My wife an I got married last summer and my dad very generously gave me an airbrush as a gift. It was exactly what I had wanted for years, an Iwata Revolution CR. Unfortunately, I've been so busy with the house and life generally that I had not had time to sit down and devote a day to research, practise and tuition. In isolation, however, no such excuses exist so I sat down and spent a morning researching the use and clean-up procedure of airbrush painting. Later, I practised on an old Viridian Behemoth Fire Support dinosaur that I was considering including in my separatist marine forces.
The airbrush itself is great. I based it a goblin green colour then added streaks in a dark olive colour. I used the streaks as an opportunity to to practise making wider lines thin and getting used
to the trigger action and pressure. Airbrushing is difficult but I can see a lot of potential in it and I really like how the dinosaur's skin tone came out. The rest of the model was painted in the same way as the previous marines with particular reference to the mounted chain gun team. I opted for a WW2 US tank inspired scheme for the howdah but refrained from adding all the dust and rust that I would normally add to a vehicle. I wanted to keep it similar to the clean, sharp highlighting style of the original.
Regarding the Behemoth itself, I'm pleased overall with the results. The problem for me is the silliness of the unit. I just can't get over the obvious limitations to using dinosaurs instead of vehicles. Regardless, it is certainly different and makes a nice centre piece for my marine separatist forces. I suppose they defected from Viridia and continued to maintain their stocks of Behemoth dinosaurs.
I have the troop transport version too but that really is daft! I may or may not use it. We'll see.
