pedrogzc Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Hi Brothers! I'm airbrushing a predator and now I'm a little locked. I have recently started to use airbrush to paint tanks and not so sure of the proccess. I want to achieve a tabletop result, nothing too much proffesional. That's what I've done: 1 surface primer grey from vallejo. 2 panels preshaded with black 3 basecoat with usa grey from Vallejo Model Air 4 first highlight with pale gray blue also from VMA. And here is the result: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2576/24112012mg0847.jpg http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2908/24112012mg0844.jpg I fear that I've lighted the shot too much, so the result is a little lighter than actually is. Any comments of how to continue with the proccess will be welcome! Thank you very much! (sorry about my crappy English) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartali Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 The pre-shading look a bit heavy for my tastes in some places, but that could you be your lighting making the contrast appear harsher than it is ? If you're happy with the armour panels then :- 1. Paint details, tracks, guns etc 2. Apply decals 3. Weather. This is the stage where most vehicles get their 'character' and you'll need to decide what enviroment the vehicles has been exposed too. Fresh from the factory floor ? Then skip this stage all together. If the vehicles has been in a long campaign, then you'll want to weather accordingly. Consider paint chips (sponge weathering is perhaps the easiest method), washes for oil and grease, and powders for soot and dirt 4. Varnish. Matt generally on the armour panels, satin on metals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 What colour are you looking to finish with? I'm guessing your going for a Space Wolves Grey, after all you live @ 'the Fang' ;) Do you want a GW baby blue or Pre HH grey? For Pre HH I'd say your colour choice is too light something like VMA medium sea grey would be closer. For baby blue VMC grey blue is close. Bartali gives lots of good advice as much of the colour and character will come from weathering. If you want to go darker you can mix a darker shade but thin it much more than usual for airbrushing to allow your pre-shade and highlight to show through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrogzc Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Thank you! I'm not so convince with the panels and colour modulation, but as this is a test model, I'm considering starting it again. Anyway I'll follow the process Bartali suggest. I'm trying to achieve this kind of colour as in my infantry: isn't as blue as GW neither so grey as pre-heresy wolves. http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3097/24112012mg0836.jpg What do you think about weathering the vehicules but not the infantry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrogzc Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Progress! I skip decals because was eager to try weathering the tank and didn't want to wait to the varnish to dry, so right started to wash the tank. 1º sponge chipping with charadon granite. 2º raw umber oil wash in the receses 3º black oil wash in the metal parts (that will be drybrushed after it dries). 4º more dense black oil to simulate scape fumes from the exhaust, but I fear overexagerated it... lets see if I'll be able to soften it. And here's the result: http://imageshack.us/a/img521/9533/20121129mg0957.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img843/7407/20121129mg0958.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Looks OK, but you've got a massive seam on the lascannons. Get yourself some milliput and smooth those joins next time. Oil washes and airbrush jobs are NOT forgiving if your surface prep isn't up to par. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrogzc Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thank you Winterdyne! Surely I'll do it! I have been lurking your blog and the venators from Elysian troops are awesome!!! (indeed all your blog is awesome ^_^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartali Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 What Winterdyne said, in addition perhaps drill the top of exhausts ?Also perhaps the exhaust soot is a bit strong ? Other than that, good job ! The armour panel weathering is well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangrave Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 soot looks like oil (like too wet), and the seam on the cannons is annoying me, other than that I think it looks real good for a first try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennisBall Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Ribbed bits on the side are not exhausts, they are there for airflow as part of the cooling system for the exhausts. The only place exhausts fumes come out is the hole at the top of the stacks. Also, if the smoke is that dirty then the deck and underside of the turret should also be covered in residue. I like the paintjob, but currently it looks like all four exhausts are suffering from the same kind of mechanical damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrogzc Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Yes, the exhaust soot it's over exagerated and in a wrong place. I saw a vehicule with this kind of soot and liked it, but now I know it was done with pigments rather than with oilwash and that isn't really the exhaust. Next steps are a little methalic in big paint scraps and details. Any recomendation about how painting the tracks? Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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