OP 1 Minute Tip - Priming Miniatures!

Priming models duuuuude!

My Bad Experience with priming, was i had just bought myself some white primer, and when i went to spray it on the model, the spat a little bit out, then sprayed like mad!!!! covered the whole model in this goblidy goop crap, and yah.. it was bad! I've also bought primer... that won't even spray!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Arbornoctua]

OK, you like to have a bad experience, here it is. :-) I forgot to tell my son how to prime a miniature with spray paint. One day I was into the mood to build something and went to my Hobbyroom (I like to say the man's cave^^) and what I saw was a a Spraycan half empty or half full as you like, 10 primed minitures in 28 mm, they where grown up to 32mm scale after priming and the spraydust all over my Terrain work in progress. At the end, it was my fault and know he knowes to prime miniatures ;-)

[ObsidianPainting]

@Arbornoctua

Nice!

[utrinque3NDparatus]

we dont complain we ask thats all..! 

[ObsidianPainting]

@utrinque3NDparatus

You have no idea how many Pm's i get about it :P

[utrinque3NDparatus]

@ObsidianPainting well i want complain again sorry 4 taking up your time

[ObsidianPainting]

@utrinque3NDparatus

haha :P i'm just pulling your leg man ;)

[Tecnojunk]

my first time priming was a space marine bike, I sprayed with grey krylon primer and ended up pooling it over the enfine componants making it look like crap, at the time I had no idea on stripping and went through with the paint job,

[Maphysto]

I had a bad priming experience this very evening.

I've never painted miniatures before, and was trying out some Armory black primer which was recommended to me by a guy at my local hobby shop. However, after spraying a few bursts on my dreadnought, I noticed the primer didn't seem to be going on right...upon closer examination I noticed it was going on powdery and fuzzy, turning my Dread into a grimdark Chia Pet.

So the moral of the story is, never use Armory primer.

[aternoxx]

Most of my bad experiences have been taking off the primer when stripping models. The Citadel white primer always comes off with Simple Green but I have had significant problems with the black primer. I have found that it usually takes brake fluid or engine degreaser to remove it. The latter usually leaves white powder residue behind.. Yuck.

[VividAdventures2010]

I have had lots of bad priming experiences. Most of them are due to me trying different products. But my first experience with GW models back in September was bad. Even though I had watched several videos and such I still ended up with over spray that hit other models in the area that created that grainy texture all over the areas this hit. It was horrible and I ended up having to strip what I just primed. LOL

[TweedleDededee]

well one time i made the mistake of matte coating a miniature when it was humid out... Ruined a good paint job.

[Generalsplatton]

Nice looking model bud, great work!

[altoft316]

Sweet, i'll be looking forward to that video.