Prime and Base Coat in One Step
Flesh tones are notoriously difficult to nail over a standard grey or black primer — the colour sits muddy, coverage is uneven, and it takes coat after coat to build up an opaque base. Army Painter's Colour Primer sprays solve that problem by combining primer and base coat in a single pass. Barbarian Flesh lays down a warm, opaque flesh tone directly onto bare plastic, metal, or resin, giving you a game-ready starting point for skin, leather, and organic surfaces without a brush in sight.
How It Fits Your Workflow
Spray the models, let them dry, and you're already ahead. Barbarian Flesh is purpose-built for armies heavy with exposed skin — barbarians, Norse warriors, beastmen, orcs, undead flesh, or any force where warm skin tones dominate the palette. Because the colour acts as both primer and first coat, you spend less time blocking in base colours by hand and more time on the details that actually show on the table. Follow up with a shade wash to drop depth into the recesses, then layer highlights over the raised areas — the foundation is already there waiting for you.
Who Should Pick This Up
New painters will appreciate how much time this saves. Instead of priming grey and then hand-painting flesh across an entire squad, one spray session gets you most of the way there. Experienced painters batch-painting large units — especially horde armies — will find it cuts prep time significantly. The colour works across any miniature wargaming system: rank-and-flank fantasy armies, skirmish warbands, roleplaying game character models, or historical miniatures. Army Painter primers are well-regarded for their compatibility with Citadel and Vallejo paints, so your existing palette works straight over the top.
Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Brand | The Army Painter |
| Paint Name | Barbarian Flesh |
| Paint Type | Colour Primer / Base Spray |
| Finish | Matte |
| Application | Aerosol Spray |
| Paint & Brushes | Not included (sold separately) |
