How Prime Your Miniatures During the Winter Time With Great Results
When the snow flies, how do you prime miniatures and get great results? Let me teach you how to prime your minis during winter!
I don’t know about you, but I live in the north. Whether you are in Wisconsin, New York, or in Canada I am sure that you can relate to the issues that come with extreme weather. When I went to The Army Painter and asked how to prime miniatures when the weather does not cooperate, they sent me their “Brush-On Primer” as a solution to try. It proved great when the weather does not cooperate with priming – be it due to humidity, heat, or cold. In my case, it happens to be too cold to prime outside with a spray.
I tried it out, and am happy with the results. Many of you may be trying to figure out how to prime miniatures during the wintertime like I was. In this post, I am going to show you how to use The Army Painter brush on Primer. I am going to write this out today, but if you prefer video, there is a video version of this tutorial at the end of the article. In that video, I outline my whole journey as I test the primer out. In this written post, I am going to give you the Coles Notes version on how to use the primer.
Step 1: Shake It Up!
First up, you have to shake the daylights out of this stuff. To do this, I use a vortex mixer, but your hands can work too.
Step 2: Start Brushing
Apply some primer onto your pallet and get to brushing! If you watch the video later in this article, you will see I made a few mistakes here. I figured it all out when I went to The Army Painter Website and saw the directions below. You can see here that I started with a brush that was too small. It was a short journey as I learned to use brush-on primer correctly.
Use a large brush and paint in the direction of the details or dab it on. Spread the primer around until it is nice and smooth. Don’t apply it with a wet brush and do not get the primer wet. Use it as it is. When it gets wet, it gets bubbly. You don’t want that, but you can dry your brush and keep painting it out until the bubbles are gone.
I went back and painted on any spots that I missed with a smaller brush to get in on the smaller details.
Step 3: Let It Dry and Start Painting
Make sure you check the model you’re working on for any missed spots before you move on. Once I finished covering the miniatures in a thin layer of brush-on primer, I put it aside and let it dry completely. Once dry, it is ready for painting. No spraying is required!
How to Prime Miniatures Video
I really enjoyed how this miniature turned out with my Army Painter paints and primer. You can see some of how I did this at the end of the primer tutorial video.
Wrapping it up…
Hopefully, you found this tutorial helpful. Using a brush-on primer is easy and straightforward. Sure, I made a few mistakes along the way, but you can learn from my experience so you can get into the game even faster. If you want to see these miniatures all painted up, check out my painting tutorial on how to paint Enlightened miniatures for Wild West Exodus.
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