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I have been looking into getting a spray gun and I was wondering wether or not I should get the citadel spray gun. What brand should I get?

In all honesty, the Citadel spray gun is absolutely terrible. You'd be better off with, well, any other spray gun.

Yes citadel spray gun = fail

your better off drinking the paint and spitting it on the model. I ruined several good models with this piece of trash. Even if you hook it up to a compressor, the air pressure is not consistent, the hose gets clogged very easily, and the pre-mixing instructions on the bottle basically tell you to waste an entire pot of paint for one dose.

Stay away, stay far away.

Additionally, I tried to bust into the air brushing scene a year ago, and I would like to give you a few words of advice that I could have used to save me a lot of headaches.

1. Find a mentor. The money you will invest into air brushing can exceed 7 to 8 hundred dollars in a hurry. Don't go by what the douche at the store says, or some internet forum . Find someone locally that can take you under their wing and teach you, using some of their hardware. There may be classes in your area. Don't limit your search to just gaming hobbies either. Air brushing is very popular in other venues such as vehicles and wall art.

2. don't buy a cheap air brush. $100.00 minimum. Some would recommend much more. I wasted alot of money trying to buy cheap air brushes. I think that pasche has a $100.00 starter kit that is siphon fed. (paint is on the bottom). There will be air brush snobs out there that tell you to spend 300 dollars on a gravity fed dual action air brush, but you will most likely tear up your first air brush. Guess it depends on your disposable income.

3. Patience. You will probably have to dissasemble and completely clean out your air brush 50 to 60 times before you discover the right mixture of paint thinness. Everyone will tell you "the consistency of skim milk". that is really not much help if you don't know what you are doing.

My recommendation is this. Don't mix the paint in the airbrush. Find a cheap test color you are going to experiment with. My recommendation is yellow, because its hard to cover with, and is easier to see your mistakes. Mix several small vials of it with precise measurements. 60/40, 50/50, 40/60, and so on. Find the one that works for you and the paint you will be using. If its too thick, it will clog really soon. If its too thin, it will sputter and run. Paint it on foam board. both on black, white, and grey colored foam board. This allows you see how the paint behaves on different colors.

That's all the advice I can give you because I am still learning myself.

Just for god's sake, don't give GW any more money for that stupid gun.

Rant over

this is a recurring question on the board....

I have purchased the spray gun...twice! the first was an utter piece of garbage and wouldnt spray after the second usage. The next one does the job, but it can by highly frustrating to use. The cost of the propellant isnt bad until you find out how much your going to waist when the gun suddenly becomes ineffective at spraying midway through a project! Some people say just invest in an airbrush, but they are not intended for the same type of work. I think, after my experience with the spray gun, I would advise against getting one.

Gannam has good advise. Some training might be a good idea.

I too am actually looking at getting an spray kit after I got painters burnout from doing an Eldar Wave Serpent. It takes SO long to hand brush when you try to blend everything (Plus GW and FW keep releasing large models).

If anyone has any good web sites I (we) can purchase a good kit or can recommend a gun and compressor?

I bought a Paasche Talon from ebay for about $90 and use a home depot compressor with a regulator and water trap. I recommend a gravity feed brush as we work with small models and small quantities of paint at a time.

I recommend using an air tank as it will reduce how long you have to run the compressor which of course will be noisy.

I have recently piced up an Eclipse Airbrush kit for about $150 and got a cheap compressor from canadian tire tht was on sale $90.
I'm haveing a great time experimenting and practiceing different techniques and uses for boh on my models and other uses ie clothes
By far basecoating is primarily the biggest benefit you will never get smoother more even coat of paint that does not fill in like an aerosol can.
Gravity Feed is much simpler and easier to use and clean wit far fewer parts an simpler to change colours.

Look up the Ps900. It is available on amazon and is wonderful. It is a knock off of a 160 dollar airbrush for 100 bucks cheaper and same quality. This has been recommended by several users and I got one and love it.