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Post by Russell on Apr 20, 2017 13:44:41 GMT -6
Nice, wasn't that going to be the colors for your Tau before, you know, Marc forgot to order them for you for like 6 months?
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Post by Russell on Apr 20, 2017 13:45:56 GMT -6
Oh and for the basecoat, you should try out the Russ Grey Air color GW made. For the shading, you gotta get your oil wash game on.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 21, 2017 7:37:31 GMT -6
Oh and for the basecoat, you should try out the Russ Grey Air color GW made. For the shading, you gotta get your oil wash game on. I've been thinking about getting into that oil wash game, and 3 of the 6 GW Air colors I own are Russ Grey, Fenrisian, and Fire Dragon Bright. We out here And yeah this was my tau scheme, before I never received any of it. Tested it out on a kabalite warrior at the time just to see how the colors worked, and it looks dope on eldar armor, so I'm excited.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 24, 2017 8:28:30 GMT -6
Managed to finish a test bike for the corsair scheme I had in my head - I really like it overall, but am looking for more ways to break up the blue/grey - more orange on the rider himself, and maybe a nuln oil wash in between the armor plating to darken him down a bit more, or making the gems on the torso orange, something along those lines. What do we think? Oh and PS my shitty amazon-prime-day-special airbrush broke (the nozzle snapped off at the tip, no way to repair/replace now) - so I ordered a Badger Patriot 105. I've heard good things, can anyone confirm if its a decent airbrush for a moderate-skilled hobbyist? I don't need anything crazy, but would like more quality and consistency than what I got out of my Master Series airbrush.
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Post by cj on Apr 24, 2017 9:05:57 GMT -6
The badger patriot 105 is the airbrush I've been using. I love it and can't recommend it highly enough.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 24, 2017 9:15:18 GMT -6
The badger patriot 105 is the airbrush I've been using. I love it and can't recommend it highly enough. Awesome! And I love the work it does for you, so that's exciting. It has a different hose to other airbrushes though, correct? So I'm likely going to need an adapter in order for it to connect to my Master Series compressor/hose? I think my hose is 1/8" - one of these:
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Post by cj on Apr 24, 2017 9:19:32 GMT -6
That looks somewhat different to the hose connecting to my Grex compressor. If you aren't sure about if you need an adapter, go to the Chicago airbrush supply, when I got my compressor there and said the kind of airbrush I use, the guy at the counter found an adapter and hose I can use.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 24, 2017 9:46:55 GMT -6
I did a bit more research, and it does indeed look like I need an adapter. Luckily Badger sells a "Badger-to-Master Hose Adapter" for like $4. Easy!
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Post by mike on Apr 24, 2017 22:50:16 GMT -6
If you're trying to break up the blue... do all, some, or none of the following: make the eyes orange, make the spandexy parts of the armor grey, add an orange stripe or two on the jet bike wings, fill in the control panel w/ orange, make the spikes on the armor metallic, make the runes/gems etc orange, love yourself because the guy looks great anyway.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 25, 2017 7:21:57 GMT -6
I think stripes on the bike wings is a great idea, and the eyes are already orange, but its not super strong. I painted them white and glazed them orange, but it could be brighter. And making the gems orange is a good idea too. Also the dumb control panel - not sure how I forgot to paint that, good eye.
Also thought about just painting his dumb head bone colored or orange, to break up the silhouette. Thoughts?
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Post by Joelercoaster on Apr 25, 2017 17:53:53 GMT -6
Agreed... The bike is gorgeous. A stripe on the wings would be cool. Would love an orange accent on the biker.
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Post by Nick P on Apr 26, 2017 20:57:36 GMT -6
The badger patriot 105 is the airbrush I've been using. I love it and can't recommend it highly enough. You weren't kidding, this airbrush is no joke - 100x better than my other one. The control and power and overall manufacture quality is outstanding. 20 minutes with this thing had 2 hornets, 4 more jetbikes, and a lynx primed and ready for basecoats. Immediately happy with this decision.
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Post by Russell on Apr 26, 2017 21:25:42 GMT -6
how bout them pics my guy
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Post by Nick P on Apr 27, 2017 7:22:04 GMT -6
I didn't actually put any color on them last night, just the primer lol but I will tonight and snap some pics. I'm almost mad I painted the other one by hand though, they're all going to look different now. Maybe I just airbrush the fuselage and still do the highlights by hand on the rest of the bike/the rider...
But the vehicles will be a cake walk. Can't wait to get them done and throw some masking tape on and get them big orange Vs and stripes all over the place, its going to be great!
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Post by cj on Apr 27, 2017 7:44:06 GMT -6
Get the testor's striping from michaels. It will make adding stripes and designs much easier
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