[PROJECT] Airbrushed 'BIOSHOCK' TJ-07

[Fujimitsu]

That droplet effect is amazing, great work.

[Tile]

The airbrushing looks top notch especially the droplet effect.

PS My first post at XtremeSistems.

[RubberDuck]

Holy Sht that is Awesome Man it is looking very good hell it looks awesome

[ColonelCain]

Very nice work there. Can't wait to see more!

[R B Customs]

upppppppppppppppdateeeeeeeeeeeee

I have just about finished the insides of the case, I'm not going to clear coat them till i have the right window of opportunity, i really need to wait till during the day ( weekend) when it is a bit warmer, instead of on a cold night like this, as the cold can cause problems with the clear coat. No hurry for that though, i prefer to do everythign in one go anyway

Here are the insides at the moment all that needs doing now apart from the clear coat is to sink the bubbles / blisters back in a bit as they pop out a little too much at the moment, this is a simple task and wont take 2 moments to do





the pics look a bit foggy and bright at the moment cos of the paint particles left int he air when the picture was taken, and also once the clear coat is on the colours will become richer and more saturated. and they wont have this light cast over them.

Next on the list:

outer panels!

[R B Customs]

How long have you been airbrushing for?

I first held an airbrush in my hand about 7 year ago, when i started making scale models, but ive been airbrushing art work for around 5 year i would imagine

always been 'the artistic' type though

[ElEctric_EyE]

Super cool dude, how much do you charge for a box?

[R B Customs]

Sorry mate, I only post my hobby stuff here, I conduct no business on forums and certainly don't give quotes out without a long discussion with a client


This is the image i want to put on the side

The rest of the images of the big daddy are cool, but the case is a little too small to have that much detail in without muting alot of it.

Its kinda hard to explain, but it would ruin the big daddy to have it that small.

So a closer crop would work better, and this image will go very nice with the over all look of the case
I'm going for



If i ever find my printer cable, I'm hoping to have this drawn on the panel by tonight

[hmammen]

wow...this is going to be a hella cool case. my favorite mod yet.

[disruptfam]

Excellent work on that case....

What kind of gear is going in there? (hardware) watercooled?

[tiro_uspsss]

upppppppppppppppdateeeeeeeeeeeee

I have just about finished the insides of the case, I'm not going to clear coat them till i have the right window of opportunity, i really need to wait till during the day ( weekend) when it is a bit warmer, instead of on a cold night like this, as the cold can cause problems with the clear coat. No hurry for that though, i prefer to do everythign in one go anyway

Here are the insides at the moment all that needs doing now apart from the clear coat is to sink the bubbles / blisters back in a bit as they pop out a little too much at the moment, this is a simple task and wont take 2 moments to do





the pics look a bit foggy and bright at the moment cos of the paint particles left int he air when the picture was taken, and also once the clear coat is on the colours will become richer and more saturated. and they wont have this light cast over them.

Next on the list:

outer panels!

O M G that looks insane... thats awesome... *speechless*

[_Slim_Shady_]

Any chance you would be willing to post a small walk through of how you paint the blisters and water drops? The rendering is incredible!

[SeLecT]

Very nice work! It looks awesome!

Did you airbrushed this case in your avatar too?
How many hours do ypu work at an airbrush?

[disruptfam]

Did you airbrushed this case in your avatar too?

yeah i seen that rig in custom pc awhile back awesome work!!

[The Legend]

Wow, this is so impressive. I can't wait to see the finished product!

[R B Customs]

Very nice work! It looks awesome!

Did you airbrushed this case in your avatar too?
How many hours do ypu work at an airbrush?

Yea thats my personal case that i painted in my avatar.

I have a full time job, so i airbrush from 6PM til about midnight every night, So I pretty much run around like a blue arse fly all day, working, eating, making time for the girlfriend, and painting ha ha. great fun i promise!


Update

Finaly,

I'm up to the most enjoyable part of the project.

The job at hand now is the side panel.

Ht pannel was previously primed, then wet block sanded to a smooooth finish before getting plenty of very very thin coats of black base coat. left to harden over night, i returned with a scotch pad to smooth he paint down and give it more 'tooth' for the art work to stick to,




once this was done, i wiped the dust of my old overhead projector and set about transfering the design onto the panel.
Now, in some peoples opinion using an OHP is cheating. But really, it isjust time saving, and the amount of time it does save is well worth it. It means i can compose the panel correctly, first time. and not have to re-draw anything.

The down side is that the amount of information you can transfer is very limited. You will see from the next pic that i have only drawn the most basic of lines - the rest i fill in with the airbrush by eye.
Its always a pain too as the design constantly quivers and moves around as the OHP gently humms away. just the nature of the beast though.




NO masking?
I tend to do all my art work as free hand as possible. Masking can leave harsh edges which are hard to soften. And i find i can get edges as hard as i need - freehand. - It is a bit of a black art, but worth the effort.

So on with the painting its self.
I can see how most people would think this face is almost finished, but it is far from it. This picture demonstrates only 2 coulours form the airbrush - pure black and light grey. For work of this nature i normally only use a hand full of shades and let the airbrush blend them together.

I spray at pressures that would make most airbrush artist wince - its just the way i prefer, although it does leave me with faint overspray, so i find my self re-filling black areas in again toward the end.

heres what i have so far... cant wait to get it all done now!



Whats all that mess on the side?
alot of my projects that you see will have random squiggles on the sides, this is simply the area i use to test a line on the airbrush, or get rid of paint gathered on the needle... it gets covered up in the end.

stay tuned guys, were onto the best parts now!!

Rick B

[Jokester_wild]

wow excellent work

do you paint for a living ?

[ser710]

Can't wait for this one, I'm guessing you did the skeleton one you have as your avatar.

[shazza]

Excellent. Coincidentally, I have the same Big Daddy scene as my desktop background. It's my favorite of all the images I've seen online, and obviously is looking fantastic on your computer. I bow to your creativity and skill.

[disruptfam]

Can't wait for this one, I'm guessing you did the skeleton one you have as your avatar.

yes he did do the one in his avatar... as he said about 3 post's above your's

Awesome work mate can't wait for the finished product

[The Legend]

You are truly talented!

Any idea on an ETA for this project?

[Psycho_eddie]

If you could train a few emigos you could set yourself up a little business with a neat little website selling custom designed cases for sure


Cant wait to see this one completed!! Havnt had so much fun with a game for ages!!

[R B Customs]

You are truly talented!

Any idea on an ETA for this project?

No ETA in particular... Its just done when its done.

First update of the night, after this I'm going back to work and do some more.


BEFORE YOU LOOK! ! !

There are some parts of these images which look like mistakes, and look completely wrong. Don't worry, they are not wrong as such, just not finished!


I am still onto the first 50/50 grey layer of paint, and because of this, some parts ( eye socket) look terrible at the moment, I can see how to some it looks kinda finished, but it is no where near!


#1
Starting to define the eye socket a little more with black, this are is going to receive alot of attention later on, so looks bad at the moment.
I have also started the refine the hairline / face a little too


#2 Starting to fill some areas of the glove hands, these will receive more attention later too, make them look really old and work, with the stitching showing - this if you like is just the under painting of it all.


#3
more work on the glove, and starting to suggest some hair
http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ccchv3.jpg


#4
A little work on the lace parts of the dress, more work ont he glove and more added hair. Also i have starting to suggest where the folds in the dress will be.


Lastly i can share a little bit of technique, This is the shade of grey that i a using, its quite dark - although it shows up almost white on the black panel. from this i will go 75/25 white/black, then 100% white
and also 25/75 white/black, then 100% black


Heres is the same colour on a white support.

[ComputerGuy87]

looking good cant wait to see it done

[ser710]

Damn, looking nasty keep it up. When do you think you're going to be done with it?