Update 09:Airbrushing!
I took my airbrush out for a spin this weekend, after waiting a week to both find and receive the right air compressor hose coupler (see, the first one I found was a 1/4" coupler but wasn't in stock locally to compare and confirm so I ordered it anyway off Amazon, which turned out to be the wrong size so I ordered and finally received the correct 1/8" coupler). I separated some of the parts that needed to be all-black and all-white and gave them a solid coat.
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| By the power of greyscale! |
The airbrush is a G233 Master Airbrush, dual-action with a gravity-feed paint pot. It's pretty no-name as far as manufacturers go but for $30 I'm very impressed with it so far, especially since I swear I spent more than that on a plastic single-action airbrush 15 years ago (and hardly used it). This one is easier to maintain and clean than my past experiences, which let me switch colors without hassle.
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| I'm never going back to brushes again. |
As usual, red acrylics take more layers to build up a decent saturation level, but the airbrush atomizes the paint so thinly it's ready for more coats in moments. I'm used to projects requiring several times longer to get to this stage, so I'm happy with the progress.
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| Close to completion. |
But enough gushing, I still need to give most parts another layer to touch up, paint the knees and wrist plates black, the left chest vent needs to be painted yellow, and quite a few parts of the torso need to be masked so it can be painted black and white where needed.
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| As requested, a shot of the robot's hinder. |
Another evening of painting should take care of the remainder, so stay tuned.
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