"Do You Use Color Primer?" Topic

Traditionally, painters have used primers that were usually white, black, gray, or brown.

However, some companies now encourage painters to "skip a step" and use a primer color that is close to the primary, final color of the model.

Do you use color primer?

Nope, sure don't. I prime white for Ancients and horses, black for Horse and Musket, and brown for WWII.

Black gesso.

For WWII German armor, I did use the colored Army Painter primer; it worked okay, but it doesn't replace painting the base coat with the same color, IMO.

I've recently started using grey gesso for nearly all my priming.

Gesso primer tutorial: link

John B
TabletopHistory
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No.
Flat white or flat black spray.
I pickd up some Army Painter Army Green, but that is for a first coat, not a primer.

I just use watered down black paint for most of my priming needs. I might use white paint for lighter colored uniforms.

I just use primer to help the paint stick to my models, especialy resin models.

I have used colored primer before, but it was brown, so per the terms of your question, my answer is no.

The brown was also not the final color of most of the model, so again, not colored the way you ask the question in the original post.

I have all four of the Krylon spray primers (black, white, gray, red-brown). If I know what the main color will be, I'll choose the closest. If the final color isn't close, then I'll choose the one with the desired shading effect (white for bright, black for muted).

So far white. May change as I get more into the swing.

No, I choose grey. Easier coverage than white or black.

Aye, I have used both the Army Painter spray coloured primers and new Vallejo urethanic coloured primers, which I find especially good: auto levelling, very strong and providing an excellent bond to successive layers, which come (in addition to black, white and grey) in all the major shades for WWII tanks.

I sometimes do a base coat in a dark approximation of the final colour (green, brown or whatever) particularly for microarmour.

Using up black and white at the moment as I discovered Halford grey car primer last year (they where out of white) and now use that.

Looked at these and was bothered about a match if I missed a bit. Now their paint range is out (and supposed to match) I may well try some if I have a large enough number of figures.

Nothing but black. Black for everything.

Yes I have tried blue, green and red for 10mm Napoleonics, speeds things up very nicely. Different browns are great for cavalry, makes horses quicker to do as well. Olive green is good for french artillery, an ink wash and touchup with black fittings, bronze the cannon and done. I also use black and white. It depends on the uniform

Ironlegs
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Yes – Army Painter Flesh. I primed some 300 or so (25/28mm) Germans (the ones that opposed the Romans). They are now quietly waiting for a following-up…

I'm open minded on Primers.

I find things work better with a good grey auto primer, then a base coat of whatever takes your fancy..

Brown with a wash of an umber like Citadel Devlin Mud (or whatever it is called now). Works well for me.

As much as I can.

I prime with gray.

Black Gesso. Black primer for large vehicles.

I prime with black. I did try a colored primer on terrain, it worked ok.

Yes, white! I have experimented with different spray and brush on primers and colors over the years including the primary model color idea and have always come back to plain white applied with a brush. Did switch to Gesso about 5 yrs. ago or so and find it to be the best primer I have ever used.

Sometimes.
-Kle.

Sometimes. I've been experimenting with adding various colors to acrylic gesso.

I have one bottle of green primer I use for Russians, and other Jagers, does work for undercoating. Just started using white gesso brush on

I use Krylon spray for a primer as well. I will use colors other than black, white, grey, brown.

Most notably, I like a red base to work from for things with gore and bits of grue. I like green for green vegitation. I use a couple of different browns for people (unless I want deep shadows, in which case I use black) and a nice red-brown for metal stuff as a rust undercoating. I have also used yellow as a primer for burning and glowing figures and terrain.

Seriously thinking of using coloured primer for vehicles ,especially as I do 25mm 28mm mainly.

I have used a flesh coloured primer on my Celts. It did not save any real time but it gave a good surface for the main paint layers. I have on occasion used various other colour primers but found no real advantage so have gone back to white or black

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I have used Gold and red for Romans, and Olive Drab and Panzer Gray for WW2.

Yep – blue and grey for ACW. It worked really well, was a good colour, and took their Army painter dips well (Dark and Strong respectively).

Not sure if it would work for me if the figure had a lot of white on it, say French Naps. But I will prime my Brits in either the red or the grey, and my Prussians in grey (saves trousers, and is a good base for the blue and black stages).

I find the AP primers to be very good – good coverage, good colours, and reliable cans.

Just white, black, gray, or brown…

For vehicles, I prefer black engine primer from Home Depot. For figures, a lighter gray primer. If I have to, I might use red primer.

I use black and then a quick over spray with white so the hard to get to parts have shadows before I even start to paint the figures with their regular colors.