I have some unpainted METAL figures from Scale City Designs that I want to paint. Somewhere I read to prime them with a metal etching primer and I did that but the finish coats seem dark. Any advice from someone who's painted a lot of there and they turned out well ?
thanks
joe
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The only metal figures I've painted are my hockey players and I just sprayed them with gray primer and painted with testors flat model paints. Worked fine for me, but I am certainly no expert.
-Nick
Etching primer is the best primer for metal without a doubt. But all undercoat color, will have bearing on the top coat.
You just think you've covered it. Your eyes can still see the tiny bit of light that penatrated the top coat and reflected off the primer and back out again. Choosing primer color is important too, that's why it is offered in base colors (white, black, red/ brown, grey, etc).
So you likely ended up with a pale to dark green primer I assume. For dark colors, this usually works. But for light colors an extra coat will likely be needed. I prefer just enough flat, or a normal primer, to lighten a base before topcoat.
To really brighten vs a deep color saturation, use white or light grey first, then topcoat with color.
I.E. the etching primer isnt the issue, the primer color is.
The etching primer was a dark dark green..googled it and nothing else showed..I'll try it again thanks
joe
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