How to Prime your Miniatures the Romain Way!
November 17, 2011 by elromanozo
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Finally! The most awesome tip I have ever come across. I’ve been guessing at it to this point. It’ll be good to know if I have been getting it right.
Thanks for posting this 🙂
“You’d just as well switch to WHITE directly”… Of course…
Dammit.
Ok just finished watching that and based on the way you descrivbed it to me in another articles comments I am not far off. Does this technique effect the way you apply the paint on top of this? Thinner coats maybe? I’m trying this technique on some Relics minis and even my half guessed attempt has made it easier 🙂
Well, one should always apply very thin coats, with my style of painting… But if you were used to priming in one color and having very opaque basecoats, then, yes, the paint should be thinner. For a very contrasted result, I’ve also tried spraying black, then white directly… I think it’s not progressive enough by a long shot, so I don’t do it anymore, but some painters like it very much… To give a warm feel to any color, some painters prime with beige or brown instead of grey… Finally, you can always speed-paint that way, as I’ve shown before.… Read more »
Awesome, thanks. Ever thought of doing days master classes like the ‘Eavy Metal team do?
Well, explaining things on video is more interesting than doing an article with pictures… And videos on this website touch more people.
I’m also trying to make it all very accessible and beginner-friendly, while still teaching cool tricks at a somewhat higher level than just tabletop… Most of the time.
My style is also very different from the GW studio style… You may have noticed we have artistic differences. It’s another school, shall we say.
Nooo I mean a live event. We pay you / BoW a fee and we get a day with you, a miniature and lunch and get the benefits of your expertise live in person. The ‘Eavy Metal Team do them a couple of times a year, expensive but I think worth it. Just a thought 🙂
A bit elitist, perhaps !
I will reserve judgement for the time being…
First of all great video Roman, yet again another fabulous tip for us to use.
So as we have now primed with different tones. I gather is I was to apply graveyard earth to the model on all the tones (black, dgrey, lgrey and white) the tone of the graveyard earth would slightly differ due to the prime?
That’s the idea ! If you apply thin coats, you can see the priming underneath, and the mini is already almost shaded and highlighted…
Which is why this is called pre-shading. The lights are vivid because of the white, the shades are dark because of the black.
Even when you have to apply lots of coats or get very opaque, it still transpires somewhat, and you cans till use it as a guide, at least, and always know where the lighting should be.
Romain
For the past few models I have painted I did priming like this based on your videos as they do give a hint on what it is you do. Im glad to see that I was not that far off from the end result. And yes it really helps when its small things and you don’t know what the shade should be like or the highlights for that matter. Romain you really helped me and others get back into painting sinse you started the videos. I wish I could do a video just to show you some of the “tricks”… Read more »
If you decide to do one, even on a cheap webcam, I would definitely be interested !
That might be a good idea. I never thought of my webcam. I’ll have to look into it first.
Next time: Dancing the Romain way!
Please… Strictly come painting !
Have to agree with the other’s yet another great video Romain, even my 12yr old can follow and understand your tips. Keep up the great work and can not wait to see that mini painted up
Great stuff Romain, thanks for sharing your secrets at long last 🙂
Really looking forward to seeing this model painted up, i love this sculpt.
I’m eager as well, but you might have to wait a bit… The tutorials haven’t been filmed yet !
Thats probably for the best, it would only make me want to buy this mini too! I already have too many things i want to paint as it is!
UGH… Don’t we all ?
I am in the process of moving, and I’ve got too many boxes full of minis already… It is at these times that you realise just how much clutter you accumulate.
Still, I love them all…
Well i’m working on a load of Space Wolves at the moment, and i still have lots of Yu Jing to paint up, then theres the couple of cutlass factions i want to paint up, dystopian wars looks like fun oh and theres the purple lizardmen i want to do. only so many hours in a day!
Good luck with the move, are you moving far from where you are now?
Thanks ! No, not too far. And don’t you worry, I’ll still be making tutorials !
Very interesting video…
When I began painting I was always told that I should never ever start spraying directly onto a model. Rather, I should start spraying slightly to the side of it, then move the spray across it, before finally stopping once I was clear of it again. This was supposed to stop any impurities that might have gotten stuck in the nuzzle from spraying unto the model and giving it a rough granular surface.
Hmmm… Wonder how this would work with an airbrush…?
It’s always good advice not to start spraying directly at the miniature, were it only to avoid drowning the details. You’ll notice that it is exactly what I do in the video : short bursts, while moving the arm that’s spraying.
I don’t know about the impurities, but it’s still sound advice;
An airbrush works much the same, but is more delicate, and it’s all in the fingers instead of the arm… See comments above.
BoW Romain
This method rules. I am using it for a Skaven army. I paint the models with translucent coats over the pre-shaded mini. Hella fast!
Hey @elromanozo, would this work if using instead of grey you use a colored primer?
I was thinking of using a Blue colored primer (Army Painter) to do either fast Trollbloods or Cygnar.
Thank you Romain 🙂
Could you primer black and then just white or is a grey needed