Adnarim
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It pretty much is. The only other time I handled an airbrush was to spray some white paint on a dress. I had never done anything this intricate or detailed. Granted this was my second attempt at painting it. So, you didn't get to see the abomination that the first trial was. 
But I'll admit, I'm pretty good at regular hand painting things---it was using the airbrush which is something so outside of a plain ole paintbrush that it felt so different and challenging (in a good way).
The base white color was just Basic brand white acrylic paint. I used Createx airbrush paints for the blue, gray and black on the mask, and some reds mix with brown and sand for the mouth.
After the whole thing was dry and finished, (since I'm cheap and don't have a flexible adhesive or anything like that) I used Mod Podge as a sealer for the paints.
As for the process....
Started with that basic white in about 4 layers to get total coverage and even hues. Then I went in with the midnight blue color airbrushing the edges, eyes, cheeks and back in a very light layer. After that came the medium gray and I used that as a shade element, getting inside of most of the creases. To darken it overall, that's where the black came in, shading in the areas that needed it (i.e. eyes, crest, cheeks, back, neck) and then continued to try and do all the spots, which kind of looks like I went overboard with but since the suit had a lot of spots I felt it was needed! As for the finishing touches I went over the crest again in blue and gray for a little bit more darkening of the colors. To give it a better ombre effect on the crests I dry-brushed some white on a couple of them.
The mouth.
Since I didn't have the colors I mixed and match the best I could. The first attempted at coloring the mouth came out really brown and hot pink! I didn't realize the red color I purchased would come out at a pink, let alone a hot pink! To tone it down the best I could, I made a mixture of red and sand colors to get a healthier skin pink and then a mixture of medium brown and pink for the lowlights. Finally went back over in a few places with the sand color.
The Teeth.
I didn't use the airbrush on these. They are colored in a base of antique white (Craft Paint Acrylics) then used a golden yellow and brown (Createx) for the highlights and lowlights.
But I'll admit, I'm pretty good at regular hand painting things---it was using the airbrush which is something so outside of a plain ole paintbrush that it felt so different and challenging (in a good way).The base white color was just Basic brand white acrylic paint. I used Createx airbrush paints for the blue, gray and black on the mask, and some reds mix with brown and sand for the mouth.
After the whole thing was dry and finished, (since I'm cheap and don't have a flexible adhesive or anything like that) I used Mod Podge as a sealer for the paints.
As for the process....
Started with that basic white in about 4 layers to get total coverage and even hues. Then I went in with the midnight blue color airbrushing the edges, eyes, cheeks and back in a very light layer. After that came the medium gray and I used that as a shade element, getting inside of most of the creases. To darken it overall, that's where the black came in, shading in the areas that needed it (i.e. eyes, crest, cheeks, back, neck) and then continued to try and do all the spots, which kind of looks like I went overboard with but since the suit had a lot of spots I felt it was needed! As for the finishing touches I went over the crest again in blue and gray for a little bit more darkening of the colors. To give it a better ombre effect on the crests I dry-brushed some white on a couple of them.
The mouth.
Since I didn't have the colors I mixed and match the best I could. The first attempted at coloring the mouth came out really brown and hot pink! I didn't realize the red color I purchased would come out at a pink, let alone a hot pink! To tone it down the best I could, I made a mixture of red and sand colors to get a healthier skin pink and then a mixture of medium brown and pink for the lowlights. Finally went back over in a few places with the sand color.
The Teeth.
I didn't use the airbrush on these. They are colored in a base of antique white (Craft Paint Acrylics) then used a golden yellow and brown (Createx) for the highlights and lowlights.
