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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slorak" data-source="post: 1926407" data-attributes="member: 17356">Since nobody has thrown this one out - Here is another priming option.Folk Art Glass and Tile Medium (can be found at Michael's). Cut it 50/50 with water and brush on. Also I found if you add a bit of black into to it you can tint the miniature and really bring out the details (making it easier to paint and giving you a head start on blacklining!) It dries very tight to the figure not obscuring any detail. I have used this for the last few years with pretty good sucess. I only recently ran into trouble where it was adding a crackling effect - which I found was due to me pre-mixing 50/50 bottles and getting close to the end of a bottle. You get a clump of the glass and tile medium at the bottom towards the end and I think the ratios are out of wack creating the crackling effect. If you mix it as you use it - there should be no problems. I also use GW white primer and don't have any problems. I live in california where the weather is very mild so maybe temperature and humidity could be an issue. Also if you get too far away from the miniature when you spray - some of it will dry before it hits the figure adding the "grainy" texture. I have found that several light passes about 6" from the figure works good.I have also just bought a dark grey primer from Rustoleum that I have mainly used for terrain but I am priming my latest figure with it to test it out. Hope that helps!Cheers,-Mike</blockquote>

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