give good
> results?
Go to Halfords they do Acrylic and Cellulose.
Cellulose works best for figures I find. I prime in Cellulose and they use
the Valejo acrylics thinned to a wash with Halfords screenwash to do a base
coat, as it's thinned down it seems to 'seep' into the cellulose and give a
nice even coat, as it's thin it puts some basic shade onto the figure
straight away. Use Cork as an undercoat for flesh. For the actual colour I
use oils. I got this basecoating technique from Roy Hunt. he is a member of
our club and a Gold Medal winning figure painter at Euro as well as being a
manufacturer of Flats. |
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