I seem to
have hit a painting wall lately. Painting is being done but there is
not much to show for it. There are two main reasons for this
Work in progress half track.
first is
the new air brush is being tested. This is airbrush number three. The first was a Revel kit that used enamel paints it worked fine but took
too much preparation time and I did not want to stick with the enamel
paints. The second was the Games Workshop kit. Again it worked fine
but in the long run was a bit too expensive to keep stocked with cans
of propellant at GW prices. Plus to get the most of the cans I kept
having to heat them up using a gas heater and a pot of boiling water.
It is a clever way to get more volume out of can but it seemed like a
possible Darwin award. The current learning challenge is how to
avoid the paint separating after spraying this could be due to too
much filler in the mix or the fact it is damn cold in this parts ( it
should hit -12 C tonight) meaning the paint dries slower and has more
time to separate.
Shermans on the hunt for Free French decals
Two units
have been painted with the airbrush so far . Both a Forged in Battle
models. The M3 halftrack platoon is great and just ooze character.
It is covered bits of baggage and has a real lived in
look. The second unit is a platoon of Sherman. Compared to the half
tracks they seem a bit functional. The Sherman are destined to become
1èmesection 3ère Compagnie de Combat del 501ème Regiment deChars de Combat de la 2éme Division Blindée francesa
when I find a source for 15mm Free
French decals.. The half tracks will join an armoured rifle platoon
( also in the painting queue) as part of Task Force Butler
4 grenadiers down...
The
second time sink is Volksgrenadier Kompanie C. The Kompanie is at
full strength and has been reinforced with several platoons for a
total head count of 200+ men. It looks good on paper but all the
little buggers need to be painted. I have based the models on
lollipop sticks rather then the normal do the bases and then paint up.
The sticks make it easier to reach those awkward places on a model.
Plus I wanted a slightly rag tag look to the Kompanie so having the
same poses on the stick allows me to alternate painting the same
parts of the models to break up any repetition.
....197 to go
.
1 comment:
Hi Darragh,
what kind of airbrush do you have now? The paint should be almost dry when it hits the surface, so I am asuming that you are using too much paint. Also a double-action airbrush and most of all a proper compressor would help avoiding that problem!
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