ChrisPasseno
Mongoose
I would say to not just Glob gesso on. Yes, it does shrink into the nooks and crannies, but it's still sensitive to the amount you put on.
I have a Chickenhawk right now that I first did this with and I just globbed it on with a brush. It stayed too thick and pooled. I've gotta strip it now. If you do glob it straight on without thinning it, just try and wick off any pooling.
That's why I airbrush mine on now. Nice even coats and the rubbing alcohol evaporates quickly.
When I started painting, I used to prime with Walmart flat black paint. It had it's uses. But spray cans are too tempermental and stripping just plain sucks. Well, stripping just plain suck no matter what you use. I had a bad spray can priming job on my Exo's. It clumped and dusted them. I figured I would just continue painting it, but boy was that a mistake. I had constant problems with paint flaking off and chipping.
Then I read on CMON of some people using gesso. I also found an article or two on TMP about it, so I figured I try it out.
I started brushing it on straight at first. The Chickenhawk was brushed on with white gesso and then brushed vallejo black. It was ruined. I will have to eventually strip that. Then I got some Black Gesso ($8 ) at Hobby Lobby and started using it straight. I figured out that by wicking the pooling back it helped tremendously. But after 24hrs there were too many bare spots on it. So I had to go back several times and touch up.
Then after some more research on Armorama and Fine Scale Modeler I figured that I'd break out my old Airbrush and thin the gesso down. I gave Rubbing Alcohol a try and it works great.
This has probably been more information than anyone would want to know, but that's my evolution in priming.
I have a Chickenhawk right now that I first did this with and I just globbed it on with a brush. It stayed too thick and pooled. I've gotta strip it now. If you do glob it straight on without thinning it, just try and wick off any pooling.
That's why I airbrush mine on now. Nice even coats and the rubbing alcohol evaporates quickly.
When I started painting, I used to prime with Walmart flat black paint. It had it's uses. But spray cans are too tempermental and stripping just plain sucks. Well, stripping just plain suck no matter what you use. I had a bad spray can priming job on my Exo's. It clumped and dusted them. I figured I would just continue painting it, but boy was that a mistake. I had constant problems with paint flaking off and chipping.
Then I read on CMON of some people using gesso. I also found an article or two on TMP about it, so I figured I try it out.
I started brushing it on straight at first. The Chickenhawk was brushed on with white gesso and then brushed vallejo black. It was ruined. I will have to eventually strip that. Then I got some Black Gesso ($8 ) at Hobby Lobby and started using it straight. I figured out that by wicking the pooling back it helped tremendously. But after 24hrs there were too many bare spots on it. So I had to go back several times and touch up.
Then after some more research on Armorama and Fine Scale Modeler I figured that I'd break out my old Airbrush and thin the gesso down. I gave Rubbing Alcohol a try and it works great.
This has probably been more information than anyone would want to know, but that's my evolution in priming.
