Thread: Asking the community for help learning to paint

Originally Posted by RealGenius

It seems like your green might be too thin, and is showing through too much of the white undercoat making it bright. Try another coat of green to get an even tone before you go to the wash. If you are doing a base coat of green, you should not have white spots showing through, it should be a nice, even green color, the same color as the paint you are using.

You culd also go with a mid to light grey primer and then a shot of white from the top, then wash with the green.

Originally Posted by BDub

You culd also go with a mid to light grey primer and then a shot of white from the top, then wash with the green.

The problem I have with a wash or light base goat is that you never get consistent results, especially if you are doing another wash on top of that. I guess you can guess I'm not a fan of the primer-zenithal-lighting trick. Base coats should be opaque, so that you can start from a consistent color.

Yes, I prime black and then paint black over that, for consistency.

Originally Posted by RealGenius

The problem I have with a wash or light base goat is that you never get consistent results, especially if you are doing another wash on top of that. I guess you can guess I'm not a fan of the primer-zenithal-lighting trick. Base coats should be opaque, so that you can start from a consistent color.

Yes, I prime black and then paint black over that, for consistency.

I can see your point but the consistency comes from spraying the zenithal shot on a whole unit at once and , be sparring with it. For that matter there is no such thing as an opaque base coat - you can get close but the primer will always influence the perception of the base coat.

I'd put down 1:1 Foundation Knarloc Green and then straight Dark Angel green over the white primer.

Originally Posted by BDub

you can get close but the primer will always influence the perception of the base coat.

I agree except if you are using the Foundation paints. I've done testing over white and black primer and the difference is negligible. I did a whole squad of Warp Spiders, half primed white, half primed black. You just can't tell.

Originally Posted by Ironbullet

I've been using Vallejo game color.

Try it straight, without thinning it. The Vallejo stuff is pretty thin as is.