In Progress » Desert Use Scopedog

11.16.08 » Source, Concepts & Initial Scratchbuilding I’ve had this kit sitting on my shelf for over a year now and was putting it off for no particular reason. I love the design, but needed some inspiration to get to it. I found the inspiration on 2chan in the form…

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Rusty Texture

I was playing around with the salt and rust techniques and thanks to the inspiration from those modelers whose threads I’ll link below, I came up with the following for making an interesting rust texture. 1: Spray the part to be rusty with several shades of rust-colored paint mixes. I…

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Completed » Astraea Type F

About The Build » I’ve been wanting to paint something in pink for a while now, but aside from perhaps the Infinite Justice, I couldn’t decide what else might look good. Then I picked up the Astraea Type F and it looked perfect for a pink-build! The kit itself was…

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Completed » Overflag X2

About The Builds » A while back the same client that commissioned the Hi-Zack and Strike Noir from me also asked me to do an Overflag in red… a Red Baron of sorts. I figured that I might as well do my kit at the same time and knock them…

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Cheap & Good Airbrush

One of the questions I get in my inbox at least once a month (including today)  is regarding airbrushes. Specifically questions like: “I read your tutorial and want to improve my painting by getting an airbrush and compressor. I want/need something cheap though to start with.” Well, here’s the solution…

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