SilentSurfer's Laboratory: Come up to the Lab & See What's on the Slab.

[batfan08]

Thank you. I've worked hard to make it so.

Now begins my 15 head marathon of Marty, Simon, Don Draper and a Flash Gordon. It's going to be a long couple of days.

 

[MarfMaster]

Incredible work on the bust, Big Chap, and Machiko, Nathan

Now begins my 15 head marathon of Marty, Simon, Don Draper and a Flash Gordon. It's going to be a long couple of days.

Awesome Overload!

 

[Artoo]

How do you paint eyes with oil? Never used it. Maybe I should though. Might make it easier.

After seeing the Sideshow video post of the artist painting the Avatar head with oils, I'd always assumed you used them for blending in the iris. Anytime I've tried using watered down acrylics, the paint seems to dry on my brush before I could even lay it down on the sculpt. Guess I need to start using that retarder for this.
Oh yea, still waiting on that tutorial!

I did this upgrade to my Machiko quite a bit ago, but never took pics of her. Nows a good time, I guess, since it came up in the Machiko thread today.

Yes, mods, the nipple is blurred out this time.

My first interaction with you was way back on OSW asking you to send me the images of your HT body mods because everything (nipples) were always blurred out.

 

[SilentSurfer]

I achieve oil-like quality with the magic of acrylic experience. It's basically the same process of blending colors, but I'm blending them on a palet first and then using thin layers on the paint surface to achieve the desired effect.

Tutorial. Jeez, I wish I had time to do that. It's still on the list of goals for the year, but who knows.

If you want to see the unblurred nipples from those pics above, find me on Facebook. Look for Nathan Eakins. You'll know when you find the right Nathan. I think there's only two of us.

 

[stshammgod]

Wow, this thread is full of win lately.. I smell more coming up! Keep it up man, you're on such a big roll!

 

[SilentSurfer]

That's the upside to not painting prototypes for a big company that doesn't let you show your work until they reveal it first.

 

[ShortRound]

I achieve oil-like quality with the magic of acrylic experience. It's basically the same process of blending colors, but I'm blending them on a palet first and then using thin layers on the paint surface to achieve the desired effect.

Tutorial. Jeez, I wish I had time to do that. It's still on the list of goals for the year, but who knows.

If you want to see the unblurred nipples from those pics above, find me on Facebook. Look for Nathan Eakins. You'll know when you find the right Nathan. I think there's only two of us.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MghiBW3r65M[/ame]

 

[MarfMaster]

 

[SilentSurfer]

Bob Ross FTW on canvas. Nathan Eakins FTW on resin.

 

[SilentSurfer]

Final pics of the completely finished Dragon "Northern King" sculpted by Anthony Watkins. I dulled down the gloss a bit, and coated the base (which doubles as a handle) with black bedliner rubber.

 

[Spook]

That really is amazing, Nathan. I honestly don't know how you can paint like that.

What product did you use for the black bed liner rubber, on the base? Looks great!

Mark

 

[DarthMagnus]

Insane work on that dragon bro!

 

[Ryu]

Great work as usual and it's really cool to see the Xeno so far and this dragon which is something different. Love it!

 

[SilentSurfer]

Thanks guys. The rubber comes in a spray can. I picked it up at Osh. It's Dupli-Color Rubberized Undercoat. The one I used was more for coating the underside of a car to prevent rust, but there are lots of different kinds for bedliners too.

The can says to let dry 10 minutes, but it took more like 10 hours for it to be totally set on the dragon base. It's very adhesive, but dries without being tacky at all, yet with a friction surface for sure gripping. It also puts a bit of texture on a smooth surface as you can kinda see in those pics.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Holy Smokes! That Dragon is Bad as HELL! I can't wait to send you GAMMY!

 

[Peteskywalker]

I use FolkArt from brush applications all the time. I use ComArt for airbrushing mostly. Durability is in proper priming and sealing though. I don't have anything crack unless there is a problem with the casting material I'm painting on.

Are there any shops i can buy the ComArt paints from in the US? no one in the uk seems to stock them.

 

[SilentSurfer]

https://coastairbrush.com/
I normally just go there in person, but you should be able to order everything online. That's where I discovered ComArt.

Holy Smokes! That Dragon is Bad as HELL! I can't wait to send you GAMMY!

I can't wait to paint our Gammys.

 

[Scarpredatorfan123]

Wait Nathan, you airbrush your figures?

 

[Peteskywalker]

Thank you Nathan, I’m guessing they will not be open until Tuesday so I will contact them then

https://coastairbrush.com/
I normally just go there in person, but you should be able to order everything online. That's where I discovered ComArt.

 

[SilentSurfer]

Wait Nathan, you airbrush your figures?

Yeah, of course. Brush and airbrush. Depends on the effect I'm after for a given area.