DC12's airbrush White Scars recipe

[depthcharge12]

I've gotten a few requests on how I do my white so I just wanted to put it up for anyone looking for a starting spot :) you will need an airbrush though! (It's half the battle in all honesty)

 

So I start off painting these WS Keshig guys with Zandri Dust air over a Vallejo black primer:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/0A70F601-E33A-46DC-BA01-62541D646F6E_zpsl7n4eqlc.jpg

 

Then, I add some white to the leftover Zandri dust in the bowl, trying to get a lighter khaki color. The first Zandri coat you can be wayyyy more liberal in application, but you want this second coat to be a bit more precise as you need to think about shading and shadows. It's about a 50/50 White Scar air to Zandri dust thinned down (will require a visual judgement call):

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/3E3485ED-A3B0-4495-B1E0-73BB57CFFED6_zpscwgt50zg.jpg

 

You can see the difference in the first and second model from the right contrasting against the ZD layer:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/0CD47001-5E81-4CB8-B524-02A8A4370219_zpshdesuozp.jpg

 

Next I do a 75/25 mix from the leftovers in the bowl WS/ZD. It's not this pure white as it just needs to be mixed, I just wanted to show the proportions:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/AF3A3D76-394F-48DD-83AB-354797FE3C83_zpsbdk79tel.jpg

 

You can see the difference between the three in the foreground and the lighter contrast to the previous coat (two in the background):

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/2524336E-89FC-4DFF-B132-5F65F724896C_zps0gziaudm.jpg

 

Finally, I hit the topmost areas from nearly a 90 degree angle from the model with pure WS:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/4C6A000F-48A5-4BC4-90DA-8A7A5B179180_zpsf56p6wza.jpg

 

And here's just a good close up to illustrate the shading effects so it doesn't look caked up or ham handed :P

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/6EF63B3E-01A9-487F-8BDD-DE81C3406A23_zpsjwojynhf.jpg

 

 

I hope that helps some of you! There are different ways to tweak it, but it would work well with DG and WS, but I'd recommend a grey instead of khaki for a WE undercoat :D