Remember my previous article of me Going Pro. Well, I used 2nd edition Space Hulk Terminators to experiment and practise my airbrush techniques. I never really liked painting Forty Kay or Terminators in particular, but I thought it would be different painting them with an Airbrush. The Airbrush part was really fun and exciting, but I'm having a real hard time finishing them. They're so boring I actually fell asleep one time while painting.
In an effort to keep me interested I decided to shift my focus on a little terrain project together with the kids. I'm always looking for ways to include the kids in one of my hobby adventures. Usually those endeavours end up with me being highly agitated, but this time I actually enjoyed the whole process and more importantly I think they did too.
A while ago I made a Fieldstone Bridge from a Hirst Arts mold. In that post I mentioned you could make stone wall sections with the same mold. I still had a lot material left from doing the bridges, so I figured to make some wall sections while the kids joined me and played around with the remaining materials.
Wall sections (picture made by Thantsants) |
We didn't do everything in one day. We did one step of the process a day. Glueing the parts or dry brushing one color would be done during a session of 30 minutes or less. In total it took about one week to finish the whole process. Each time I told them we would do some hobby work they would burst with excitement.
Results made by oldest son |
Results made by youngest son |
Same age as my boys, well Arthur just turned five but near enough. Hobby time with the boys is pure gold, adds layers to the enjoyment.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to seeing how the airbrushing goes, I dabbled a bit about five years ago but the darn thing kept clogging and I bent the pin cleaning it.
Oh nice walls.
Good idea and nice results.
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