Post by littlekyle on Aug 23, 2015 16:34:13 GMT -6
Just a quick update to show off the second tank. I went a bit heavier on the burns near the engines and exhaust ports, and I tried to do the gems/lenses slightly differently. I think I'll stick to the way I did it first (which is to say, not covering half of the shining surface with the gradient of colors to imitate reflection, and being a bit more modest with the burns.)
Having an airbrush hose with an in-built moisture trap certainly helped make it a bit more even (as well as realizing that blasting at 40 psi from an inch away has a tendency to make waves), but the vallejo red is very thin. It took 3 or 4 layers to get the red that vivid and so I'm damn near out already. The Iwata Com-art colors were still thin enough to use easily, and they also go on very well with a brush without any need for thinning, but didn't have this same issue (it's what I used for the grey since the vallejo basic colors set didn't include a grey). On the other hand it could have just been poor fore-planning, as I based in black. I might switch to the com art more for airbrushing going forward anyway though. They aren't much more expensive, the bottles are larger, and blick stocks them so I don't have to order online, which I always enjoy.
Having an airbrush hose with an in-built moisture trap certainly helped make it a bit more even (as well as realizing that blasting at 40 psi from an inch away has a tendency to make waves), but the vallejo red is very thin. It took 3 or 4 layers to get the red that vivid and so I'm damn near out already. The Iwata Com-art colors were still thin enough to use easily, and they also go on very well with a brush without any need for thinning, but didn't have this same issue (it's what I used for the grey since the vallejo basic colors set didn't include a grey). On the other hand it could have just been poor fore-planning, as I based in black. I might switch to the com art more for airbrushing going forward anyway though. They aren't much more expensive, the bottles are larger, and blick stocks them so I don't have to order online, which I always enjoy.
