duz_ Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Hrmmm I do like the idea of trying a blue wash! Thanks both of you :D Will try and report back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Well my stretch goal for hobby tonight was to get base layers down on tiny planes but that didn't happen However earlier in the day I decided to finally do something with some of my based Thunderbolts. The one on the left is the same base colour as the shiney one. I washed it with nulin oil and then hit it with a moderate dry brush of Necron compound. Not enough the streaks are super visible but enough to lighten up the wash. I'm not sure if I should keep going with that or just stick with a recess wash on the left one. I used the vallejo Metallic line of Aluminium with my goal of going for something similar to this : Thoughts? I was going for the same scheme, there’s a ton of sites out there with P51 profiles done in different decals to get some neat color variations and I saved a whole folder of pics. MithrilForge, duz_ and Firedrake Cordova 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Haven't had a chance to work on the thunderbolts yet wanted to today but was to hot in the house to attempt Yesterday I did get a bit of airbrush happening though All the planes from the new set have at least the base colour down, the Valks are waiting their 2nd coat. Annoyingly I should have probably primed with white for the Lightening instead of great because now they're mustard instead of bright yellow... I'll see if I can do something to save them... Firedrake Cordova and Beaky Brigade 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 The camouflage on the Lightning and Valkyrie flyers are well-applied. Beaky Brigade, duz_ and Firedrake Cordova 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Annoyingly I should have probably primed with white for the Lightening instead of great because now they're mustard instead of bright yellow... I'll see if I can do something to save them... Maybe they're more camouflaged for a tropical region? If you're not happy with them, IPA is your friend for removing the paint (if you don't know already). :) duz_ 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 So I gave them a yellow wash and seems to have worked Upside I don't have to recess wash :D Only question now is should I dry brush or edge highlight yellow? I'm leaning towards the former? Before and after comparison Also tried a couple of different ways to get blue on my lightening didn't come out great but conceptually works. Might repaint them with some blue glaze mixed in to begin with or maybe the GW grey knight metallic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) So I gave them a yellow wash and seems to have worked That's a pretty dramatic difference! Only question now is should I dry brush or edge highlight yellow? I'm leaning towards the former? I've seen people like The Painting Coach drybrush from front-to-back to pick up the leading edges and also imply some nicks caused by flying debris, etc, although I suspect the answer is a mix (purely edge highlighting it would take a while, I imagine). Also tried a couple of different ways to get blue on my lightening didn't come out great but conceptually works. Might repaint them with some blue glaze mixed in to begin with or maybe the GW grey knight metallic Have you tried using an airbrush to glaze it with something an acrylic ink? One of the blues from Daler Rowney FW Ink or Liquitex Ink might work? Edited July 16, 2020 by Firedrake Cordova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Yeh I was surprised at the difference That tutorial might work he does a very heavy dry brush and seemingly single strokes so could work... Will try on the underside of one later I tried using a watered down glaze on top. It just looks like I shaded it though I think to get the effect I want I have to mix it in with the paint to get best effect I might pre shade another Thunderbolt I have based in metallic the go over with a very thinned layer of GK steel and some blue glaze with the airbrush could work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Built a slightly different Thunderbolt this evening :lol: Beaky Brigade, MithrilForge, Ahistorian and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 wow, very nice...i'd love one in Plastic though Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 After the Liberal amount of heat gun application I'd be stoked for a plastic one too! Especially one that has a flying stand and wasn't designed in 2003 :lol: Firedrake Cordova and MithrilForge 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 Managed to get a double dry brush on the Lightenings Definitely closer to the colour I want, messy but good enough for rolling some dice Beaky Brigade, MithrilForge, Ahistorian and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 That's over the yellow? Good desert look to them. duz_ 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duz_ Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 From memory the recipe was Badger grey primer (for what I wanted should have done white... :facepalm: ) Vallejo model air IJA chrome yellow Recess shaded Black 2nd layer of IJA Casandora yellow wash Heavy Averland Sun dry brush Light yriel yellow dry brush I think... :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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