I'm looking for a dark brown spray undercoat/basecoat recommendations to use with 6mm figures? I've seen Army painter, Vallejo spray can underoats but they don't look very dark. I'm starting on Alexandrian and Persian armies (Baccus figures of course ) and I think starting with a brown instead of black base colour, will look better and save a lot of time.

A couple of links here of people who have tried this method

https://irregularwars.blogspot.com/2016/02/6mm-painting-masterclass.html

http://www.blmablog.com/2016/01/how-to-paint-6mm-romans.html

Thank you for the links. In both cases, the brown undercoat appears to be a mid-brown rather than dark? Perhaps it won't be too much of a problem that you have found that Army Painter and Vallejo spray are not very dark.

Robert

Yeah I thought they were mid brown. I can get a cheap chocolate brwon locally but its not a undercoat so possibly not as durable

This poses an interesting question. Leaving aside the issue of colour, what is the experience of using non-primer paints to create an undercoat? I don't have any experience in this regard, as I have only used dedicated primers (white or light grey FWIIW).

Robert