Warjacks and Badger Ghost Tint fail

     I thought I'd try some new techniques and processes today; namely, blocking off areas with silly putty (as Les, from Awesomepaintjob swears by) and using the newly-arrive Badger Ghost Tints.  

    Below are the 'Jacks, with the areas taped/SP'd off, and ready to go. I did the initial highlights using German Grey, and then P3 Coal Black, and then highlighted using white added to the mix. Next time, I'll go for a more desaturated, mottled look and use a light khaki or RMS White Leather to highlight instead of straight white.

     Below are the final highlights.  The Ghost Tinted one infuriated me so much I almost gently placed the 'Jack in the garbage so I'd never have to look at it again. I know it's going to be glossy and take some time to dry, but there were dense pigments shotgunned all over it, and it looks like a Christmas Candied Apple.  I'll go at it again and tint more tomorrow to darken things a little bit.  

     My first instinct was to blame the product, but let's be honest: I've done this a total of about 40 hours at this point, and just need to try any and all manner of techniques, so I should expect to fail and produce some miserable looking models, but in the meantime, maybe I can do something nice, too.

     Below is the finished 'Jack that I am pleased with.

Yuck.

     I did some red on a Chaos Terminator Lord in between work, just because this poorly-primed model has no future but to end up as a paint test.

     Below is the nice-looking 'Jack, with the black base applied to the parts that will end up as metallic. Still a little more work to do, but overall, looking good.

Updates: Predator and Khador (Airbrush Experiment)

Here are some of the updates for the recent projects I have been working on. I added ultra-highlights, as seen here:

And here, with shadows added; the grey-green I used was a little too mottled, but I think it'll work out, especially if I add a thin glaze of green afterwards.

And here are some of the Khador I have been working on. I am still using an ultra-thinned RMS White, but it simply will not go out smoothly; I will just wait for my Vallejo white to get here.  It is either thinned to the point of not working, or just shotguns large white dots all over the place. At any rate, the 'Jack on the right has the white highlights (which will be smoothed down with a red glaze) and the one on the left does not.