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Hello Dakka Dakka!

Its been a long while since I have posted. I would like to think that my painting has come a long ways since then, but I recently bought an airbrush so it feels like I am starting all over!

I am painting an Exocrine and I am forcing myself to use the airbrush for most of the model. This piece was done mostly in airbrush. I did 2 layers of a wash with a brush. That was followed by some drybrushing and highlights by brush. The eyes also. But for the most part it is all airbrush.

I was hoping for any tips on how I could make this pop more. I will attach pictures of the whole model just so you can get the just of the color scheme, but I am mainly wondering how I can make this cannon pop a little more.

Thanks for your comments!

Follow up after taking pictures:
Obviously he is not put together yet. The carapace and skin will get a carrobrough crimson wash and the skin will get an additional seraphim sepia wash. You can see some of my other photos for a general idea.

I was thinking putting a yellow or green glaze on the cannon or something. I am not sure. I like how the tip of the cannon looks. But the shaft is boring I feel like. Thanks for the help!!

Looks great - I do think, even given the fact you'll give it a crimson wash, that the skin needs some highlights, elf flesh or similar, in the raised areas, to give more contrast/more of a 3-D effect.

Sepia wash on the eyes so that it pools in the 'socket' a bit, deeper shadows in flesh recesses and/or brighter highlight as mentioned above.

Is this any better?

I put green into the little flesh slits. I did this on the plasma cannon and the rest of the model as well. I think that really is a great idea to give the entire model some contrast.

I also put the seraphim sepia on the eyes.

I put another wash into the crevices of the plasma cannon and I drybrushed the raised areas with kislev flesh. But I am still not satisfied with it. How can I make the raised areas pop more?

Looks good, love the color transitions.

Looks like the shading in the plasma cannon crevices needs to be much deeper. This will make the other stuff pop more.

I did it twice with carborrough crimson. maybe a wash with a dark green? what do ya think of that?

I agree though.

The only thing that really caught my eye are the eyes, They look "flat", maybe give them a wash of agrax earthshade or gryphon sephia to give them some more depth. The skin tones are all very nicely transitioned and muted which is a style I like.

Looks great! Agree that the eyes need somthing, but not a whole wash but just make the outline darker to give them definition / boarder from the skin.

Can't wait to see the finished model!

I am going to add the finished model to showcase here in a moment!

Thank you all for your tips!

Lopis