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Blog Joshua's Paint Blog - Back from the dead!

Chicken Lips said:
Your Skinks look fantastic! Not many people put that much time into Skinks! Bravo!
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I'm almost finished with 20 out of 120.... I'm going to start speeding things up and use some more dry brushing. I would go crazy painting 100 more this way haha.

I think if I get a colored spray, do some dry/over brushing and do less highlighting of the scales it will speed up a ton.
 
Well, while it WILL speed things up, in the end, it really needs to make you happy. If it's going to bug you every time that you look at them and then the ones you have here, about the difference, then I'd say take a little longer with them and do this same quality. Just think how awesome 120 of those little Skinkers would look on a table top!

I have a ton of these littles to do as well. I just may try your quality method and get them done right as well!

If you're looking for a colored Primer, I'd definitely go Army Painter. AP's primer has a smoother coating (in my experience) than GW's primers. It also has a better spray that covers the model much better.

And as for the difference between your regular Skinkers and the Skinkaquins, I like that they aren't exactly the same! I view it as a designation of rank. Even in the military, not ALL of the soldiers wear the exact same uniforms! Lol!
 
Yeah you are right about the quality part. Maybe I will just find a way to cut a few corners on my current method and find a happy medium. Thanks for the opinion on the AP primer. Before I dish out the cash I wanted to hear from someone who used them.

My only concern is how difficult it is to prime during the summer. I have tried priming on a humid day and it was disastrous.... I live on the east coast and right now the weather is terrible for priming... It's really annoying.
 
Hmmm. I live in Mississippi, where the humidity can get quite nasty, and I've never had a problem with it. But then, I have a covered carport with a work table to spray on, so it also depends on your set up. I wouldn't leave them to bake in the sun though. Let them dry in a covered location.
 
Hmm, that's odd. Maybe it is my one spray can and not the weather? It came out and splattered the model in little "clumps of paint" I thought it was the weather.
 
It could be the distance you are spraying at. If you get too far away from the model, the paint can literally start to dry in the air (it's that fine) before it hits the model and give that splattered appearance. On the flip side, if you get too close, it can glob up on the model. I'd recommend trying out varying distances, when spraying.
 
I do have an irrational fear of over priming and filling in the small details, so that could be it. I will have to test out different lengths. Maybe I need to get a little closer with AP primers than my generic stuff.
 
Joshua Horchler said:
Hmm, that's odd. Maybe it is my one spray can and not the weather? It came out and splattered the model in little "clumps of paint" I thought it was the weather.
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That sound like the nozzle is not allowing the paint out in a constant fan, we use aerosols at work for touching up site work and we had a period where the nozzles were faulty, If you have another spray can try swapping the nozzle over.
 
Thank you all! I will try both of these things and see how it goes.
 
I'm back! After a short break from the hobby I have returned. Life has keep me busy, new job, first house and I just celebrated my 1st year anniversary. Life has been good! I hope all is well with you!

I've come back to the hobby and I have a new toy :) :) :) I finally, after years of consideration, bought myself an airbrush and I've been playing. Take a look at my practice and just some of my random painting!! CC please. It's good to be back!
 
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I then just kept painting random models I had laying around to practice. The humans are from Wissenland. They are sort of my long term project and this little group was a test group. Their one arm isnt painted beacuse they will be holding a red and black shield.


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And finally what people care about, I started to finish painting my Seraphon army, using my airbrush to lay down some base colors: I'm quite proud of my progress and what I was able to do on the Skinks. They are so small they really tested my limits!


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