Undercoat

Roberto · Post by **Roberto** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:46 pm

What colour undercoat is best for doing lizardmen?

Hope You Can Help: Roberto

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:08 pm

I would go with white Roberto. It keeps the colours bright and vibrant.

sven · Post by **sven** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:54 pm

agreed, definately white.

phil

Emberbreeze · Post by **Emberbreeze** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:28 pm

depends

Emi78 · Post by **Emi78** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:53 pm

Emberbreeze wrote:depends

Of course..., but i think that, generally, white is the best choice...

grotuk · Post by **grotuk** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:07 pm

If he is rookie paintes as he looks like.. i'll go definetively with Black.

The paint mistakes always look better over black.

gken1 · Post by **gken1** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:29 pm

if like bright look: white

dark/shaded: black

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:32 pm

Roberto wrote:I've started painting and i'v used green, for the lizard's skin, and Orange for the lizard's blessed equipment. To find more go to Lizardmen Team? in the newbie section!

With this colour scheme? Definitely white.

Emberbreeze · Post by **Emberbreeze** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:32 pm

I use about a 50:50 mix of black and white.

white when I want bright colours and there is lots of detail to pick out (like my vampire team). Black for deep colours and mostly metalic models (like my warmachine army).

For a new painter, I'd recommend black undercoat for most things as it can hide a multitude of sins, but I would also recommend not trying to apply colour to a black undercoat in one go. most colours require 3 or more thin coats to get good coverage.

ragados · Post by **ragados** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:39 am

For lizardmen you want them to be bright and tropical... so I'd go for white.

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:45 am

As everybody who visited my website knews ... 99% of my minis are undercoated white

In the case of the lizzy team i would take white for sure.

Mostly i will take quite bright colorschemata for teams. So better white undercoating for this. Well, Nurgle or chaos will be another story.

So, sometime its better to use black, depending which effect you like to get. p.e. i used a black undercoat for my Big BBorc because of the chainmailpainting and to avoid the white flashing through some gapes at the end.

Traveller

Roberto · Post by **Roberto** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:59 am

I'm going for a sort of dark mysterios look to them, as they are mercenaries, or were, so I think I'll use black. They are not meant to be tropical because they travel and were not always under the hot sun of Lustria!

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:47 pm

Roberto, may I suggest trying one of each to start?

Roberto · Post by **Roberto** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:16 pm

Remember that I am A Novice Painter

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:05 pm

I remember. Thats why I am encouraging you to experiment a bit.

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