"Painting 10mm" Topic
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| DougEagle | 24 Jun 2018 9:03 p.m. PST |
Just started painting my first 10mm French troops. I'm already used to painting 6mm and 15mm WWII, 6mm modern and 28mm Sci fi style troops. But, 10mm is a little different…especially French troops. Now, I did prime my first batch of 10 in black, but wondering if white or grey would've been better? Finding the black to be a little harder to see the details. Doug |
| mghFond | 24 Jun 2018 9:30 p.m. PST |
To each their own but when I painted my 10mm collections, I primed them in black. |
 War Artisan  | 24 Jun 2018 11:46 p.m. PST |
I prime mine in gray, mainly because I find the detail a little easier to see, but I'd suggest you try a unit in each possible primer color to see what works best for you. |
| JimDuncanUK | 25 Jun 2018 2:33 a.m. PST |
I did my 10mm French infantry in a grey basecoat lightly drybrushed in white. The rest is fairly standard. |
| GildasFacit | 25 Jun 2018 2:36 a.m. PST |
I prime all figures grey and then give a black ink wash to bring the detail out. If the top colours are to be light or bright I also do a quick white dry-brush on the high points as well. I paint mostly 10mm at the moment and it works well for me. I do tend to paint in fairly large batches so the extra steps add very little time to the overall painting time. |
robert piepenbrink  | 25 Jun 2018 3:22 a.m. PST |
I've done both white and black primer in 10mm, but a black primer usually means a white drybrush before any serious painting. |
| Zippee | 25 Jun 2018 4:42 a.m. PST |
For me, primed very pale grey
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| DougEagle | 23 Jul 2018 6:55 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the advice guys…I appreciate it.
The next set I will try a grey primer. The current ones I'm painting I primed black, with a white drybrush. Still kinda hard to see the details. Doug |
 deadhead | 24 Jul 2018 1:58 a.m. PST |
If you use a white or light grey primer, it is obviously favouring far more vivid colours, which for smaller scales you do need.
Black is much more forgiving, if you miss anything it just appears as a shadow, or as an edge between two colours. Great for white belts with brass buckles, for example. The snag is indeed the challenge to your eyes to see detail as you paint….even with white drybrush.
A good idea (not mine, suggested to me on this forum) is the white/light grey undercoat….with a generous black wash to sink into all the crevices. Detail stands out amazingly and any missed bits do not show so badly.
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