I tried to paint an orange base coat on a starship figure last night. I had
primed it with white. Ral Partha Orange was very thin and I wasn't terribly
happy with the first coat's results. I also tried an old bottle of Citadel
Hobgoblin Orange and the results were even worse.
Are there any suggestions for better coverage or a primer base color that
would do a better job for a one coat layer of orane base?
Thanks,
> Jon Davis wrote:
> I tried to paint an orange base coat on a starship figure last night.
You could try tube acrylics from an artist shop. In my experience these paints
provide better coverage than bottles of acrylic.
Good luck,
> Are there any suggestions for better coverage or a primer base color
Orange and Yellow are both difficult
white base is best - if using low pigment hobby paints you will have
to air-brush it to get a good effect. Two light coats
Otherwise get artist acrylics as they have a much higher pigment content and
cost of course.
You will still be lucky to get away with a single coat.
I still put up with the mess and smells of enamels because I find that
they cover better than acrylics - I could happily get away with a single
coat of orange using 'Umbrols.
You could try using a yellow or buff primer - that would give the colour
quite a nice 'glow' as well
Tony
> Jon Davis wrote:
> I tried to paint an orange base coat on a starship figure last night.
Jon,
Most light color paints require mutiple coats to make a uniform finish. You
will get better results applying several light coats versus one heavy coat.
This will help prevent the paint from getting muddy and covering all the
fine details as well as leaving puddles in crevices.
Mike
Michael Miserendino Senior Software Engineer Lincoln Re
> Jon Davis wrote:
You might want go out and buy a cheap can of orange spray paint to prime
the miniature. I bought a can of yellow at K-Mart for about $1.50 that
I used to prime my taxicab (slightly modified GZG police cruiser)
> Jon Davis wrote:
Try Eiliens craft paints. I get better coverage with them than any of the
miniatures paints and they are cheaper.
Find them at better fabric and crafts stores everywhere.:)
> At 10:47 AM -0400 10/6/99, Roger Books wrote:
and the difference between Citadel inks or Dragon Colors washes and the
artists acrylic inks is amazing. I've got a BFG Eldar cruiser done up in a
blue theme, and the Marine Blue ink wash has the cruiser positively glowing
with Cherenkov radiation.
Sounds like you've gotten lots of suggestions. Here are mine... You could do a
yellow base coat and then a red wash. Or try that thin (have you mixed it
well?) Ral Partha orange, a red wash, fianaly a heavy orange dry brush. You
might try adding an artist matt medium to the RP orange, if only to thicken it
slightly. Poor paint quality can really hamper your best efforts. Final
suggestion, if you've got a red and yellow to your liking try mixing your
orange (if you do a large amount you can save it in a spare bottel or jar).
Good luck
- Aron
Jon Davis <davis@albany.net> on 10/06/99 03:09:32 AM
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> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Jon Davis wrote:
> I tried to paint an orange base coat on a starship figure last night.
Go with enamal paints. I know people dislike them, but I can't figure
out why - even with yellow, white and pale tan enamals, I have NO
coverage problems, even over a gray primer. I've even (once or twice...) done
pale colours over a black primer, and gotten coverage in two coats.
Granted, paint thinner smells, but have a covered container, and keep it
covered while you're not using the stuff - it'll last longer that way,
as well.
I really like enamels - I'll probably never switch to acrylics - partly
because I have around 50 tins of Humbrol, and it would cost a fortune to
replace those all in acrylics!
> At 12:10 PM 10/6/1999 -0700, you wrote:
[snip]
> Go with enamal paints. I know people dislike them, but I can't figure
Well, how 'bout because enamel paint fumes makes some of us *extremely* sick..
.. as in a "pass out, stop breathing, call 911 quick" type of sick.
[yes, I'm sensitive/intollerant of most perfumes & household cleaner
fumes
too ...]
I know you said you wanted an orange *base coat*, but you could always try
doing a coat of red, and then adding orange and yellow over top by dry
brushing to get an overall orange effect...