Pem Tech
Notorious Member
For all to see, I bare my personal shame....
About two years ago I bought a Paasche single action airbrush, and up to now, I hadn't the courage to break it out and start learning. Well, that is part falsehood, I did try to use it right after making the purchase. Unfortunately I tried to use indoor latex wall paint. It was a disaster...
:bangbang:
It has taken this long to heal the wounds and finish the therapy.
This past week I finished a new scratch build that really needed an alien looking paint job, to do it justice, so it was time to attempt airbrushing once again. Yesterday I picked up a complete selection of opaque and florescent Createx paints and put them to use.
The above mentioned scratch build, right now it doesn't have an official name, is called Code Name Kran. (Photo is at the end of this post) It was the result of a break from my dependence on Rocksim, but I will cover that in a different thread.
Given its exotic appearance I felt it screamed "ALIEN!" and one of my favorite alien spacecraft schemes belongs to the Vorlon's. Below is a beautifully crafted and finished Vorlon ship showing how they are supposed to look.
The original paint job had to be sanded off, but that is another thread as well.
So, I shot my model with a bit of white primer, then a coat of Createx white, then a coat of Createx florescent green. After researching Vorlon spacecraft and how modelers have tried to duplicate the paint schemes, I proceeded to butcher said theme.
Oh.....
The pain...
The shame...
But, maybe there is a lesson or twelve to be learned.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to fixing this mess? That is besides burning it and starting over. How could I duplicate the Das Model finish.
About two years ago I bought a Paasche single action airbrush, and up to now, I hadn't the courage to break it out and start learning. Well, that is part falsehood, I did try to use it right after making the purchase. Unfortunately I tried to use indoor latex wall paint. It was a disaster...
:bangbang:
It has taken this long to heal the wounds and finish the therapy.
This past week I finished a new scratch build that really needed an alien looking paint job, to do it justice, so it was time to attempt airbrushing once again. Yesterday I picked up a complete selection of opaque and florescent Createx paints and put them to use.
The above mentioned scratch build, right now it doesn't have an official name, is called Code Name Kran. (Photo is at the end of this post) It was the result of a break from my dependence on Rocksim, but I will cover that in a different thread.
Given its exotic appearance I felt it screamed "ALIEN!" and one of my favorite alien spacecraft schemes belongs to the Vorlon's. Below is a beautifully crafted and finished Vorlon ship showing how they are supposed to look.
The original paint job had to be sanded off, but that is another thread as well.
So, I shot my model with a bit of white primer, then a coat of Createx white, then a coat of Createx florescent green. After researching Vorlon spacecraft and how modelers have tried to duplicate the paint schemes, I proceeded to butcher said theme.
Oh.....
The pain...
The shame...
But, maybe there is a lesson or twelve to be learned.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to fixing this mess? That is besides burning it and starting over. How could I duplicate the Das Model finish.