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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slorak" data-source="post: 1928463" data-attributes="member: 17356">In my most humble opinion I think getting rid of the pewter staff and replacing it with a brass rod would be easier to do as well as stronger. The staff that is with the figure is probably slightly larger than a brass rod making you drill a larger hole in the axe head to have it fit - brass rod is definitely the way to go.I found that Using white primer is good if you then go over it with some watered down black ink. The black ink gets into the recessess basically creating your darklines for you (if you are careful during painting) and on the surface it darkens it enough to not show the white. Personally nothing irritates me more than painting a white primed figure and finding dots of white where the primer didn't get convered! That is definitely the luxury of black primer. If you need an area bright you can always go back over that area with white paint first then your colors. Light colors such as yellow don't cover very well over black.I also posted on another forum about primer and an alternative would be Folk Art Glass and tile medium mixed 50/50 with water (learned that it is best to not pre-mix it but rather mix it as you use it) and add a drop of black ink. It dries tight to the figure and has great bite for a primer.Cheers,-Mike</blockquote>