What kind of primer do you use?

[Azrayl]

So I've been trying to work on my painting techniques, and I've been practicing on these new TMN
T toys that just got released. The idea was to paint them all white then get some black inside all the grooves.
So I tried using a 'thinner' primer, I bought the 'skull white' primer from a Games Workshop. It's that special primer used to paint miniatures. I figured it would cover but without losing detail. It worked in that I didn't lose detail, but it didn't cover the whole thing thick enough to prevent the colour from bleeding through.
So I went on it afterwards with another kind of plastic paint, Krylon,
That covered nicely but now the figure is a bit sticky. So my question is this, what kind of primer do you use?

 

[vj mojo]

Depends on what I'm painting,

For figures I use Games Workshop Chaos Black for a primer, just don't paint the base coat to the edge and you are left with fine black in the edge. For large surface kits I usually use Tamiya Fine Surface Spray, but the spraycans can get a bit pricey, For small compact areas I use Vallejo Grey Surface Primer which I run through my airbrush. Hopefully this thread will also help me find a cheaper alternative to Tamiya.

Hope this helps.

 

[saleem]

Alclad grey primer, its good to go straight from the bottle and just a cup of an airbrush covers quite a lot of the models I use it on.prob with rattle cans is they can tend to put a too thick layer on the model/part and stuff like halfords brand can do what you describe and tends to be sticky and gooey.

Thats why tamiya if I was to use a rattler but I use alclad grey primer, its a light grey and it covers, sticks and dries nice.

 

[DanielB]

Tamiya makes the best paint, hands down. Alclad is about as good too. Tamiya/Alclad paint only on my models. Testors is crap, or at least, less forgiving and prone to orange peel.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I've tried a LOT of different primers in an attempt to find a cheaper alternative to Tamiya. I've yet to find one that delivers the same high quality results. Sometimes you get what you pay for.

 

[wannab]

Duplicolor




Doug

 

[Wes R]

The walmart brand. Which oddly enough works better then most paints. I use the gray primer for paint on projects as you can't beat it and i bought up the last of the red when the store was getting rid of it. I also have used the True Value brand yellow primer as paint. They rarely run and they stick way better than most of the rattle can paints i've used. I do once in a while get orange peeling though so i guess that's just a universal pain no matter what. I've also used krylon primer and rustoleum which i hate with a passion (the entire line not just primer).

 

[Spyhunter2k]

Dupli-Color :: Professional Aerosols

Since I work on larger projects and am usually trying to fill sanding scratches, the professional filler primer is my choice.