For those of you who follow me on Facebook, you'll know I got a bunch of the new Bandai Star Wars kits from Japan and have been building them.
I started with the Stormtrooper, which turned out to be a really nice kit. I painted the black pieces, leaving the nice gloss-injected white plastic armour pieces … Continue Reading ››
The weather here in Ontario, Canada has been hot and humid, and I found out that airbrushing in those conditions is not conducive to a good paint finish.
Last week our new baby was born, but he's still in hospital so it's pretty chaotic around here. I'll be blogging again soon no doubt when we get … Continue Reading ››
I didn't do the initial build and paint with the gripping hands, so I quickly followed through the very same procedure I used for the paint effects on the gripping hands. I was pleased the techniques continued to work rather than being a lucky fluke the first time around.Continue Reading ››
The next stage in the process is to add chipping and rust effects.For all the pieces, the procedure is pretty similar. First stage is to ensure you've got a good gloss coat in place, for which I used Future Finish. Continue Reading ››
Once the black and white underpainting was dry, the next stage was to mix up some blue paints for the main body colours.For the pale blue I started with a little Tamiya jar about half-full of thinner, and then added drops of cool-grey and blue from … Continue Reading ››
I've just upgraded my hosting, which necessitated a move of the web site to a new server. If you have any issues, please message me so I can fix things. At a quick glance all seems to be operating ok though....
Time for a change! I picked this Muv-Luv kit up in an HLJ sale a couple of months back, and I wanted to experiment with some paint techniques and I thought this kit would make for an interesting base for them. The box isn't that big, but … Continue Reading ››
I just got the new Iwata Triple-Action handle in the post, so before installing I decided to give the airbrush, an Iwata Eclipse CS a good clean!Here's the airbrush, just disconnected from the hose. You should be doing a full clean on your airbrush fairly regularly. … Continue Reading ››
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