Re: [Epic] Painting the little guys

From: Stephen Sheldon <stephes_at_...>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 09:28:23 -0700 (PDT)

> I noticed a habit of mine that helps me pick out detail
> recently, and I wondered if anyone else did this. My primer is okay,
> but seems to conceal small amounts of detail (I think bare plastic has
> more visible shadows or something). Painting it and/or washing it
> brings it back, so I think it's just the way light interacts with
> primer. So when I paint a figure for the first time, I keep an
I find primer brings out detail. Try using either the GW brand or the
humbrol primers...I like GW better, but it costs a lot. A good example, I
just bought Golgotha (A warzone figure, shes one ugly Nepharite) I
thought the figure was nice and detailed until I primed it, now it looks
incredible, and I haven't even started painting it.

Steve

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