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Post by Ben on Jan 6, 2014 17:15:24 GMT -5
Looks great Tim, really digging the color scheme.
Does using an airbrush significantly speed up the time it takes to paint? If so I'm definitely going to have to try out an airbrush for my Tyranids.
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Post by Dr Carnivean on Jan 6, 2014 19:28:21 GMT -5
Really looking great Tim. I take it the interiors of the mouth were done with a brush? I played around with my new airbrush yesterday and was really psyched with how quickly I got the base coats on my raiders and ravagers with it. Haven't started learning fading or feathering effects yet. I'm definitely going to use it on the few unpainted tyranid things I have and any new ones I get with the new release. Have you ever done a Hobbytime video on airbrushing? If not, could you?
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Post by Tim on Jan 6, 2014 21:51:30 GMT -5
Have you ever done a Hobbytime video on airbrushing? If not, could you? I haven't really yet but I could and will. I just finished one on feathering that should be posted soon. Just have to finished an easy edit. The airbrushing is the blue and yellow, everything else is a brush, the green claws are an ink,as are the purple prime things on him mouth manibles, the mouth is red in and crimson red wash with the teeth picked out with white. The eyes are painted white, yellow ink, the white again for the final highlight. Airbrushing speeds up the time significantly. Especially on tyranid models since they are so organic and have less fidily details to pick out after. It's also a good race to practice airbrushing on.
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Post by sionnach19 on Jan 7, 2014 1:15:04 GMT -5
Airbrushing is awesome. That's all I really have to contribute hoping I can get my bugs before I go back for the semester and can sweet talk yah into helping me airbrush their base coats again! I eagerly await the feathering video, as that's where I would like to start updating my Tyranid paint scheme. Oh, and wanted to mention for folks on here that these models look better in person -- the blue is brighter and more of a turqoise, and the yellow/green colors work so well together. The brightness and tree-frog theme really pop in real life.
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Post by Dr Carnivean on Jan 7, 2014 7:28:22 GMT -5
Yeah that's just what I was thinking too, was that tyranids will be a great army to practice with. Also the Lizardman army I bought off of Eric right before I came down here that are still sitting in the box. I think I can probably knock out that whole army really quick using the airbrush and then picking out the toungues, teeth, eyes, and weapons. Necrons seem like another army that you could do a lot with the airbrush on, depending on what kind of scheme you're using. I've been meaning to update them with some new stuff eventually too.
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Post by Tim on Jan 24, 2014 22:04:03 GMT -5
Well, here is all the pre-paint pictures I'll need for the entire hobby progress challenge over on the independent characters forums. Good motivation to get a new army painted by the end of the year, check it out, there is still time. If you look close you'll see: 40x Gaunts 40x Gants 10x Gargoyles 3x Spore Mines 3x Carnifexen 3x Hive Guard 3x Warriors 2x Flying Hive Tyrants 2x Haruspex/Exocrine (Magnets!) 1x Tervigon/Tryannofex (Moar Magnets!) 1x Harpy/Crone (Yes Magnets!) Almost forgot the second Haruspex! Since I've got everything out I might as well airbrush a bit. Primed. He's modular! The airbrush gets me this far. The green ink gets me prepped for final detailing. Stay tuned.
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Post by Tim on Feb 5, 2014 17:50:41 GMT -5
Thanks to airbrush magic this army is nearly half table top ready! Don't believe me? Well since this is the internet I know, pics or it didn't happen. That's a Flyrant, a Crone, a Trygon, a Tfex, a Dakkafex, a Broodlord, a Tyrant Guard and a bunch of gants. Still lots if work to do, details abound, but it looks good from across the table.
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Post by dante on Feb 5, 2014 18:47:09 GMT -5
Does the airbrush really let you get that much done so quickly? Just curious. I know airbrushing is pretty next level but it takes me 4 hours to paint anything lol
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Post by Tim on Feb 5, 2014 19:02:31 GMT -5
About 3 hours per monstrous creature from a grey unprimed model to what you see here.
Orange blue and pink are airbrushed, green and magnet is inked.
We shall see how long the details take.
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