How to Prime Miniatures: Beginners Guide

Priming miniatures is absolutely key to getting a good result when painting. It seems simple really, but there are quite a lot of pitfalls that you need to avoid. How do you get a smooth finish and avoid messing up your minis? I am going to tell you how.
In this video, I show you how to prime and spray your miniatures if you are a complete beginner.
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Sweet rattlecans for priming miniatures and doing contrast style painting:
Wraithbone from Amazon US: amzn.to/2Cvb5Xg
Wraithbone from Element Games: elementgames.c...
Greyseer from Amazon US: amzn.to/3gY6iwv
Greyseer from Element Games: elementgames.c...
Fine Surface Grey primer:
Amazon US: amzn.to/3hIZ7Zs
Element Games: elementgames.c...
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Magnet sheet to put underneath your bases:
Amazon US: amzn.to/3gRztBf
Element Games: elementgames.c...
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Metal Sheets:
Element Games: elementgames.c...
Amazon US: amzn.to/3gDkYzX
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Rare Earth Magnets:
Amazon US: amzn.to/34LGAYJ
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Magnetic transportation:
Element Games: elementgames.c...
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Contrast Paint:
Element Games: elementgames.c...
Amazon US: www.amazon.com... paint&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=a1bddffe43f64d6dcad387a3d159e9a1
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Sticky Tack:
Amazon us: amzn.to/3hU221e
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Milliput Putty:
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[@martoshe980]

For ease of use set playback at 1.5

[@nolantibbles13]

[@scottusher3712]

If in the UK Halfords Grey primer is awesome to use, goes on smooth and only 7.50 for a bigger can.

[@fuzzyvibes6156]

you by far have the best youtube personality I've ever watched... Love you man! thanks for all the great content

[@NeverTheSame]

Thanks for this, already improved my spray can results!

[@wesleyfilms]

Thanks for the guide. I’m still working on the five art of priming.

[@arnop87]

what i like to do nowadays is prima the miniature with chaos black (all over) then use a white primer from the top. then i hit the miniature with 1 layer of contrast paint (leave that to dry at least 1 hour to fully dry) and then continue paining all the other stuff and bits.

[@PBKB]

Nice video! Would you be able to do a video on magnetising limbs for different loadouts? I started doing it now on my Ironjawz but I don't know how far to take it.
I started doing it because I am scared to collect them "wrong".
Also now I don't know how to properly prime the individual pieces haha.. feels like I jumped into a deep hole

[@AgeofMiniatures]

Hi PBKB!
Thanks for the comment.
A great idea for a video! I will certainly put it in the pipeline.
I totally know the fear of assembling a unit with the good weapon option and then later having GW change what is "the best" option. I once magnetised a whole grey knight army and I went overboard with what options I magnetised. I think it is easier in AoS where you, most of the time, only have two different weapon options.

[@FabioSpelta]

I'd like to prime with a brush to minimise the investment. Would that make any sense?

[@Spritter81]

Nice info tried to use my Macraggen blue in what i thought was ideal weather but appearantly it was'nt since i got that kind of frost effect :/

[@AgeofMiniatures]

Sorry to hear that. Frosting is the worst? Did you try any of the "fixes" people talk about for removing it?

[@Shadenium1]

Liked the flexible magnet thing with steel ramp, haven't seen this one in other videos. Also, the shoe box lid thing too. Everybody is using sticks. Haven't seen intermediate shakes too.
It's better to show actions when you're talking about them, i.e. show your priming can in a bowl of warm/hot water when you're talking about doing it.
I would love to see closeup of your priming results.
Some jester moves are cringey, some are really funny.

[@decorummortis5175]

So I bought my first set of minis to start in on this amazing hobby (I been wanting to do this for years) I bought a couple of preprimed miniatures from wizkid. I don't have a rattle can primer or an airbrush, so brush priming is the only option I have currently. Is it possible to use something like a sponge brush to prime with?

[@tp6498]

👍. I've just got my first board game with minis, zombicide black plague, and I'm going to try and paint them using only contrast paints, a first for me. Would you recommend a zenithal prime consisting of black for the entire mini followed by a full figure dry brush of grey, finished up with a white dry brush of only the "light reflecting" raised surfaces ? Or do contrast paints work their best over just a simple prime of grey or white? Any advice you could give will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@amorbavian]

How's Wraith Bone and other contrast paint primers with normal paint? I guess it's fine.. I prefer Citadel primers but am using the Army Painter skeleton bone I think for that color primer and find it VERY good as layer for skin tone and brownish fur colors etc.

[@rawmilk1770]

I have spray primer and use it on a tpu plastic 3d print model. It seems to expand the piece a bit, is there something I can do ?

[@ComicsLegend]

How long do you leave the primer to dry before you can start painting?

[@syteanric]

About 30 minutes

[@ComicsLegend]

@@syteanric Thanks

[@re1v3r]

Leave it on until it dries 🙃

[@SquareViking]

I smell a Dane.

[@RoLee705]

“Because some of you live in hostile environments where people are not supposed to live!…But if you live in an area where people can actually live…”😂

[@a-nittwit]

If you live in a hot country like Australia, dont let it dry in the sun

[@FeliPeltier]

Good video

[@FreshAnton]

Is it just me or is priming WHITE just bullsh*t? tried now 3 times and failed evertime. Black works like a charm. So i guess im gonna dump the white Spraycan

[@chouleo]

Wait, in your blog you said the Citadel Primers are not good.

[@leatherandpoemscharmyman5774]

tips for health care? thx

[@amq474]

looks complicated prime in Miami FL

[@Redrung]

Oh , thats why it all dust , can is too much

[@chudykomentator8430]

Joe

[@antonriera8229]

er du dansker????

[@H0lyHannah]

Det var også min tanke 😀

[@emperor_dan]

You have rather flat ears, i envy you

[@re1v3r]

Rattle can = Spray paint can
... for u Americans out there 🙃

[@TheGreatCharlie123]

you got something stuck in your lip