spray undercoat

[NeckFace]

is there a cheap alternative that people use out there?  i think i should give up on the 25+ buck GW official cans of chaos black, and surely there's sn equivalent that spray on nice and evenly without costing the moon.

[Derick]

I have a couple of cans of the GW black, you can have them for $20 each if you want.

[NeckFace]

thanks man, but i'm really curious as to whether there's another brand out there that does the same but cheaper; like how there's that nz made varnish that's good quality and 7 bucks a can

[Sectiplave]

I think most other undercoat spray cans for automotive / DIY etc. are too thick. I used to work at Dulux paint trade, and every spray can we had, would have been miles to heavy/thick for undercoating quality mini's with fine details.

If there is an alternative that is just as good I'd be very interested to know, I've gone through 3 cans to date :S

[juiced]

don't flames of war do spray cans.........i bet they are cheaper than GW,or what about Tamyia?

[Lazarus]

i use plasti  kote from mite ten. Its all good drying time is a good 24hs

[Tuatara]

...or what about Tamyia?

I use Tamiya Matt black. Goes on very even and thin. Can't remember the price though, and the cans are quite a bit smaller than the GW ones.

[Lazarus]

Tamiya stuff is way over prices about 50% less can than the GW and are around $15 per can. Over priced i think and GW stuff it better than the Tamiya i have found that to Run a little.

Heard good stuff from the Delux spray they are around $12.

[Hausdorff space]

I buy my spray paint from Mitre10/Bunnings/etc.

bigger than GW, cheaper, and available in a variety of colours.
Can't remember the brand I'm using right now, but I know plastikote worked quite well; as did the dulux interior ones.

[Lazarus]

yup changed to the miter 10 stuff as i did not want to spend $25 on spray any more, had no issue with this stuff just drying time is a bit longer.

[NeckFace]

cool might give it a hoon when i nest go buy the plants to replace the ones the #$!@%^ landlord sprayed in my garden

[Sectiplave]

Heard good stuff from the Delux spray they are around $12.

I haven't worked there for over 5 years, but at the time, thier black undercoat spray ran quite easily, you'd have to be quite careful with it and spray from a good distance to get it to work well. I might go back to my old store and see if I can still fire up the staff discount.

[NeckFace]

"staff discount"

five fingers, right?

sneaky lad

[Sectiplave]

Hahahaha, nah my old boss still works there

It's a trade store also, so if you aren't a painter you cannot buy anything, worked wonders at keeping homeless glue sniffers and taggers out of the shop.

As with all trade only stores, the prices are damned awesome. Last time I sorted a friend out with paint it was $89 for 10 liters of premium paint, versus $165 from mitre 10, exact same stuff

I got a functional (at least I think so) 1850 necron army now, if you want a fluffy game at some point let me know your bugs will phase me out by turn 3.

[NeckFace]

yeah man, lets tee it up

maybe i'll just run with space marines instead eh, then you can smash me

[Sectiplave]

yeah man, lets tee it up

maybe i'll just run with space marines instead eh, then you can smash me

Yeah bust out the dark angels for a round?

How about next Sunday? I got the day off work.

[NeckFace]

got a pre-arranged play date at this point so i can't sorry.  though you could come along to that if you wanted?

i can extend an invite to Luke and Greg, and we may even bust out some sort of apocalypse tom-foolery

[Sectiplave]

Yeah sounds good to me, I've never really played Apoc so to speak.

[NeckFace]

coolio, i'll let them know

it'll be out in onehunga which i hope isn't too much of a trek

[NeckFace]

i like how the two topics i'm posting in today have both gone wildly off-topic, but in totally waesome ways.

please don't delete mods

[Sectiplave]

All good, I can go same time as you? Or just PM the details, I'm easy

EDIT; Might be doing family catch up and lunch on the Sunday, so I'll let you know if I can make it.

[Placator]

I nkow this was an old topic but was on the Fields of Blood blog and Pete Dunn gives a review of a cheap alternative for spray paint.
Not sure how to post up the link but it is worth a look.

http://www.thefieldsofblood.com/2011/06/product-review-dulux-spraypak-quick.html

Edit: Link added

[Chris]

The best one I've ever found (and I've tried a few) is 'Automotive Etch Primer'. Comes in a big can and is ~20bux. Gives the thinnest and strongest coat of primer I've ever seen, thats what its for.

[Lazarus]

I have been using Dulux spray for miter10, about $11 bucks and works just like GW spray highly recommended

[Frosty]

I have been using Dulux spray for miter10, about $11 bucks and works just like GW spray highly recommended

I picked up some Dulux Matt black spray from M10 yesterday and I have found it to be just as good if not better than the GW Matt black, thanks for steering me in the right direction 

[Lazarus]

Happy to help 

[Weasel-Fierce]

I just tried my first can of Army Painter Black Primer and I was dead impressed! Really smooth, better than GW's at only $15 from the local seller - Slave to Painting. It's $5 postage but that still works out cheaper than GW, especially if ordering more than one can!

Highly highly recommended!

[NeckFace]

may have to peep it some time then. so far i've picked up a can of matt black from Gordon Harris for around 11 buck with a student discount, and its not too bad eh

[daemion]

yah! im an army painter junkie Regs... ever since i tried some samples a year ago ive been waiting for it to arrive in nz as a retailer picks it up.