Reply To: [unofficial weekender] I hate terrain!

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@gorram – I’ve also had problems with Army Painter spray cans; I loved the idea of colour-matched primers and bought about a dozen different colours. Almost all of them suffered the same problem – far to goopy and they obscured the details of every mini I put near them. I thought I was holding the minis too close so backed them off, but then the primer went speckled (I was clearly too far away).

Not sure where the rest of you guys are – and it probably won’t help @sundancer, with him being in Germanyland – but I’ve found here in the UK, Halfords matt black (paint not primer) and Halfords grey and Halfords white primers to be fantastic for priming/zenith highlighting. Even if you’re a bit heavy-handed with the spray, it seems to “shrink to fit” and makes every detail pop.

I’m a recent convert to slapchop painting and love Halfords paints – matt black base then zenith with grey and drybrush with white. Prior to slapchop I’d prime black and zenith straight to white. Halfords rattle can paints are just amazing.

What ever you do, don’t go near Army Painters’ “anti-shine” matt spray varnish.
Unless you want a frosty white miniature.
It’s dreadful stuff. I’ve started just brushing on W&N acrylic matt varnish from a big bottle I picked up at WHSmith. Works a treat.