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Just got my airbrush yesterday, and did a practice mini in what I thought I wanted to use as my color scheme.

Basically I:
Primed white
Base Coated Blood Red
....

Now what? They look too cartoony.

I washed the practice mini in Devlan Mud but it's still meh at best....

What do you guys do?

read this article on Zenithal Highlighting first....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Zenithal_Airbrushing%2C_OSL_and_Snow_and_Ice_Tutorial%2C_subject_-_Grey_Knight

I actually skip priming with my airbrush... I use a really dark color as a basecoat, then after finish painting the base coat + highlight layers, airbrush on a layer of matt or satin varnish to protect the undercoat The whole point of primer is to get the paint to stick better so its better protected, but IMO if you use varnish after you finish the initial coating, its protected fine too.

So yea, base coat with like a 1-1 mix of dark brown and red, or scab red + black, or some kind of very deep red... then use a highlight layer of scab red initially, followed by progressivly lighter shades of red as outlined in that article I linked. You can use something like Vallejo Florescent Red for a final highlight on just the tips of the shoulder pads and helmet to get a finished look out of it.

Here's how I painted green blood angels with the technique I'm talking about here... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/418772.page

I know they are green, not red, but its the same technique with different colors, and it should look fine in the end.

I would check out Eggroll he has some crazy awesome stuff. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/313003.page I am trying to do a similar technique that is about half way down the first page.

UnCool Villain wrote:I would check out Eggroll he has some crazy awesome stuff. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/313003.page I am trying to do a similar technique that is about half way down the first page.

+1 hes the airbrushed blood angel king!

ohhh, I forgot about eggroll

He's the best example on here of airbrushed blood angels. I think he uses the Zenithal Technique on his guys.