24 hour speed painting challenge

[JohnnyM]

Hi all

This time tomorrow I'm introducing a friend to Infinity for the first time. However, he doesn't have an army. His first Infinity experience should be a great one, so by this time tomorrow, I need a fully painted 150pt force.

As you may have seen on the Retailers+manufacturers section, I'm in the process of starting up a commission airbrushing service, so I figure this is a good opportunity to show that off a bit. I'm gonna try and get them done with full updates on here, hopefully it'll be interesting or useful to someone

This Yu Jing force has had the Airworks treatment and is ready for painting.



They've been airbrushed in a gradient from Cavalry brown, through orange brown, to sunny skin tone and sealed with gloss vanish to assist the wash



They then get a wash of gryphonne sepia




A sneak peak of the half-finished test model



More soon

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[samurai]

Looks cool, can't wait to see more...

[JohnnyM]

Everyone gets a sunny skin tone edge highlight



The Zhanshi and CG need fatigues, so they get Russian green and a couple quick highlights of light brown





Black done

Gonna take a break, just details to do now, then basing





Bro, seriously, use the Edit button

[Pierzasty]

I'd lighten the Zhanshi skin a bit. Right now it's conspicuously armor-colored. Still, awesome speedpainting!

[JohnnyM]

Its not painted yet! That would explain the armour colour lol.

I've made far much more progress than I thought I would, and tomorrow I have to wait in for the dubious pleasure of having my new bed delivered, so I will finish them tomorrow. Struggling on how to base them though :/

[Crushar]

Great job Johnny! That is very impressive!

[Scarecrow]

Jeez your speed paint shits all over my normal painting! I really need to better work out using my airbrush like you have.

[JohnnyM]

Thanks guys. Scarecrow where are u based? I hate to plug, but I'm starting to do airbrush commissions. If you're too far away I'll give u some tips that I learned the hard way

P.S. Your haqqislam board- too good for words

[Scarecrow]

I saw your commission service you are starting up, and think i saw prices were in Pounds, so i imagine your in the UK. Id love to buy a whole swath of Corriegdor models and send them your way, but the shipping from Australia would likely be prohibitive...

Ive got a reasonable $100 Airbrush that goes ok... 0.3mm needle/nozzle. I used it with the Zenithal technique on my Maghiriba, Remotes and Jannissary's to some success, but struggled somewhat, and whilst a got a bit of a zenithal effect, i got way too much of my mid and highlight colours on... I also struggle with working out exactly where i should focus major highlights and the like

[JohnnyM]

Yeah mate I think the shipping to Australia would counteract the low price I'm going for. Try this...

When choosing colours, it's counter intuitive but less is more. Instead of trying to blend through a zillion subtle stages, let the airbrush transition for you and use 3.

Standard logic would dictate that your base colour is almost square on, shades come from below and high
Lights cone from the top. Almost very zenithal guide I've read tells you to do it this way, but it doesn't work for me. Instead your base colour needs to come from about 30degrees

Using the models above as an example...

Compressor at 40 psi, cavalry brown, coat the whole model evenly
Compressor at 40 psi, orange brown, spray lightly moving your hand in a vertical arc, from about 30degrees angle whilst rotating the model with your other hand
Compressor at 20psi, sunny skin tone, spray lighty from almost directly above, rotating the model with your other hand

Gloss varnish if you're gonna wash it, (matt varnish when its finished to lose the sheen) matt varnish if your gonna paint it

Hope that helps

[JohnnyM]

Ugh, due to a half finished root canal in my teeth, I've had barely any sleep, so I've been grogging around all morning like a bear with a sore bum. But thankfully due to the progress I made yesterday, it hasn't mattered too much



Most of the details are done now, just need to paint the Zhanshi's flesh and patch upma few bits and pieces. Still struggling on how to base them. Any ideas?

[Athanadros]

Well if you have some fine grit sand paper you could cut it out to fit the top of the base. Paint it black. Drybrush with a little gray, maybe paint some yellow stripes here and there and it will look like they are standing on a road.
Otherwise if your going for speed clue some sand down and paint it up. Maybe throw some patches of flock or static grass. Not sure what materials you have on hand for the bases so this is the 2 fastest things I can think of.

Great work on these. I am looking forward to seeing the final product.

[Crushar]

Sorry to hear about your tooth Johnny!

But for a speed painting set of guys, these look great!

[JohnnyM]

Gah! Guys I thought I'd updated this! Apparently not.

Basically they got finished except the basing, it appears waiting for glue to dry is my speedpainting downfall

Athanadros I like your road idea, I might try an old road with lichen growing on it



Anyway it got to the point where I needed to go to the gym then get down the club for a game! Speed painted Yu jing battle report coming later!

[Scarecrow]

Thanks for the info, im certain it will help!

Did you run the gloss through your airbrush? If so what did you clean it with?

And when you washed with the Sepia, did you wash over the entire model, or just in the grooves/crevices?

Sorry for all the questions, im still new to painting/airbrushing, and have a crapload of miniatures needing a paintjob!

[Maru]

Go ninja Go .. or Rather Bravo Johny !! ... or more Johny M

eny way - color Theme is the key

[JohnnyM]

@scarecrow- askin questions is always fine- cuts down on wasted paint.

I'm thinning the gloss down with Vallejo airbrush thinner then cleaning it with hot water and a drop-of airbrush cleaner, no problems so far.

Yeah wash the whole model, neat from the pot, the gloss varnish for some reason assists the flow of the wash and this ties all the colours back together.

I just re read my earlier explanation and I'm not sure it's that clear. Basically, your main colour (for these guys...orange brown) instead of coming from a 90degree angle (as the guides would say) it comes from a 30-45 degree angle from above. This makes the shade colour cover vertical surfaces and gives a much more satisfying finish.

Maru- your right as always, I reckon I spend twice as much time picking colours as I do painting!

[kidterminal]

Very nice for such a quick paint job.