Again we return to the construction and painting of the Doom Scythe! In this episode, I get off my rear and conquer my fear of screwing up with the airbrush.
So, the plan was to complement the gray/white camo on the wings with a dramatic royal purple carapace, with yellow and orange trim. This meant masking off those edges, which at 2/16 of an inch wide, took almost an hour.
My airbrush is a Badger single-action external-mix kit. This was only my second time using it, I first used it to basecoat my Tomb Blades. Needless to say, I was and am a total airbrushing noob. The first coat on the Scythe was pale and spattery (but not thick, I learned that the first time around). I let it dry and put the second coat on, leading to this:
Better, but not as smooth as I wanted. I topped the paint jar up to half full, and gave it a third coat.
Oh yeah! Light-years better than before.
I finished up the carapace sections, let it dry, put a little white paint in my mix, and laid a light-purple gradient down on the front of the carapace.
Here's the whole model so far. Lesson learned: paint jar half to three-quarters full. Next time I'll get into the details and weapons of the Doom Scythe.
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