Alright........

[🪦 HorrorFX ●]

Ok people.....
I have been TRYING to get this paint job on my 6 mask right............... no such luck. Everytime i think im done. I find something else wrong. Also, i need to know is how to properly mix the paint and latex without having to clean the damn airbrush every 10 seconds. In all honesty, i have never encountered such a hard paint job and as soon as i get it pat down, i will be right. And also, please post what you think is a good painting process for this mask.
Thanks guys
-Chris

[🪦 The13thDreamShape ●]

thin the paint out enough to where it will go through the airbrush easier.
but make sure its thick enough to actually paint a mask with.

what type of airbrush u got? external or internal mix?

things take practice bud. i know if took me a while to get used to a airbrush. lol

[🪦 josephchoi ●]

aye. keep up the great work dude!

[🪦 D-bach ●]

maybe a hit up another mask maker and ask whatt they use. Latex fx does nice paint jobs on the freddy masks.

[🪦 Jason ●]

I can\'t count how many times I\'ve wanted to smash my airbrush for clogging up so much.
There really is no exact science to it, you just have to keep thinning the mix until you get it right, every time will be different.

[🪦 WarLocK ●]

Try using a sponge and brush technique instead of an airbrush. When painting my hockey masks, I got very good accurate worn results from doing multiple washes this way. Airbrushes can make hockey masks look too fabricated.

[🪦 HorrorFX ●]

Try using a sponge and brush technique instead of an airbrush.  When painting my hockey masks, I got very good accurate worn results from doing multiple washes this way.  Airbrushes can make hockey masks look too fabricated.

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I will have a go at that today, thanks guys!
-Chris

[🪦 Homicidal#9 ●]

all of the hockey masks i have done...i have used the techniques Chad mentioned....much better results...like he said, airbrushing a Hockey Mask makes it look too fake in my opinion

Tommy

[🪦 Mask Murderers ●]

Chris, coloring matching I find is tougher then actually painting the piece it self, to get all the right colors can be tough. As for painting your piece if you are have a problem with the airbrush you can always sponge on the base coat or do a brush on coat of the base color. The base is the main importance so that it will not crack when flexed, then take your base color & add a bit of red & brown, I us FW inks, once I add the inks it becomes a little more like water & not so thick. You can also use alcohol to think it down. After you get your main burns & shadows & highlights you can do very thinned down veins, KEEP THEM VERY SUBTLE, veins are not right in your face, they are under the skin & try to get that affect, if you make the veins to harsh just go over them with a mist of your base color to soften them. You can also paint the whole piece with a brush red & then sponge on your basecoat, leaving all the reds to stand out in the detailed area\'s. You just add a little bit of paint onto a sponge & dab the mask after you get tht affect take the airbrush & do a mist over the piece to subtle the harsh areas from when sponging. That is some info for you bud. Just don\'t get frustrated & remember when you are trying to push any kind of latex paint threw your airbrush it will clog, of coarse depending on the brush but latex dries with air & you are drying the latex inside of the nozzle when you are trying to push the paint threw. Have fun with painting, don\'t stress & the finished result will look right & also not everyone has the some monitor so everything appears differently on everyone\'s monitor, I look at some pics I post on my Ma\'s pc & they look way different on mine so keep that in account. If it looks good to you in person, you have a winner.

Hope this helps some & goodluck bud.

Bob.

[🪦 Hauntmaster9 ●]

Alright heres my two cents...

You don\'t have to worry about finding the same colors as the original piece just mix colors add different washes of colors you see until it comes together right if you know what I mean.

I suggest you don\'t use an airbrush for everything, in all honesty if you don\'t have alot of experience then it\'s going to look like it was airbrushed which you don\'t want. I say practice your airbrushing in spare time till it looks right but you\'re not painting a hockey mask here, you need to know exactly what you\'re doing to get it looking realistic.

Give it a pale basecoat with the airbrush, then bust out different sponges and what not and start to mottle colors. Everything you see in human skin, greens, purples, reds yellows and whatnot. Mottle them loosley and not too dark, then you cant start adding your veins. Don\'t go too overboard with them because look at someones face, can you see their veins? Now start building up the skin tone in different washes, yellow, red and white washes will start to build up a good skin tone. Add more red if you want it more pink like the part six make-up.