Here's how we paint our Headsculpt Castlebrimstone way!! ;)

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for boring write up see my blog eh? http://blog.castlebrimstone.com/?p=499

Warning!!! Its kinda a strange technique .... hope you guys dont get shocked :lol

Our method could be broken down to 6 process as below :-
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Process 1 has been shared before .. we'll focus mainly on process 2 to 6 here :)

The following is a quick (but lotsa pics) guide to do it....

Process 2 - Applying Base Coat and Painting Hair/Eyebrows

HS with base coat applied using airbrush and the hair/eyebrow painted. The 5 o'clock showdow is also applied using airbrush.
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Process 3 - Toning by applying Pastel Dust

the pastels - mainly used are raw umber, red brown, burnt sienna, orange and red
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pastel powder applied to the hs using a narrow tip brush
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raw umber applied here
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red brown now and then red....
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hmmmm it looks like a friggin zombie - yipes!!! :eek
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Process 4 - Blending the Colors

To the rescue - here's a bottle of water/plant spray...
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Misting the HS with water and with this process the pastels get disolved
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Using a broad soft bristle brush... the blending process begins
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Here's the result at this point ... aint over yet
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Process 5 - Refining Toning and Blending

Repeating processes of applying pastel powders and blending for orange and red.... that should do the trick ;)
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Process 6 - Applying Matt Varnish

Last process - applying matt varnish - we use future floor polish mixed with Tamiya flat base to obtain a flat finish. The flat coat is good for protection and brings the HS to life ;)
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Taaaa - daaaaa!!!! ;)
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Average time to finish a HS (excluding process 1) would take 1 - 1.5hrs.... :)

For eyes painting refer to this : http://blog.castlebrimstone.com/?p=5

What do you guys think?

loco

Oooooooooooo...

Great process Loco. Thanks for taking the time to do it and take all of the pictures and writing out all of these tutorials.
I think I can apply it to my own paintjobs, at least until the airbrushing bit since I lack that and the polish/flatbase.

I'll have to try this.

Nice work there!

Is there a reason why you don't fix the pastels before applying the varnish?

Lastly, who is that HS? He has a great look.

CHEERS!

Nice　work！

splendid！ :D

Sweet tutorial. Loco. Thanks bro!!

Oh man! if only i had the guts to do this!

Very Good. I'll put in a written request to THE ARCHIVER, to have this tutorial saved in the OSW Hints and Tips Vault.

Great tutorial! Eye-opening lesson! I never thought that the shadows are done first. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you.

I'm a bit puzzled, what is the base color used to paint the sculpt? Looks like white or gray color? Can anyone please fill in?

Thanks!

Alexei

Looks great!!

Niels

Definitely a unique approach, can you elaborate on your clear coat - what is the percentage break down of Future to Tamiya?

p.s.: I love the vitamin storage box turned into a pastel container, the sand paper underneath the covers is ingenous.

Interesting technique, indeed, with good results. Question, though:

Do you keep repeating the process outlined in step 5 until you get the level of color saturation seen on the head in the first photo in step 6? There seems to be quite a bit of difference between the color level in those two photos. Thanks!

Holy sh*t dude, it's freakin' awesome !!
Great tutorial !

Dayam. Nice Tutorial. Down right Awesome indeed.

nice,niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tutorail, a very good lesson for heads painting work!

Nice approach! Thanks for sharing

I've been waiting for this to come out! I constantly checked your blog site.
Finally it is here:) Thanks for the tutorial.

What if i don't own an airbrush? Any other suggestions?
I contemplated on buying one but.........

Thank You Sensei!

Terima kasih banyak banyak to the Datuk's of WW2 Customizing!

Thanks fellas! - guess this technique isnt that wierd huh?? :)

Here are answers to some questions :-
Why you don't fix the pastels before applying the varnish?
After the blending process, the pastel is kinda fixed unless another round of misting.... so the final process of varnish is all i needed to fix the pastels...

Who is that HS?
This fella is DML's Marcus Schaper http://www.dragonmodelsltd.com/html/70352p1.htm ... big diff with a change of hair color eh ;)

What is the base color used to paint the sculpt? Looks like white or gray color?
The base coat is almost white . Its a special mix of Tamiya Colors. I had already abandon Tamiya Flesh ages ago, i find it to be too orange & reddish. The composition of our special formula is as below thinned down with acetone :-
- Tamiya Flat White - 95%
- Tamiya Buff - 4%
- Tamiya Clear Red - 1% (or couple of drops)
The grey bit would probably be the 5 o'clock shadow, around the chin area applied using airbrush - diluted German Grey

What is the percentage break down of Future to Tamiya?
Future Floor Polish mixed with Tamiya Flat Base at a mix of 1 part flat base to 10 parts Future to achieve a flat finish .... i got this from : http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html ;)

Do you keep repeating the process outlined in step 5 until you get the level of color saturation seen on the head in the first photo in step 6?
Yup - basically that's the idea, so by adding pastels powders and blending you would achieve the toning you are satisfied with... after a coupla of HS and getting the hang of it, the frequency of repeating gets lesser.... also a good thing about using pastel and water is any overtoning could be corrected :)

Hope you guys give it a try and let me know your results eh?

loco

Nice tutorial...thanks.

Thanks for clarifying everything,

I'm surprised to see great results from Tamiya colours, I tried them but couldn't get on with them and switched to Vallejo. I suppose the fact that I brush paint also makes a good deal of difference.

CHEERS!

Nice tutorial...thanks.

Nice tutorial. Thanks.

This is an awsome guide, do you have any tips for painting AA headsculpts.

what's AA HS :O

loco

African-American

sorry mate - i haven't got to try that yet .. :)

loco

Thanks for the tip! :thumb It's very useful.

How much water are you misting on the head? It's obviously not dripping wet, is it just a fine mist to dampen for blending? Awsome tutorial by the way, thanks!

Very minimal misting is only required, basically just to have enough water to make the surface damp for blending to be done with the broad brush. Too much misting would just result in more powder to desolve/mix with water which means more removal of powder..... not a big deal, just repeat the process of applying pastel dust again ;)

hope to know your results buddy...

loco

Thanks for this tutorial, loco ss. I used this tutorial the other day on 3 figures, and I have to tell you 2 of them turned out great. The 1 that didn't I think had a little too much red in it. On the last 2 sculpts I didn't use the red and they turned out pretty good, imho.

CC

That looks great...!

Great tutorial , willl have to give this one a try . :thumb

did you primer it b4 spraying the base coat? and also wat the alternative way to paint the base coat if i dun have an airbrush?

very usefull tips thanks for sharing

Just purchased an airbrush and compressor because of this tutorial. Cost me $350 smackers! Can't wait to begin. Been studying this tutorial all day, thanks loco_SS.

Bump. Interesting method.