Airbrush Step by Step – July 2019

The Flying Saucer | STEP BY STEP

03/19 E AIRBRUSH STEP BY STEP 5

EQUIPMENT – The Flying Saucer

Airbrushes: Harder & Steenbeck Evolution 2 in1, Iwata

Eclipse, Iwata HP-C 0,3 mm

Paints: House of Kolor, primer, base coat, clear varnish

Additional materials: Paper stencil, pencils, sandpaper

100grid, 600grid, 800grid, transparent masking tape/

tape, stencil knife, various fi ne brushes

01

Preparing the tank

For this project, I’m making

use of a brand-new motorcycle tank.

I’ve grinded it down with a 100 grain

sandpaper and cleaned it with a sol-

vent. I then grounded the tank with an

epoxy primer, which can be directly ap-

plied to metal. After it dries over night,

I wet-grind the primer with a 600 grain

sandpaper and silicon remover. Jet

Black serves as my base color hue and

I cover it with the clear varnish Kosmic

Clear from House of Kolor. After sever-

al days of letting it dry, I wet-grind the

surface with 800 grain sandpaper and

then clean it off. The tank is now ready

for additional steps.

02

Drawing

I’ve now covered the tank

with paper and drawn the design onto

it. I generally only draw a rough pre-

sketch, which affords me more free

space for my phantasy in the airbrush

process. I copy the drawings and tape

them up with two layers of transparent

adhesive tape. I then cut the stencils I’ll

need out of that.

03

The sky as a background
I begin by creating the background. After placing
masking tape on the frontal areas, I start with the sky, using
blue metallic and a bit of white for that. I only use the radi-

ant silver to present stars and for the “Flying Saucer“. I then

spray the sky with the Candy cobalt blue.