The second is via spray cans (such as those pictured above), which is quickest and simplest, especially if you’re bulk-painting a whole army. Games Workshop does decent ‘rattle-can’ primers in a range of colours. The one thing to watch out for with can-spraying is that your finish...
They are not expensive (add up what you spend on rattle cans), allow indoor use, and are pretty easy to operate with just a bit of practice. Plus, the primer is water soluble and thus not prone to all the nasty things that rattle can solvents can do to plastic and/or mold release....
If using rattle cans then the above is ok for a small item, with a couple of comments I might add. Definitely grey primer, possibly acrylic, dependds on the type of plastic. Then avoid damp and cold at all costs. That's not easy at this time of year. Reactions: Iron_Mike Longy...
By 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the steady ringing has given way to a searing razz. Entire trees are on fire with rattle. Flames of cicada song lick the sky, even though the air is still on this late May day. On schoolday afternoons, neighborhood girls extend their hands to cicadas ...
The techniques in the articles work just as well with modern basecoat/clearcoat finishes as well as catalyzed acrylic enamel. You do need a slightly better gun. I use a $70 Porter Cable HVLP gun. (Get a cheap water trap) I use the same rattle-can spray gray sandable primer/filler as...
Last couple of days I've been spraying paper towel with food colouring and water and slowly getting the hang of it. I have had a couple of goes at undercoating though It's great compared to rattle cans in getting nice thin layers of paint on I've got some Vallejo paints to...