Airbrushing, new to me, looking for help advice

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Had an epiphany while sleeping. Happens a lot. My thoughts are this. I'm brushing on the paint in a wide pattern then streaking it down the hull. I should be dabbing the paint in a narrow splotch then streaking it down. Also, I've been thinning the acrylic 1:1 with reducer. Maybe leaving it thicker and brushing it down would make it look more like 'proper' streaking.


Maybe not apply the paint the width of the brush. OR! Do it this way as a first light layer, then go back a second time with the brush held vertically to create more pronounced narrow vertical streaks.



The wash should look more like what I highlighted with the arrow. Here demonstrating how I perhaps should position the brush for a narrow streak instead of a wide wash.


David puts the paint on in small streaks. Not like a full wash like I was doing.


This looks like a combination of a full wash with streaking applied on top of the full wash. Layered effect. This picture sticks in my mind a lot!!!


Time to change the technique. Thoughts?

Keep playing with it. A major league pitcher has more than one pitch in his bag of tricks. Explore. Experiment. Try weird stuff (streak with steel-wool, streak vertically with dry scouring powder, streak with sand, etc.). Go nuts!

David

[rwtdiver]

David,

Would this be a fairly good starting point for weathering the Russian Alfa boat?



Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[Ken_NJ]

Back to practicing on paper, by accident I got this streaking to look like streaking and somewhat like what David did on this Russian sub, although his is more washed out. Will have to give it an over spray to see how it looks that way.





But do I want the above to be how the weathering will be on the Skipjack? Probably not.

And I still have to work at getting something reasonable close to this.


And this.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Back to practicing on paper, by accident I got this streaking to look like streaking and somewhat like what David did on this Russian sub, although his is more washed out. Will have to give it an over spray to see how it looks that way.





But do I want the above to be how the weathering will be on the Skipjack? Probably not.

And I still have to work at getting something reasonable close to this.


And this.

Now you're cook'n!

You big goofball, you just won't quit, will you!?...

Soon you'll be teaching me.

David
(On knees screaming to the heaven's: "I've Created A Monster!!!")

[Ken_NJ]

Have to stop this. Cannot be doing this forever. Gotta finish this sucker. I will spare posting more practice sessions unless I get one that is absolutely really good.

David, do you do this streaking with strictly acrylic paint?

The bottom one sorta, maybe looks something like the Kilo.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Have to stop this. Cannot be doing this forever. Gotta finish this sucker. I will spare posting more practice sessions unless I get one that is absolutely really good.

David, do you do this streaking with strictly acrylic paint?

The bottom one sorta, maybe looks something like the Kilo.

That little KILO you showed was all acrylic paint. The 1/96 SKIPJACK was a combination of acrylic and oil paint for the streaking.

You're getting good results now, Ken.

David

[Monahan Steam Models]

Have to stop this. Cannot be doing this forever. Gotta finish this sucker. I will spare posting more practice sessions unless I get one that is absolutely really good.

David, do you do this streaking with strictly acrylic paint?

The bottom one sorta, maybe looks something like the Kilo.

Ken,

Please keep posting your progress and the technics and materials you’re experimenting with. It’s helpful to the rest us.

David is like the “Bob Ross” of the submarine world. He makes it look easy with his “happy streaking” here and “happy Seagull poo” there details. LOL

Nick

[Monahan Steam Models]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oFaAKYzdHW4

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

F you, Nick!

[Monahan Steam Models]

F you, Nick!

Ha! Love ya buddy. Had to F with you! You are damn good

[Ken_NJ]

Now now sailors!

I already bought this.... https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0016P4G...roduct_details

What kind of pastel chalk should I get? Something like this... https://tinyurl.com/4tjnuwza

Or should I get pastel chalk pencils? David?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Now now sailors!

I already bought this.... https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0016P4G...roduct_details

What kind of pastel chalk should I get? Something like this... https://tinyurl.com/4tjnuwza

Or should I get pastel chalk pencils? David?

NICK STARTED IT!...

The pastel crayons are wonderful medium for weathering. Very much like a thick oil paint. You dab a piece onto the work then rub/streak/stipple it in place. Good for running rust, standing rust, and bird poop. Good choice, Ken.

The chalks are a must-have. But I don't see gray, black, and white with that set. Get those as well. You grind it to a powder and apply with brush, texture stick, sponge, finger, or rag.

And get black, white, and the primary colors in Artists Oil paint (linseed oil based) and turpentine to cut it with. This stuff is easily blended and feathered. Good for streaking, bird poop, and above all dry brushing.

David

[redboat219]

David,
have you tried using watercolor pencils?

https://youtu.be/TJowOlMlXoM

[Ken_NJ]

Please keep posting your progress and the technics and materials you’re experimenting with. It’s helpful to the rest us.

I thought my posting was repetitive and boring. But I guess not. A lot to learn from doing this.

To get this effect I used the fan brush (below). Like many used brushes, the bristles tend to clump up. It's the clumping up of the bristles that gave me this streaking effect. I save many things that usually get thrown out. I used the top lid from a can of shaving cream to mix the acrylic, and it's easy to clean out. The top portion on the construction paper were continuous strokes. The bottom portion were staggered strokes. I also used the triangle as a guide to get straight vertical strokes. The acrylic was mixed 1:1 with reducer in the lid. I did not wipe the paint off the brush this time. I was hoping to get a more washed out look like on David's Kilo, but by time I applied a wide brush, the acrylic had already dried.





BTW, I'm working on a list of all of the things I've purchased for this weathering endeavor. I'll post that list soon. At least before tomorrow's Dive Tribe.

[goshawk823]

I thought my posting was repetitive and boring. But I guess not. A lot to learn from doing this.

To get this effect I used the fan brush (below). Like many used brushes, the bristles tend to clump up. It's the clumping up of the bristles that gave me this streaking effect. I save many things that usually get thrown out. I used the top lid from a can of shaving cream to mix the acrylic, and it's easy to clean out. The top portion on the construction paper were continuous strokes. The bottom portion were staggered strokes. I also used the triangle as a guide to get straight vertical strokes. The acrylic was mixed 1:1 with reducer in the lid. I did not wipe the paint off the brush this time. I was hoping to get a more washed out look like on David's Kilo, but by time I applied a wide brush, the acrylic had already dried.





BTW, I'm working on a list of all of the things I've purchased for this weathering endeavor. I'll post that list soon. At least before tomorrow's Dive Tribe.

Can I offer a suggestion?
Lift the brush up off the surface as you finish your sweep downward, and you will not get the thicker color lines at the end of your pass with the brush.
Hope you don't mind the hint.