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Is there any apparent advantages of airbrush over spray paints, short of the nice airbrush adjustable nozzle and the ability to change paint colours?

The reason was that I had an idea. I don't think I'm ready to get an airbrush yet. So my idea was that I could prehighlight white over black or white over grey then glaze?

An airbrush is all about control. You just cant lay down such fine, controlled layers of paint with a spray can, and you certainly cant do detail work with them.

If your only basecoating with some shading for table top then you could probably get away with spray cans. Ive never done anything but priming with rattle cans myself tho.

Hmm, control. I might have a bit of a play around. My primary idea was that rather than doing anything detailed, I could just add a small dusting of white. I found this priming guide that talked about ways in which you can use a white spray paint to highlight black for speed painting so you can avoid the ardous task of blending or washing and glazing from grey. This got me thinking. Though if I am going to glaze it I might have to use white over grey rather than black.

i cant see why that wouldn't work, especially with some washes afterwards.

It's possible to dust something using spraypaint if you get your can control right. I usually do it by spraying at an angle to the subject using a broad cap at a little distance; takes some practice though.

Thanks, that is brilliant.

I'd strongly suggest you take some time to practice it first though. That and ensure you pick up some suitable spraypaint caps before hand.

Control and colour choice.

You can mix up your own custom tints and spray with an airbrush.

You can't with a spraycan - you're limited to what they have available.