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> Stephen Sheldon <stephes_at_...> writes:
> > > 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 think I'm using Armory. It's not that priming it loses detail, it's
> just that the white primer turns it into a uniform white, while the
> plastic before used to have a bit of shadow. After painting it, the
> detail returns, and gives better results than if I hadn't primed, but
> during that intermediate stage, I can't see it as well.
>
I find Armory very powdery, and I prime everything in black, the black
armory paint is crap, it's dark grey. I find a good primer will
accentuate the surface detail.
Steve
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