Airbrushing flames

[mark norval]

Ok this is a short break down on painting flames. Not the one tone flames, but multi color ones.

Firstly put down your base color in this case red the darkest color.

 

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Sorry for the bad quality of pics.

Now put down some orange not allot just some detail.

 

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Add some yellow detail.

 

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Some more yellow detail

 

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You can see the curves I put in not one solid blob

 

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Make a stencil from plastic or paper, hold it over the paint and softly paint over it 50% on stencil and 50% on service

 

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painted stencil

 

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you can use different stencils with other curves to give a better effect. This is what makes the flames jump out.

 

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You can see the light color. now fade it out with a darker color I start with the red on the edges of the stencil marks. Set your gun to put out minimal paint for finer lines

 

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Add orange and yellow the same way

 

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More

 

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The final product should look like this. Remember this was rushed off and took me no more than 20min that is mixing paint and cleaning gun in between. Use your time and use fine painting lines for better effects. You can put down as many layers as you wish to get the desired look.

 

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A nice tip. Use about two different shades of each color to give it more depth. Clean gun between color changes.

I'm no pro so I do not say that my ways are the best or that I can paint well I'm far from it!

I like this hobby but not more than I love fishing. Hope this helps a bit. Have a look on you tube for some ideas and some video tutorials. this is the basic step to flames.

Good luck and happy painting.