Hamsta's Path of Conquest, The Spires
Entry 2 - Primed
Primed and ready for paintNothing much to say. All Spires models (to date) assembled and primed with Halfords White Primer. It’s a bit cheaper than “hobby primers”, WAY cheaper than GW Contract primers, and takes contrast paints perfectly well.
With the larger, more complex models mounted on their own handles, or on the edges of the wooden sticks I use, I am able to spray “up skirt” if you will to get the underside covered, and can then spray the rest of the model as normal.
The quivers and shields were done in 2 passes. I first stick (to the masking tape) all of them face DOWN, and spray the backs. I then leave this overnight until the paint is properly cured, and then turn them over and spray the fronts. If you turn them over too soon (i.e. when the paint is only touch dry), there is enough grip on the tape to pull the paint off, so be patient.
They are now all ready to begin painting, but there will be a minor delay in this (see my 100 Kingdoms project to more detail).
NOTE – The 3 objective pieces for the 100 Kingdoms will be primed with those models. I’m not sure yet it these will be primed white or grey, so I left them out for now.
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