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Raucir Lustingclaw Kabalite Warrior
Posts : 135 Join date : 2011-06-08 Location : Colchester, Essex
| Subject: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Fri Dec 02 2011, 14:45 | |
| The title says it all, really.
Some of us, while happy to drop £130 on the new Megaforce (It will be mine!) can't bring themselves to get an airbrush. In my case it's a combination of funding and total inexperience, as well as a general unwillingness to use fancier methods of painting.
So does anyone have any tips for painting this beautiful model without an airbrush? Obviously the first thing that springs to mind is to start slapping thinned paint on with a tank brush until I get the colour I'm after, but if anyone has any advice it would be reatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
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Siticus the Ancient Wych
Posts : 936 Join date : 2011-09-10 Location : Riga, Latvia
| Subject: Re: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Fri Dec 02 2011, 14:58 | |
| Well, I painted mine with a black spray for basecoat, then tons of layers of drybrush (I think about four in total), then applied details as usual. I can offer a grainy shot of how it looks, don't have any other pictures with a better camera, I'm afraid. | |
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Gobsmakked Rumour Scourge
Posts : 3274 Join date : 2011-05-14 Location : Vancouver, BC
| Subject: Re: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Fri Dec 02 2011, 18:19 | |
| I just used thinned-down paints with a quasi tank brush on a white primer. I was able to get a very good finish quite quickly and easily, despite the fact that I was using a fairly light-coloured metallic paint. Not the easiest choice.
It doesn't look airbrushed, but it does look pretty good in the flesh.
BTW - Siticus, yours looks great! _________________ Mod Squad Forum rules, please read ................. or else we release the Khymerae!The Serpents' Breath - the Dark Eldar corsair scourge Hive Fleet Void Riven & WIP thread | |
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Local_Ork Fleshsculptor
Posts : 1500 Join date : 2011-05-26 Location : Near good fight!
| Subject: Re: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Fri Dec 02 2011, 19:43 | |
| Spray cans. Will stink but also will work. https://thedarkcity.forummotion.com/t692-industrial-zone-board-wip-notairbrushed-junkI used black, white and yellow (also have unopened silver, red and blue) to... hurr... not-make my Industrial gaming board. I just can't imagine painting A LOT of HUGE terrain pieces with "lil' paint-spitta". Same techniques as with airbrush, except paint dry longer and You must use colour from can. | |
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Rip Hellion
Posts : 44 Join date : 2011-08-28 Location : Manchester
| Subject: Re: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Tue Dec 06 2011, 22:21 | |
| I used the large drybrush, which got a good finish. _________________ "Bring them death. Or bring them agony. Either way, bring them back to Comorragh." - Count Slaenith Cur, Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue
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Evil Space Elves Haemonculus Ancient
Posts : 3717 Join date : 2011-07-13 Location : Santa Cruz, ca
| Subject: Re: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Wed Dec 07 2011, 00:28 | |
| - Raucir Lustingclaw wrote:
So does anyone have any tips for painting this beautiful model without an airbrush?
Blackmail someone else into painting it? Seriously-buying an airbrush has probably saved me a couple hundred hours over painting several armies, and I don't even use it that much. _________________ "Solutions are good, how many dark eldar archons can you find sitting in their throne rooms whining that they used to rule the universe? Exactly." -The Burning Eye Splintermind: The Dark Eldar Podcast My Dark Eldar Project Log | |
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Azdrubael Incubi
Posts : 1857 Join date : 2011-11-16 Location : Russia
| Subject: Re: How does one paint a Razorwing sans Airbrush? Fri Dec 09 2011, 10:02 | |
| You will eventually over the years of hobby spend more on spray cans that on OK airbrush. And besides - DE army is just made for airbrush , its so damn easy and fast to paint raiders , venoms and razorwings with it , with all their curves there is just natural blends apearing without any effort. You simply need white first layer and second another chosen layer , and regulate how thick is second layer.And thats all airbrushing needed to be done. With brush its hours , even days. With airbrush it take less than hour.
I took this kit Valejo Airbrush Kit for 143 pounds , and never once did i asked was it worth it. It certainly is. _________________ The Dance of Death begins - embraces, caresses, and kisses, The Harlequin loves you as you fall over in pieces!
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