I'm finally finding time to paint once again. I haven't painted in about a year :( Finally got a chance to test out my new Infinity airbrush. I must say I love it! It is really smooth and I love that fact that you can change out the needles. I did find however that the 1.5mm doesn't work that well with Vallejo paints. I am currently using the 6mm and the paint is coming out just right.
I tired a new approach to airbushing than I have done in the past. This time I focused on using the airbrush to control the intensity of the paint. Before I would have tackled this with multiple layers of different paints mixed together (e.g., the Blood Angels Tac Squad that I posted a little over a year ago) This time I used three different greens to get the effect. I picked up a lot good control tips from www.airbrushtutor.com . I highly recommend checking out the site if you have a dual action airbrush.
Recipe/Steps:
1. Primed Model Black - I used Vallejo's Acrylic-polyurethane primer (this is airbrush ready primer)
2. Based coated model with a Mid Green - Vallejo Sick Green
3. Shaded the model with a Dark Green - Vallejo Dark Green
4. Highlighted the model with a Bright Green - Vallejo Escorpena Green
5. Go back over shaded areas with Dark Green - Vallejo Dark Green
6. Apply Dark Green wash to armor - Vallejo Verde Wash
7. Edge Highlight Highlighted areas - Vallejo Escorpena Green
Steps 1-5 were done with an airbrush. Base-coating with a mid tone was what allowed the rich green color to appear (or at least I think that's how it works I'm not an artist). After shading was complete I picked out areas that I wanted to stand out and highlighted them slowly building up the intensity. After this was done I went back over the shaded regions to reduce any overspray or mistakes that I made while highlighting the model. After this I applied a green wash with a glaze medium (vallejo verde wash, i also thin down my washes even more with water e.g., 1 part wash to 2 parts water) all over the armor plates to smooth out the transitions. Allowing it to dry before I applied any more (I think i did 3 light coats). To help the highlighted areas stand out I lightly edged highlighted the raised areas.
There is still more work to be done. I'm going to try an Oil Paint wash on this guy as well. It will be interesting to see how that turns out. Hopefully I can finish this guy up tomorrow and get started on his 9 other friends this weekend. Happy Painting :)
