Priming the Blood way

[Malebolgia]

There's nothing wrong with this web page, it rocks . But with all the comments it's "harder" to read than a single page that goes through all information in one run.

[Captain Blood]

Hammers - that is a damned ingenious method if I say so myself 

I'd go so far as to say that you've taken my slapdash, slosh-it-about method and turned it into a higher artform complete with calipers, corks, compounds and many stages of painterly perfection 

Well done.

I must say I only do it this way because I find it bloody difficult to see what the hell I'm painting on a black undercoat. This method pretty much gives the best of both worlds.
Works for me anyway! 

But a very nice and thorough tutorial on the approach. Thank you.

[Hammers]

@Blood: Glad you like it and at least recognize it among all the side tracks. Feel free to correct or elaborate.

@Malebolgia: Yeah, I know posting like this is not ideal for a tutorial. I am considering either putting it in an external page or cutting out irrelevant posts and post is at a locked sticky in 'How to...'

[Lowtardog]

Top notch stuff Hammers I would have shied away form white but this looks a cracking idea, good tips Cap`n

[Col.Stone]

Been doing that for my high elves for ages, it's a great way for minis that need the extra shine 

[Captain Blood]

Been doing that for my high elves for ages, it's a great way for minis that need the extra shine 

Yep, I never told him it was original or unique! 
We'll probably discover now that almost everybody has been doing it this way all along 

[dodge]

thats a very good idea, will try it myself

black is getting hard to focus on sometimes

thanks!

[Col.Stone]

My discovering it was purely by chance, too thin black for basework on some armour and
eureka, this is great

[Hammers]

Yep, I never told him it was original or unique! 

..and I never claimed Richard invented it. I picked it up from him though.

[Lowtardog]

Yep, I never told him it was original or unique! 
We'll probably discover now that almost everybody has been doing it this way all along 

See I havent painted GW stuff for years in my day we used real blood

[Hammers]

See I havent painted GW stuff for years in my day we used real blood

White Dwarf encouraged you to do this? No wonder GW has  such  bad rep.

[Aaron]

I do the opposite of this, a black prime followed by a heavy white drybrush. You can never have too many ways to skin a cat, eh?

[Hammers]

I do the opposite of this, a black prime followed by a heavy white drybrush. You can never have too many ways to skin a cat, eh?

Yes, but God wants us to do it HIS way. Seriously, I am aware of doing it this way to. I may do a tutorial on horses one day, priming them using this method.

[Aaron]

I have tried the white prime, black wash method on some Napoleonic Austrians and found it worked just as well. The only difference was the wash took longer to dry. I am comfortable in my black prime rut though, so I will probably stay here. 

I do have to thank you for introducing me to the idea of priming with tinted gesso though. Should save some wear and tear on my lungs.

[Mr. Peabody]

Grey gesso is dandy, not too bright, not too dark. Holbein is the brand I found locally, a bit dear but I picked up a tub on sale and then a year later got another again, on sale.

Works a treat in the airbrush too, thinned 40-50% with water.