My first blank is arriving today. I have almost all of my supplies and whatnot ready, but I’m a little scared of screwing this up. I posted a bit of this on FB but I want to dump a bunch of questions here.
I’m not using an airbrush, but have several brushes and paint sponges at my disposal. Is the preferred paint formula in this case 50/50 latex and acrylic, or 33/33/33 latex, acrylic, and water?
I have crepe wool. How long should I cut the locks, and how can I steam them? I’ve been told, in my situation of not having a steamer, to boil a pot of water and slowly bring the hair through the steam. Does this work, and are there preferable alternatives?
What is the best way to apply weathering? And should I use gray or black paint?
Does the latex need filtered at all before mixing with paint?
What is the best mix of colors for a Kirky flesh tone?
For an H2 (not doing this yet), how can I best weather the bejesus out of it?
Anything else I need to know that I haven’t yet thought of?
1 - No water for regular painting like the fleshtone basecoat or the off white just 50/50 latex and paint
the water is used for washes of paint, you thin out the paint so it goes in the crevices and wipe off excess w/ a damp ppr towel
2 - if your clothes iron has a steam option you can use that, or hold it over the tea kettle
3 - weathering black can be pretty overpowering a light grey, also some light brown washes. I’d use dark brown in place of black
for this I use drybrushing w/ 50/50 mix, or washes to add the weathering too
4 - latex you bought brand new needs no filtering, just shake up the bottle or jug real well (to mix the water/ammonnia in the latex)
5 - Kirk fleshtone I star w/ regular fleshtone then add medium brown and some red. The easiest way is terra-cotta colored acryllic paint
just buy that and lighten it up a bit by mixing regular caucasian fleshtone acryllic
6 - Weather heavily by a combo of paintwashes, then heavy drybrushing on the high spots
