Blackadder Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 No Excuses; Well they're all cleaned and primed so there are no excuses left to not start painting these bad boys so first a highlight base of Vallejo German Grey http://i.imgur.com/d18ta4M.jpg http://i.imgur.com/d18ta4Ml.jpg on the flat panel areas.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 The Joy of Sex: Sexy airbrushing that is; in the few short months that I've been building I'd forgotten how much fun it is to spray paint (with an airbrush of course) primer and basic black aerosol spray doesn't count. Well I fired up the old airbrush; it was completely clogged (someone forgot to clean it last Summer) so a quick cleaning and back in business. All I know about painting I learned from watch 'Buypainted's videos on youtube If there is a better painter I haven't found him. Anyway first a highlighting coat on the flat surfaces leaving a rim of black next to the raised metal areas........... http://i.imgur.com/3SmLfKD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3SmLfKDl.jpg I'm using 'Vallejo ModelAir German Grey 71.052' for the highlighting, it's almost black so it's hard to see in the images but the flash picks it out better than natural light. You don't want it perfect because each Dread will be subtly unique but they all will have the same basic colouring so they look like a squad. http://i.imgur.com/rhga7my.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rhga7myl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Parsimony Thy Name Is Blackadder Or vise-versa; frugality is my motto and considering how much these thimbles full of paint cost this information should be worth it's weight in gold. I've heard many extollations of the virtues of airbrushing but this hasn't been mentioned; to my knowledge anyway. I just painted all the grey highlights including a full tank worth of Baneblade bogies with 4 drops of paint and the all the green parts of the entire Chaos Dread squad with 7 drops of 'Vallejo Model Air Lt Grey Green 71.044' paint. You can't get more economical than that. http://i.imgur.com/lUtDDH7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lUtDDH7l.jpg Of course I did thin the paint 50/50 with rubbing alcohol (Isopropyl) but that stuff is cheap. So who can afford not to airbrush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.