Robin paints Genestealer Cults

So tonight I broke out the airbrush and after watching several videos I dipped a foot into the widely talked about technique of airbrushing.

What I needed to start;

• an airbrush
• a compressor I went with the FD-186 on Amazon
• cleaning fluid
• thinning fluid
• some dropper bottles with ball bearings
• a fengda three meter airbrush hose

I wanted to practice some basic skills first like mixing paint and applying colour.

Firstly I mixed a 1:1 ration in the dropper bottle of paint and airbrush thinner. I shook it loads to make sure it was as blended as I could make it. After practising spraying a few times I sprayed my Goliath orange first, then highlighted yellow then went back to the orange and then did a deeper shade of orange closer to the bottom. This messing around was definitely something  to do with getting use to moving the pressure up and down and being happy with the flow of paint. Funnily enough the instruction manual for the compressor is absolutely pants. You’ve gotta lift up the knob (to change air pressure) to actually turn it!! The compressor was loudish until the tank was full then quiet as anything.

The dropper bottles were a godsend but pots are terrible to pour from and tbh I think continuing airbrushing will require some bottles to make life easier.

The skin on my troops is what I’m happiest with; it started with a shade of red, then highlighted flesh tone and finally super light highlight of corax white!

I also tried abit of blending in the Abominant base’s Kastellan Robot on the base! Which I’m extremely happy with.

I’d say as a first time airbrushing the merits definitely outweigh the negatives. However get ready for a tonne of cleaning. I think my transitions will get quicker as I become more confident with the airbrush!!

Without further ado; the last points towards my 2000 goal with their first airbrush base colours…