Prime Time: That Which Lies Beneath the Paint

Krylon Gesso Spray and Tamiya Fine Surface Primer

With NaMoPaiMo coming up, I thought I'd start a series of posts on some of the finishwork materials and techniques I use. Since a lot of people are probably in the process of prepping right now, I thought I'd start by talking a bit about the types of primer I like. Different people like different kinds of primer, and the most important thing is finding something that works for you. 

My NaMoPaiMo Entry

 

This year I'll be participating in National Model Painting Month (NaMoPaiMo). If you haven't heard of NaMoPaiMo, I highly recommend checking out the Official NaMoPaiMo Info Page. Basically, it's the same idea as NaNoWriMo, except instead of writing a novel in November, the goal is to paint a model horse entirely in the month of February. The first NaMoPaiMo was held last year, and while I attempted it, things just didn't work out for a variety of reasons I'm not going to get into here.

In the Studio - Jumping Around

 

I apologize for not posting here lately! It's about impossible for me to get any serious time to work with my computer during the holidays, but I'm finally starting to get caught up and I have a couple more posts I plan to put up this week.

How to Decorate a Base With Static Grass - Part Three

 

After parts One and Two of this series, our base is looking pretty good. It's covered in a nice lush layer of static grass, and if you wanted, you could just finish the bottom and leave it as is. But I wanted to add a nice dusting of snow to this piece, so I'll be covering that as well.

In the Studio - Painting and Sculpting

Using a telephoto lens probably wasn't the best choice here; poor Truffle looks a bit squished from this angle.

I have a lot of different projects going on a the moment. Probably too many, and I probably should just pick one and finish it before moving on to something else, but I've never been able to get that to work.