Together we stand

1. So after finally deciding I should stop wasting time mucking around on the internet, time to actually start laying some paint down!

First step was priming with GW Zandri dust.

This was then followed up my two tips I originally picked up from the OTT team

1. Zenithal highlighting
2. The power of using acrylic inks (thanks Gerr)

I have a love hate relationship with airbrushing. I bought one due to having one too many priming issues…..however I haven’t used it for that purpose here.

At times it seems like a miracle tool, at other times a nightmare of clogs, overspray and “splatter” ruining a paint job.

I did plan to try and go on a face to face lesson/workshop this year but COVID put pay to that. (I think the issues are my end of the trigger!)

However with 40 odd figures to paint I think getting a base coat down of the uniform colour would help. After cursing myself about not properly cleaning my airbrush after its last outing (lesson learned!) I home brewed an airbrush friendly version of Iraqi sand.

Another youtube “top tip” was using shot glasses to thin your paint….consistency is key and getting right before it goes into the airbrush is much easier this way. Thanks internet!

Base coats went down using the following

Iraqi sand (V) for touch ups.

Abaddon black (GW) for boots and gun metal

Corvus black (GW)  for beard

Chocolate brown (V) for gun stock

Rakarth flesh (GW) for webbing.

English uniform (V) for water bottle and “coat” in backpack

Idrian flesh (P3) for skin

Khaki (V) for socks

The skin then got a layer of P3 brown ink, where as the uniform webbing,socks and gun got a dose of agrax earth shade.

Some highlights to the uniform with first

Iraqi sand (V) and then Ushanti bone (GW) were then in order.

The skin was highlighted with first another layer of Idrian flesh (P3) and then Khardic flesh (P3)

The webbing was hit with some rakarth flesh again and then some white Ink was added to it to make it a touch lighter.

I added some flat earth (V) to the gun stock (not sure of this was a good move) and then some leadbelcher (GW) to the metallic bits of the gun (just a tad…not too much)

The beard was highlighted with some adminstrarum grey (GW) and some celstra grey (GW).

With that I glued it to a base and called the test model done.