#Airbrushing
Airbrush painting techniques for smooth gradients, zenithal priming, and basecoating.
28 pages, 13 of them guides
A new way to paint skeletons
A bone recipe I found by accident on an Infinity commission: blue and orange ink under an airbrushed skin tone, then stippled white. Skelly Joe, about four hours.
Old school sand bases
Making basing texture out of sand, PVA and cheap paint. Why all-purpose sand and not playground sand, and why this still beats a pot of texture paste at scale.
Super fast OSL
Quick airbrush OSL pass on yesterday's model: Warlord Purple, Squid Pink, and a watered-down white blend wet-on-wet. Two minutes, first finished model of 2026.
Tips for Batch Painting Unique Models
How to batch-paint a commission where every model is different — group by paint and material, not by armor panel. Plus a teaser of the Man Alone Prima Materia stone dice.
Failed attempt at NMM tutorial
Recorded a full non-metal metallic tutorial, lost the footage, and laid in highlight passes anyway to keep the streak alive — plus calling time on a model I've got a hundred hours into.
How to Highlight Red Without Getting Pink
Drybrushing a final red highlight that reads as edge highlighting. Use a warm white, use far less than you think, and mix carefully or you get pink.
Using Speed Paints as a Wash
The better red wash solution—mixing Slaughter Red speed paint with Army Painter Quick Shade medium gives deeper detail pickout without killing vibrance.
How to Wash Bright Red
Don't wash red with black. Using Army Painter mid brown quick shade to bring out details on bright red Dusk armor without killing the vibrance.
How to Paint White Robes
Painting white cloth over a purple and red base coat using buff and vanilla white glazes—fast results for infantry-level models.
Airbrushing Speed Paints to Easy Mode Horses
Experimenting with Army Painter speed paints through an airbrush to paint Norman cavalry horses fast—three different tones in about 45 minutes.
How to Paint Crucible Guard Green
The cheat code for achieving that perfect Crucible Guard green using just three speed paints and an airbrush, working from highlights to shadows.
Preshading 90 Goblins
Airbrushing a Ninja-style preshade on 90 goblins—hex-lichen from below, purple ink, then white from above. Plus the squigs look amazing already.
How to Paint Red - Airbrush vs Drybrush
Recreating Mangler Squig box art two ways—airbrush and drybrush. Same results, different tools. Plus why volumetric painting looks goofy on armies.
Planning the Hobby Room, Attempt Number Six
I've tried to turn this basement into a real studio six times and never finished once. This time I started with graph paper and paper cutouts.
The daily vlog returns
It's been a couple of days since I posted a vlog and I didn't realize that. So, I've been recording stuff.
Lobster kisses
Forgot to pull the camera and record, but I just went back in over the airbrush work with the ink and I just glazed it cuz I didn't like that transition...
The power of purple
What's up? I'm back. I'm still alive. I missed a couple of days of uploads. Uh I have I've got the hobby streak alive. So, the hobby streak is still going, but…
Mail day and what’s coming next
What's up? Quick one tonight. Uh things are returning back to normal. Tomorrow I'll be back on the channel. But uh my first order, they sent me the stuff I was…
May 24, 2026
I got these guys all done today. Except for the base. Got to do the base. And more I'm going to airbrush that shield tomorrow.
I can paint and ramble again.
Back from a long illness and back behind the brush. Where the Infinity commission stands, why airbrushing single models isn't worth it, and the math that makes paint commissions barely worth doing.
Painting some infinity models
Crunch week on the Infinity commission — building, priming, and base-coating the whole force in a day. Airbrush over zenithal for the alien centerpiece, then a hard pivot to contrast paints for the troopers.
RIP to my heat gun
Painting a glowing gemstone with fluorescent orange glazes — and losing the heat gun I inherited from my grandfather in the process.
New Warmachine Caster — Infernals Complete
The newest Infernal Master is fresh off the 3D printer, marking the completion of printing the entire Infernals faction.
Loose Ends and Crown & Skull Session 0
Creating characters in Crown & Skull for a solo campaign, making pixel art, and getting the airbrush working again for the painting journey ahead.
Finally Primed the Orcs & Goblins
New airbrush unboxing, priming 90+ models, and a secret project reveal—the Creos 771 is definitely the nicest airbrush I've ever used.
The $17 Airbrush Upgrade I Wish I'd Found Years Ago
Quick one tonight—discovered quick-release moisture traps exist after 10+ years of airbrushing. Mind blown, goblins ready for tomorrow.
My 12-Year-Old Airbrush Died Mid-Priming
After 12 years, the airbrush finally died. But I pulled the needle out, blasted paint through, and primed the army anyway. Livestream Wednesday!
Vlog Day 6 - Almost Done with the Board
Pre-shading foam tiles like basalt, the magic of dark streaking grime, and why different colored stones make everything look organic.