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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 6, 2012 20:04:29 GMT -5
DDDDDAAAAMMMMNNNN!!! Handbrushed? You could have easily fooled us that you airbrushed. I can not tell if you did...
Come on tell us your secret how you managed to do it! Go bald, grow long beard, add tattoos will make me do better job at hand brushing? Spit it out! LOL
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 6, 2012 20:30:53 GMT -5
DDDDDAAAAMMMMNNNN!!! Handbrushed? You could have easily fooled us that you airbrushed. I can not tell if you did... Come on tell us your secret how you managed to do it! Go bald, grow long beard, add tattoos will make me do better job at hand brushing? Spit it out! LOL Dangit Andy, you have discovered my modelling secret!  ;D If i cut the long chin hair ill lose my mojo!! ;D Thanks Brother John!  It werent easy but it was easier than the masking tape. Dicky, thats another secret of mine - my chin hair! made a homemade 000 brush and MAN....paint lays down SMOOOVE!!! ;D Fellas, when i do the hull ill take pics of how im goin' about it - an SBS so to speak. Thanks for the awesome comments fellas! It makes it all worth the trouble of hand painting it.  Gary |
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Post by TRM on Nov 6, 2012 20:46:18 GMT -5
You are a sick man Gary! By Hand? LOL That is awesome! Really Smoooooth!! Nice hand my friend!!! |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Nov 6, 2012 21:29:43 GMT -5
S@$% I think I can agree with Dicky on this one...Farkin incredible.
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Post by eastrock on Nov 6, 2012 21:30:56 GMT -5
its does look like you airbrush it Gary, awesome skills on the brush  |
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Post by modelfreak72 on Nov 6, 2012 21:54:24 GMT -5
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Post by bullardino on Nov 7, 2012 3:17:23 GMT -5
OMG, hand painted??? That's stunning  |
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Post by wouter on Nov 7, 2012 13:56:05 GMT -5
wow Gary, that's one heck of a tidy paintscheme you obtained there! Defo doesn't look like brushpainted. So congrats on that. Maybe you should do an SBS on this matter ey ^^
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2012 16:17:18 GMT -5
Hard edge camo looks great, super brushwork buddy She's coming on real nice |
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 7, 2012 20:54:23 GMT -5
Echo what everyone else has said Gary...that's quite the masterful hand-painted application! Smooth even paint, crisp lines, great pattern, it has it all! Look forward to the SBS to as tatoos are out for me as a way to improve in this department! |
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 8, 2012 0:08:49 GMT -5
Hello gentlemen, Thanks so much fellas!!! Your all so very kind and im happy you like the hand brushing. Ive put together a little SBS just to show what im doing. Nothing at all special - just 3 to 4 thin coates being careful as i can to minimize brush strokes being left in the final coat. Its still gonna have a few here and there but its tuff to keep 100% free of them. 1st in trace the pattern with a pencil and mark the color with G or B.  Next i take a 10/0 brush and trace the border of the camo.  I then start to fill in the patterns with thin coats of the color and then i use a hair drier to dry the coat of paint.  Next is the second coat.  Finally a third coat.  I have gloss coated the turret.   Lots more to do and its gonna take some time but im determined to GET-R-DONE!! Thanks for lookin' my friends Gary |
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Post by bullardino on Nov 8, 2012 2:01:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the SBS, very useful and great outcome
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Post by bigjohn on Nov 8, 2012 6:18:03 GMT -5
That's a great SBS Gary! Do you thin your Vallejo paints down with water?
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Post by TRM on Nov 8, 2012 6:42:13 GMT -5
Very nice!! Thanks for sharing your SBS on it Gary!! |
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 8, 2012 10:49:48 GMT -5
That's a great SBS Gary! Do you thin your Vallejo paints down with water? Hey brother John, I use distilled water only in my vallejo. I mixed this time a bit thin to better control brush marks. Thinned about 2parts paint to 1part water...or close to that. Had i painted tools and the like on my tanks it wouldnt be that thin. I do thin every time i use vallejo. Thankd guys, im happy that helped. Gary |
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Post by eastrock on Nov 8, 2012 11:00:43 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing the tips, Gary. Now I have to get a bigger paint shelf |
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 8, 2012 11:23:17 GMT -5
hehe....no prob ER, Thanks! Gary |
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 8, 2012 12:27:04 GMT -5
I figured yer hair dryer would be seein' as much bonce-related action as mine so it's obviously a modelling tool!! Nice work there Gary and a great example of how brushes can be used to achieve enviable results to ABing - by the time this gets weathered up no-one will tell the difference Thanks Dicky! Yeah, ive had no use with a hairdryer since i was in my early 20's till now - i actually had very long thick black hair back then. By 27 - 28.....GONE....just all gone......  Good news now is the hair on my chin grows like a weed!!! ;D But you know...ive noticed the older i get - hair grows in tha weirdest places! AH...but ive said too much!  ;D Gary |
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 8, 2012 12:43:44 GMT -5
Very neat little SBS! I've tried using prisma color pencils in the past to outline hard-edged camo patterns but always had an issue with them still showing through the paint coat from certain angles. I can see that using multiple paint passes and quick-drying would resolve that issue, great tips here Gary! |
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Post by wing_nut on Nov 8, 2012 13:13:53 GMT -5
Gary, thanks for the SBS. Was thinking of doing that on the 1/72 KT i am working on but tried something new. If it does not work out and I have to redo the paint I will go this route. Nice.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2012 15:31:54 GMT -5
lovely work and so neat! I am impressed
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Post by reserve on Nov 8, 2012 21:11:49 GMT -5
Who'd a thunk one could do so well with a brush? That's impressive times ten. I'll be sure to try this, one of the reasons I rarely do camo is the fact I hate masking and am not so good with the airbrush freehand.
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Post by spud on Nov 8, 2012 21:27:00 GMT -5
camo is Awesome Gary
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Post by armorguy on Nov 9, 2012 7:39:29 GMT -5
The camo looks incredible !!! This is some HIGH standard brush painting !
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Post by 406 Silverado on Nov 9, 2012 8:53:43 GMT -5
Fantastic SBS Gary. The results look great and shows your painting skills well. No comment on the hairdryer and hair thang......lol
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 9, 2012 13:24:14 GMT -5
Fantastic SBS Gary. The results look great and shows your painting skills well. No comment on the hairdryer and hair thang......lol Thanks gentlemen!!! Rob, I understand...i over shared on the hair thing........ ;D Gary |
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Post by Thom on Nov 9, 2012 14:10:28 GMT -5
Gary, that is an amazing paint job thank you for sharing the tips on how you are doing it. This is one to jot down for future projects.
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Post by multicam on Nov 9, 2012 22:35:51 GMT -5
Nice SBS Gary! Camo looks really good, buddy!
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Post by bbd468 on Nov 9, 2012 23:09:41 GMT -5
Thom, Nate - Thanks fellas!!! Got some more painting done. Still need to do the hull sides under fender and rear. WHEEEW!!! This is taking more time than i anticipated.  But i think its worth the effort.  DSCF3021 by BBD468, on Flickr  DSCF3022 by BBD468, on Flickr Thanks for looking my friends! Gary |
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Post by bigjohn on Nov 9, 2012 23:35:44 GMT -5
Dude! That is just stunning!! Like Dicky said, After the clear coat, weathering and flat coat, any brush marks will be gone!
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;D If i cut the long chin hair ill lose my mojo!! ;D
It werent easy but it was easier than the masking tape.
Good news now is the hair on my chin grows like a weed!!! ;D But you know...ive noticed the older i get - hair grows in tha weirdest places! AH...but ive said too much! 
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But i think its worth the effort.