Shades of Blood of the Angels

Ok so I've been asked this a few times already so I tried to sit down and tried out some minitaire colors for a Blood Angels paint scheme. It's a bit a pain in the butt for me as I have no love for Blood Angels and it's kinda hard to paint something you can't stand. Anyways, here we go and we'll go over with using a black primer and a white primer.

The Different Shades of an Ultramarine

Tonight the Coach asked which colors to use to paint an Ultramarine using Minitaire Paints. I've actually been asked this before but because the guy actually changed his mind and went with a different chapter, I didn't really get into it.  Now that Andrew (the Coach) brought it back up again I realized, it's a trick question. Why? Ok, here's why...

The Patriot 105 Airbrush: Conversion Kits

Many people ask me which airbrush I would recommend and out of the two I usually throw at people the Patriot 105 is one of them.  The other is the Krome for more detailing work but I find that the Patriot 105 is great for more general use with it's .76mm needle. However, most don't know there are conversion kits to push the needle down to a smaller size.  Read on to learn more.

Windex/Ammonia Bad for Airbrushes?

Ok, so here it goes. This is an argument that has irked me since the get go. I use windex to clean my airbrushes.  I spray it through and it gets the paint out.  I don't soak the whole brush in it.  That is bad to prolong an airbrush in ammonia base product.  But I can 100% say that it's ok to spray windex through your airbrush.  Why? Keep reading.

The Airbrush and Complete Overhaul

In this video, we're going to take apart the airbrush and talk about some of it's components as well as showing you how I do a complete overhaul with the airbrush if needed.  Most of the time and I highly enforce this, you don't need to take the airbrush completely apart, but sometimes if there's a problem or maybe just one in those blue moon complete maintainence, you need to so I show you how.

Angels of Absolution with Minitaire

A viewer contacted me through our WGC Facebook page and was asking about what color in the Minitaire line is comparably to bone white. So we'll take a look at the Minitaire Ancient Bone and comparing it to the almost equivalent colors in the Vallejo Colors as this would be the base color you would use for AoA color scheme.

Badger Minitaire Ghost Tints

Badger Minitaire Ghost Tints. They are also known as "Candies". They are basically translucent paints that you can use to lay on top of other colors or shades of grays to create some awesome effects.

Miniatire Color Chart

So many peeps been asking me about the Miniatire color chart and I realized it wasn't readily available when I did a google search.  I should have put this up ages ago but I didn't really have a good place I thought I could put it.  Duh, I have a blog! So here you guys go.  I hope this helps! :)

Airbrushing Intermediate: Getting Started

So off we go with the new airbrushing videos.  These videos are mainly geared towards the people who just gotten their airbrush and want to jump in and get started.  It might still be useful for those that are already doing the airbrushing tango but I dunno.  Either way thanks for watching.

Airbrush 101 - Part 4: Basic Usage and Some Airbrushing Techniques

In the last video of this series we go over the basic use of the airbrush and then tackle a couple of cool airbrushing techniques! The basic usage is pretty... well basic. :) If you're ready for the more advance talk, then check out the Airbrushing Intermediate series.

Airbrushing 101 - Part 3: Basic Mechanics, Thinning Paint and Cleaning

In the third video we go over the basic mechanics of an airbrush and how it basically works. Then we'll go over thinning paints and how to keep your airbrush clean and maintained, a very important part of the process of airbrushing.  Again, I just touch a bit on thinning, color changes and maintenance but I will get into it in my Airbrushing Intermediate series.

Airbrush 101 - Part 2: Work Space and Paints

This is the second video in a series about starting out with using an airbrush. I'll give you some tips on setting up a work area for airbrushing and we'll go over some paints used in the hobby for airbrushing. It's all very basic stuff and I will be covering more of these type of things in the Airbrushing Intermediate videos.

Airbrushing 101 - Part 1: Buying an Airbrush Setup

In this series of beginning airbrushing video series we'll talk about buying a new airbrush setup. This includes going over they type of airbrushes, prices and the air source you can chose from (Air Tanks, Compressors...etc.) This was done a while ago and of course some information has changed since then but this still can help!