What Color to Use for Priming Our Figures

[Redrandy93]

Folks what color and brand of paint are you using to prime your figures?     Also what blue are you using for our beloved UM's?

I am asking as I do not like using GW Contrast UM blue.   I find it a darker blue than I like for my UM's.   Some times it appears almost black to me.   

I have primed some figures using black and applying the Contrast UM blue paint.  This turned into a very dark blue I did not like.   I then primed a few items Army painter uniform grey spray and even a few brush painted that color and GW Contrast UM blue is still too dark for me.   Am  I doin something wrong with the contrast paint?  Note I wait a day or two before painting the blue.  

For my Third UM company I have been using Coat d'arms Marine blue as it is similar to GW original UM blue color that I like and painted my two other UM companies.

 

I look forward to any response from you folks.  

 

Thanks

[Prot]

I like the army painter line. I'm pretty sure it's cheaper (here at least) and mimics the lighter blueish hue.

 

I agree the Contrast is very dark, but it's super easy to dilute. I use it to tone down the brightness of my Ultra's. But most of my colour combo's come from AK and Vallejo.

 

 

[Karhedron]

Contrast paints are designed to be applied over Wraithbone or Grey Seer primers (light beige and very light grey respectively). Black primer is for base and shade paints. You don't want to put Contrast over it.

[Tacitus]

4 hours ago, Karhedron said:

Contrast paints are designed to be applied over Wraithbone or Grey Seer primers (light beige and very light grey respectively). Black primer is for base and shade paints. You don't want to put Contrast over it.

I've primed white and still hated how dark Contrast for UM is.  I hate it.  But it would be a gorgeous choice for Crimson Fists or Librarians.

I airbrush primer and basecoat.  Zenithal Vallejo black and light grey primers, then their version of Ultramarine Blue I can't remember the name of right now but there's a color conversion chart way way deep in the Dakka Forums.  Its usually easier for me to google to find it, rather than manually drill down the forum.

[Redrandy93]

Brothers thanks for responding and info.   I just repainted 5 jetpack after repriming them with Army paints uniform grey.    I will paint them in Marine blue from Coat d'arms.   l thought the same thing about Contrast UM Blue would be great for Crimson Fist.   I will also use it for my Librarians that I still need to do.    Thanks for the info.    In one of my other discussions I explained why am still doing First Born UM but soon as I recover from my upcoming surgery I will be doing a bunch of Primaris Intercessors and others as I want to add some of them to each UM company I have.   I may have enough Primaris to do a full company of them.   VBG.