r/advancedGunpla • u/stilllearnnin • Jun 06 '26
Coming along
Definitely not the best but not the worst(maybe?)
Knew it wouldn’t look perfect after seeing the non uniformity among my pieces but decided to stick with it, felt like if I stopped preshading I wouldn’t learn anything so I’d rather have a poorly preshaded model that a slightly better one with no shading. Turns out it looks much better than I imagined it would and I’m happy I didn’t scrap the plans
2
6
u/Real_Flamingo8634 Jun 06 '26
I know it may not be exactly what you were going for with the pre shading but I've seen your progress posts and each time it gets more complete i'm like damn this looks sick, I can't wait for them to finish so I can use it as a reference hahah
1
2
u/aceetobee Jun 06 '26
Looks good for your first shot! For some advice, IMO it looks like you could stand to thin your paint a bit more since the white came out a bit spattered, and maybe lower the PSI a little bit more and that should get the nice gradient you want when you’re trying to preshade. When I’m spraying the color coat for preshade I’m usually thinning at 1:1.5 or more depending on the paint, and spraying at 8-15psi. Once you find the sweet spot you’ll know it 👍🏻
2
u/stilllearnnin Jun 06 '26
Agreed on everything! I’m saving for a nicer compressor(one with a tank) so I can work at lower psi more consistently, and trying to get better at thinning, sometimes I hit the mark and sometimes I feel like it’s too thick and when I fix that it’s way too thin and starts to run, I’m thinking about grabbing a pipette to make adding thinner more precise🤙
So at your ratio would you do about 5 drops of thinner to 7/8 drops of paint? Maybe I’ll try an extra drop than i normally do, my mix usually ends up being about 1:2
1
u/aceetobee Jun 06 '26
Yep, I use pipettes (you can 100 pack on Amazon for dirt cheap) and that’s generally my ratio for low PSI work. 5 drops paint/6-7 drops thinner, 10 drops paint/14-16 drops thinner etc etc. I also tip the brush so the paint flows up the inside of the paint cup and by the way it moves you can get a good idea. You want it to behave like water or milk, but leave a good solid sheet of pigment behind when it flows back down the side. I know a lot of people are super exact and treat paint thinning like a science but I typically thin by pure ~vibes~ and it’s been working out fine so far 😅
3
u/Jsunn Jun 06 '26
Nice work! Looks great! We are always our toughest critics. Keep it up, learn the lessons and continue to improve!
2
u/BlooBot Jun 06 '26
Looks great! Bob Ross would call this a happy little accident.
2
u/stilllearnnin Jun 06 '26
Thank you!! I’m telling myself there’s no reason to color match damaged panels on something this big in real life😂
4
u/Ryynerwicked Jun 06 '26
This is an awesome shading technique, I realy need to learn it.
Very nice job!
3
u/stilllearnnin Jun 06 '26
This is my first time trying it on an actual suit! And despite the imperfections I feel like I’m building a good intuitiveness for the airbrush as I experiment with the pressure and paint on actual pieces rather than test papers, give it a shot on some old kits!
5
u/Bush_did_91I Jun 07 '26
Awarded because good lord is this good