About ardnut.co.uk

Welcome to ardnut.co.uk. This website exists to showcase the custom paint jobs and modding projects I've done to various bits of kit over the years.

Back in 2006 I had just finished my Metal Slug Themed Arcade Controller and originally created this website simply to show it off. I then added a couple of other projects that I had already completed prior to that, like my Warhammer 40000 themed PC, and the website has been growing with new content ever since. I used to be able to fit everything I had done as one big list on the homepage but even that has now had to be reorganised.

About Me

My name is Ash Bostock and I'm a web developer and artist living in the South East of England. I became interested in and started working with web technologies back in 1998 and have been continuing to do so ever since. I'm currently working for Sparticle Limited, a great IT company also based in the South East of England. I get to work on various things from Web Design, Web Development, Server Support to Graphic Design. There's also a Multimedia division - Spartmedia, which deals with Movie Production, Creating Marketing Media, etc... so I may even find myself getting involved with that in the future.

On the art side I have been drawing and painting practically all my life, relatively recently adding airbrushing to mix as well.

Below is a list of the gear I use to create the items on this site:

Tools

  • Aztek A470 (Original airbrush I bought)
  • Iwata Revolution HP-TR1 (Currently used airbrush)
  • Iwata Sprint Jet Compressor
  • Graphtec Craft ROBO CC200-20

Media

  • Acrylics (Vallejo Model Air and Model Color)
  • Polyurethane Gloss Varnish
  • Artool Ultra Mask
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