To Infinity and Beyond

New airbrush in hand I’ve given it another go, volume 2 of angel’s book has a slightly different paint recipe than the paint set in that the last paint ice yellow leaves it looking a different colour than the art work for yu jing.

I put some white outlining on the armour of try 5 and some Calvary brown on the groves to get the final look.

New airbrush in hand I’ve given it another go, volume 2 of angel’s book has a slightly different paint recipe than the paint set in that the last paint ice yellow leaves it looking a different colour than the art work for yu jing.

I put some white outlining on the armour of try 5 and some Calvary brown on the groves to get the final look.

I’ve given it another go, but I am not sure all is well with the airbrush as it doesn’t seem to want to do the small fine points. I tried the exercises in the article in this months wargames illustrated which has a nice piece on getting started with an airbrush, the exercises are draw noughts and crosses on some paper and draw a circle on some paper and colour it so it looks like a sphere.

It is around 10 years old so maybe its past its best, I have ordered a new Harder & Steenbeck one so I’m hoping that will give me better results (or I’ll find out its just me).

This is try no 2, same paints as before but less over spray, seem to be getting a bit of splatter from the airbrush so I might have over done it with the thinner.

Happier with this one.

I wanted something to practice on before starting with the miniatures from Defiance so I bought the STL’s for these from Titan forge miniatures on myminifactory and although they come pre-supported for some reason the right arm for 4 of them failed and ended up a bit of a splodge (see below for a comparison between the good one and a failed one).

I have both of Angel Giraldez’s books so I thought I would try a Yu Ling paint scheme on the first one.

Its starts with a Cavalry Brown and Orange Brown mix. The next one is Orange Brown, then Ice Yellow. Lastly I added a bit of white to the Ice Yellow.

I am not sure I am totally happy with this but I think a wash over the top my bring out the detail and a dark under suit will make the armour pop.