Laughingboy’s Blood Red Skies

So this is an odd one, I thought hey let’s do a project on this but then I started and before I knew it I was done, well one side completed

This was all done in one day (yesterday)

my process was.

1. Primed White, I attached each plane to a cocktail stick for ease.

2. Painted the underside of the planes in Brainmatter Beige, this did take 3-4 coats to look nice so just batch paint.

3. Paint the top of the planes in Leather Brown it will take 2 coats so again just batch it out. Just be careful at the edges do you don’t go onto the underside of the plane. I used the edge of the brush to essentially edge high the brown.

4. Using Army Green create the camouflage on the wings and body of the plane, I looked at some images online (then I looked at some spitfire images) but mostly just winged it… pun intended.

5. I used soft tone I think other use strong or dark but I was worried it would darken the plane to much, so I used a 1:1 mix of Soft tone and Medium Mixer to wash the entire top of the plane.

6. Using A blue (pick your poison) I painted the windows, this is extreme small so after I just touched up the frames with Leather Brown. It passes the 3 foot test.

7. When all dried I did the transfers everyone has their own method mine is paint the area with Gloss Varnish, soak off the transfer and use a brush to lift it and place on the glossy area, get it in position and when dried apply a Matt varnish.

8. When all done I simply Matt Varnished the entire plane.

Boom Done.

6 planes in what is probably 4-5 hours effort.

Now for the Germans.