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2018/02/13 00:01:42
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Hello. What's the best, and by that I mean combination of ease and quality, way to paint a vehicle with lots of flat spaces (Rhino, Storm Eagle) if I don't have access to an airbrush? Thanks.
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2018/02/13 00:08:50
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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Easiest way the first would be to base your army off a spray color like black or one of the army painter ones second way is to get a large tank brush, thin your paint and go one side at a time, making sure you paint wet on wet to avoid dry streaks and make sure the paint is dry before going for a second coat or 3 depending on the color. if you are trying to get a similar effect as an airbrush for highlighted panels then you will probably need to learn to wet blend or layer blend one panel at a time.
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This message was edited 3 times. Last update was at 2018/02/13 00:20:37
Unit1126PLL wrote: Scott-S6 wrote:And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.
Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
Send help!
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2018/02/13 01:12:58
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Fresh-Faced New User
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Agreeing with above, you can also dry brush as well if you don't want the "clean" look that edge highlighting gives.
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2018/02/13 01:25:07
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
We'll find out soon enough eh.
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Work one panel at a time and use extremely translucent glazes(use a lot more medium than water when thinning to prevent it going chalky) to build up a gradient. Use a large-ish good quality brush with a flat profile, ideally sable or sable blend.
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I need to acquire plastic Skavenslaves, can you help?
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2018/02/13 01:32:19
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Incorporating Wet-Blending
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MrKeef wrote:Agreeing with above, you can also dry brush as well if you don't want the "clean" look that edge highlighting gives.
Drybrushing with a really, truly dry brush gives pretty good edge highlights in my experience. It's pretty hard on the brush, though.
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2018/02/13 08:52:27
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Thank you for all the tips.
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2018/02/13 11:05:00
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Towering Hierophant Bio-Titan
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Games Workshop's 'How to Paint Citadel Tanks' is a great book that covers all of the basics. It's out of print now but should cost very little from e-bay.
The colours that are referenced within it are now also OOP but there are plenty of alternatives and paint comparison charts.
The techniques are as relevant now as they ever were.
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2018/02/19 20:57:46
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Sure Space Wolves Land Raider Pilot
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Big flat brushes
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2018/02/20 09:51:06
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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For a smooth result, this. In addition, you want them soft bristle and you want to work with thin paint, thin applications (like a glaze). Don't worry about streaks the first few coats; you will do several (4-5). Do each coat with brush strokes going in one direction (horizontal/vertical). Allow each coat to dry before moving on to the next. A hairdryer will speed this process hugely. Do each coat with brush strokes going at a right angle to the coat beneath.
Eventually you'll end up with a smooth, solid colour.
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2018/02/20 10:13:40
Subject: Re:Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Nihilistic Necron Lord
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Rattlecan. I always paint vehicles with it.
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2018/02/26 18:25:49
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I appreciate all the tips, truly. I'm picking up a large brush today to tackle the rhino.
For its tracks, I left them on the sprue and primered them there. As a Bearer of the Word, should the tracks just be Leadbelcher / Nuln Oil? That's my standard approach to my outfit's silver trim before highlights.
Suggestions for an alternate approach?
Suggestions for weathering? My home playmat is volcanic.
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2018/02/27 03:27:51
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Nurgle Predator Driver with an Infestation
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Watch Duncan paint a tank. He does a great job at breaking it down.
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2018/02/27 04:03:15
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Imperial Agent Provocateur
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Dactylartha wrote:
For its tracks, I left them on the sprue and primered them there. As a Bearer of the Word, should the tracks just be Leadbelcher / Nuln Oil? That's my standard approach to my outfit's silver trim before highlights.
Suggestions for an alternate approach?
Suggestions for weathering? My home playmat is volcanic.
While that's kind of common with 40k, it'd be more realistic to drybrush earthy colors. Pick to taste, really.
Besides the usual chipping and whatnot, a dusting of ash and perhaps some scorching seems like a natural choice. You might be interested in light grey modeling pigments.
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2018/02/27 04:08:18
Subject: Re:Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Fixture of Dakka
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In my day we painted our Land Raiders with brushes, sonny!
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2018/02/27 06:29:23
Subject: Asking help: painting vehicles without an airbrush
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Grizzled Space Wolves Great Wolf
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I like rattle cans, especially if it's all one colour. Big brushes work but are still slow because you have to be careful not to leave streaks or build up too much paint around details.
Lots of companies make coloured rattle cans, Tamiya, army painter, krylon, half a dozen hardware store brands.
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