Still trying to improve my basecoat consistency; can I get some feedback on my first of two layers here? Too thick, too watery… ?
#basecoat layer 1
stray furnace
Still trying to improve my basecoat consistency; can I get some feedback on my f...
Hello! What color are you painting, and did you mean primer (or really base coat)?
waxen moth
sry the lighting last night wasn't so great
I've primed in grey, and am putting on the black basecoat at the moment (was going to do two thin layers)
right now I've done the first of two, but I can't tell if I'm getting the consistency right
it's looking a bit uhh... splotchy - I'm not sure if that's normal for a first coat, or if I'm applying it wrong somehow
stray furnace
well I think it's a bit too thinned for a basecoat, probably? Unless you're using the army painter black or a low-pigment density paint, in which case it's just what the paint can do?
waxen moth
ah okay thx - I'm having a hard time finding the right consistency 😦
dim lagoon
What brand black are you using? I've used a couple with surprisingly bad coverage and it takes a few layers
First layers can look splotchy like that, it'll improve after the second coat.
waxen moth
What brand black are you using? I've used a couple with surprisingly bad coverag...
Abaddon black from citadel; I posted on reddit and someone was saying abaddon black apparently has issues
but I couldn't find a ton of people complaining about it online - at least not as much as some other paints
dim lagoon
Abaddon black from citadel; I posted on reddit and someone was saying abaddon bl...
Yeah that's exactly the one I had a bad time with too. Just keep layering it up and it'll come out eventually.
Black is a surprisingly fickle paint and personally I think there is a lot of variation in brands. I've tried Citadel, Reaper (Coal Black fwiw, not true black), Vallejo Game Color (old formula), Pro Acryl (also a Coal Black), and Jo Sonja ... and I like the Jo Sonja the most with Vallejo as a suitable runner up, but I also love Reaper Coal Black as a nice green-y black color. I have Kimera and Golden SoFlat on the shelf to try, but haven't yet.