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I was looking for a way to speed up my painting and decided to try airbrushing contrast. As you can see, the result is fairly decent considering the time spent. What you see here is a zenithal priming (black, grey then white) followed by airbrushed skeleton horde (with about 20% thinner in it).

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[–] Garzak@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The flow was great with simply 20% thinner and no flow improver (I was afraid it would break the surface tension and ruin the contrast effect).

The fact that I did the entirety of leviathan in one batch probably helped limit the drying time in the airbrush, and prevented clogging the airbrush.

[–] Irlut_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Man, this sounds great. Would you mind sharing how you did the entire process?

[–] Garzak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

All 4 steps done with an airbrush: Prime Vallejo Black, then Zenithal Vallejo Grey, then one spray directly from above with Army painted white (any white should do). Finally, I just sprayed Skeleton Horde until it started pooling, at which point I stopped to avoid over spraying.

[–] Frugalexcess@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That's great to hear. I have some sculpts printing and am inspired to give this a try now. Thank you!