House Orhlaac Part 2 and Heat Scoring Weapons

Today I got the rest of the airbrushing done for the House Ohrlaac knights including the heat scoring on all the weapons and the rust effects on the armor.

I'll start off with the masking techniques I used to make sure the checker pattern looked right and make sure I did not cause any overspray with the airbrush onto the metal I already airbrushed.

Here is the heraldry I was going for on the shields:

You can see the corners are different colors so I used Tamiya Masking Tape to section off each piece. This tape works best because it sticks very well and does not pull up any paint.  Just make sure the paint is completely dry before applying the tape.

You can see how I cut the tape into corner sections.  Make sure you use scissors to give it that nice corner.  This makes it easier to keep your lines straight.

For the chainswords SILLY PUTTY is amazing.  Thanks to my friend Will for telling me how easy and cheap it is.  The silly putty only sticks to itself so it will not pull off any paint.  Plus it is reusable.  Just pull it off when done spraying and knead it until the paint goes away.  The stuff lasts forever and for $1 at most toy stores it can't be beat.

Next I airbrushed all of the rust effects onto the barricades and the armor joints.

For this I used Vallejo Light Rust airbrush paint.

Next came the heat scoring on the weapons.  I wanted to make sure each was unique and the colors were all different.

The battle cannons were done with Minitaire Ghost Tints.  I've applied the yellow and brown ghost tints over the metal and then added Vallejo Air Nato Black for the carbon at the end.

The thermal cannons were a bit harder as I had to use a bunch of paints from different ranges.  The orange is a Vallejo Air Bloody Red followed by a GW Flash Gitz Yellow (thinned down for the airbrush).  I used three or four coats of the yellow because it is so thin.  Then I took a Forgeworld Pyroclast Orange Airbrush Paint and sprayed the entire gun to blend the two colors and tint the bare metal.

The avenger gatling cannons were very easy.  I applied Calth Blue, Eidolon Purple, and Angron Red. They are all Clear Forgeworld Airbrush paints and I highly recommend them. Then I finished it off with the Vallejo Air Nato Black.

I hope this is all useful and please feel free to ask questions.  

Until tomorrow.

Cheers.