Evil Eye wrote:That's seriously nice! The purple is really good, how did you apply the darker purple shading? Also what paints do you use?
Dorkimus wrote:Evil Eye wrote:That's seriously nice! The purple is really good, how did you apply the darker purple shading? Also what paints do you use?
Thanks. I applied all the colors with an airbrush. Layer after layer so that parts facing the imaginary light source are the lightest. The basecolor is rather dark, so I didn't have to apply much shading. But I just simply airbrush ed some of it to those deeper areas and panels that are facing the ground. There are many good youtube videos that explain for example this method if you type "color modulation", or "zenithal highlightning".
As for basecolor, I mixed Army Painter Alien purple and Screamer Pink by Games Workshop, both being acrylics. Though the latter is not really a pink, but rather purple/magenta. So you could basically buy brand x purple and magenta and mix those. For lighter highlights layers I added first some Vallejo Light skintone to the purple mix and for final highlights some white as well.
Rest of the paints are all acrylics as well. For metal parts GW Ironbreaker over black primer (where possible), and highlights with Vallejo Air Silver. Blues are Vallejo model colors Blue and Dark Blue.
Panel lining was done with a basic artist oil colors, like dark purple, dark blue and black, thinned with odorless thinner. Mind you, that if you paint oils over acrylics, let the acrylic color dry at least 24h.
Evil Eye wrote:Nice, I was wondering if you used zenithal priming. And good to see I'm not the only one who likes oils for panel lining!
Slight protip: Whilst your finished result is absolutely fantastic, if you want a more durable finish on parts such as the joints I'd highly recommend using lacquer-based paints if you can get them (Mr. Hobby's paints are some of my favourites for airbrushing). They're generally much tougher than acrylics, and also you can get some really high-shine metallics. Not criticizing your paintjob at all, of course, just an idea really.
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