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Airbrushing: My First Steps.
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Weeks ago I decided to finally begin Airbrushing in earnest. Until that moment I was honing my skills with a brush (and even did a lot of priming with a brush) with a plethora of techniques to still learn.
Here is my weapon of choice. Found a great deal online.
I managed to find a great deal on the brush above and purchased it without a second thought (over one year ago). Then I let it sit in the box unopened for about eight months. To be honest I was intimidated by the thought of starting down the path of learning this new tool. After my eight months of fear I decided to open and examine the device and shortly realized I needed an air compressor (which allowed me to delay a few more months as I searched for the right compressor). Shortly after Christmas and Birthdays rolled around and my friends and family bought me everything I could need to begin airbrushing! I had no more excuses so I delayed a few more months anyway and finally began.
I decided to go right into it by priming models from minute one and after some trepidation I began to get a feel for the flow and flew threw my Army to what you see above.
After the initial night of airbrushing I was fully invested and I spent the entire next day creating the concept Aelf Army (Dubbed "The Survivors of Rhana Dandra") you see above. I created a black to white gradient in about 5 different layers using all the techniques I have heard about over the years. To top it off I did a spot color of Electric Blue with a small highlight of blue mixed with a bit of white. I don't feel this army is done, by any means, but I plan to go back to it soon with some subtle washes to add the illusion of color to a few more pieces of each model.
With my motivation high I tackled a few more small projects with some Dark Angel Terminators, an old White Dwarf model and some converted models below.
I had a few Witch Aelves left over from my Dark Elf army and converted them up to be a Mistweaver Saih and a Tenebrael Shard to lead my Concept Army.
Currently I have moved sprayed a sea of Green as I have begun my Orc force for Age of Sigmar. Let the WAAAAGH Commence.
Looking at it all now I can say the thought of airbrushing is much more frightening than actually airbrushing and I encourage everyone (if able) to look to add this tool to your painting tool belt even if its just blocking colors as you see me here. Listen to podcasts and pick up insight they may offer and I can highly recommend checking out Kenny Boucher and his weekly Twitch stream(Here is a link to his YouTube Channel). His stream is was great encouragement to finally begin airbrushing. Kenny and the podcast he is on The Long War is a great source for Warhammer 40,000 tactics and they are committed to "Bringing Hobby Back".
Until next time. #OnlyTheFaithful
Also I promised big news in the last Post. I am planning on starting a YouTube channel the beginning of next year. Keep and eye out for updates!
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