01-18-2006, 09:14 PM
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.
Hope this helps some & goodluck bud.
Bob.