When the snow flies, how do you prime miniatures and get nice outcomes? Let me train you how one can prime your minis throughout winter!

I don’t find out about you, however I reside within the north. Whether you’re in Wisconsin, New York, or in Canada I’m positive that you would be able to relate to the problems that include excessive climate. When I went to The Army Painter and requested how one can prime miniatures when the climate doesn’t cooperate, they despatched me their “Brush-On Primer” as an answer to strive. It proved nice when the climate doesn’t cooperate with priming – be it because of humidity, warmth, or chilly. In my case, it occurs to be too chilly to prime exterior with a sprig.

I attempted it out, and am proud of the outcomes. Many of you could be making an attempt to determine how one can prime miniatures in the course of the wintertime like I used to be. In this publish, I’m going to indicate you how one can use The Army Painter brush on Primer. I’m going to write down this out at this time, however when you want video, there’s a video model of this tutorial on the finish of the article. In that video, I define my complete journey as I take a look at the primer out. In this written publish, I’m going to provide the Coles Notes model on how one can use the primer.

Step 1: Shake It Up!

First up, you need to shake the daylights out of these items. To do that, I take advantage of a vortex mixer, however your fingers can work too.

Step 2: Start Brushing

Apply some primer onto your pallet and get to brushing! If you watch the video later on this article, you will note I made just a few errors right here. I figured all of it out once I went to The Army Painter Website and noticed the instructions under. You can see right here that I began with a brush that was too small. It was a brief journey as I discovered to make use of brush-on primer appropriately.

Use a big brush and paint within the path of the main points or dab it on. Spread the primer round till it’s good and clean. Don’t apply it with a moist brush and don’t get the primer moist. Use it as it’s. When it will get moist, it will get bubbly. You don’t need that, however you possibly can dry your brush and maintain portray it out till the bubbles are gone.

Step 3: Let It Dry and Start Painting

Make positive you verify the mannequin you’re engaged on for any missed spots earlier than you progress on. Once I completed protecting the miniatures in a skinny layer of brush-on primer, I put it apart and let it dry fully. Once dry, it’s prepared for portray. No spraying is required! 

How to Prime Miniatures Video

I actually loved how this miniature turned out with my Army Painter paints and primer. You can see a few of how I did this on the finish of the primer tutorial video.

Wrapping it up…

Hopefully, you discovered this tutorial useful. Using a brush-on primer is straightforward and simple. Sure, I made just a few errors alongside the best way, however you possibly can be taught from my expertise so you may get into the sport even quicker. If you need to see these miniatures all painted up, take a look at my portray tutorial on how one can paint Enlightened miniatures for Wild West Exodus.

The Army Painter despatched me merchandise for me to check out and to create content material about. I thank them for this assist, and I thanks for studying. In case you haven’t visited for some time (or need extra data), this publish comes from my private web site. There you could find a longer model of this text. Curious about my work? Check out the blurb under!

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