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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/22 14:45:04
Subject: Airbrush?
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Been Around the Block
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What are airbrushes good for? And should I get one for my ork army?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/22 14:46:40
Subject: Airbrush?
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Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge
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They're good for painting large areas at a time, whether it's vehicles, large swathes of infantry, terrain, or what have you. They're more precise than a spray paint can and you have a lot of control over them. If you're painting Orks, it's not a bad plan.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/22 14:53:17
Subject: Airbrush?
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[DCM]
Moustache-twirling Princeps
Gone-to-ground in the craters of Coventry
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They can give a clean and even coverage of whatever colour you want.
For Orks, they're great. Stick the heads on cocktail sticks, and hose away.
Do the same for arms, and bodies stuck lightly to sprue or something.
As long as you get a brush with a fairly small spray area, you can do trousers in one run, skin in another, and touch up the overlap by hand.
If it's a large coverage airbrush, vehicles go in no time.
Masking tape is great, as you can cover up the equipment panels or weapons and get the majority of the vehicle in a few passes.
Look for painting tutorials on Youtube.
There's one I used for Dire Avengers, which showed the basics of what an airtbrush can be used for.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/22 15:06:53
Subject: Re:Airbrush?
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Been Around the Block
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Do you guys have any good brands I can use? And are they good for priming?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/22 15:08:33
Subject: Airbrush?
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[DCM]
Moustache-twirling Princeps
Gone-to-ground in the craters of Coventry
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There are loads of threads on Dakka showing links to offers and recommended kit.
I've put a few up myself, if you search my posts (after exhausting the regular searches).
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/22 15:29:20
Subject: Re:Airbrush?
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Swift Swooping Hawk
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Gabe224 wrote:Do you guys have any good brands I can use? And are they good for priming?
Depends on what your budget is but here goes.
- Yes they work very well for priming as long as you use the right primer. I recommend the Vallejo surface primer. It goes very well through an airbrush with no watering down. Comes in 3 colors (black/white/grey) and many bottle format.
If you want to do some basecoating, pretty much any airbrush will do.
Just make sure it's dual-action and gravity feed. Gives you better control and wastes less paint than siphon feed.
Aside from the usual chinese knock offs, A Badger Patrio 105 or Badger Renegade is a good entry model.
If you want to be able to do finer detailing you will need to spend more, get a smaller needle etc...
The next important part is the compressor.
Noise is a factor but it's up to how much noise YOU can live with while working.
Must have a good regulator as you will be working between 12-24 PSI
A tank if you don't want to constantly hear the compressor working and give it a chance to rest.
A water trap so condensation water does not wind up in the hose and consequently into your paint.
A good compressor with those attributes will run about $150-$170
The final part, get a good cleaning kit (MACK is a pretty complete one) ($20) and nozzle cleaner. ($5-7)
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/24 01:36:36
Subject: Re:Airbrush?
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Sneaky Lictor
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Both of those brushes are good. Personally I use an IWATA Revolution CR. Great for spraying whole armies and fine enough to draw 1mm lines. All depends on distance to the model and nozzle/needle combos.
When you get a compressor, male sure you get one with an adjustable PSI.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/24 09:24:23
Subject: Airbrush?
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Private
Great Britain
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I use a Badger 100 side feed airbrush, ideal for painting tanks with.
IMO Badger are about the best airbrushes around, although not cheap. You can also get some decent IWATA brushes. I've always avoided the spraygun types, with the jar underneath the nozzle and gone for gravity or side fed brushes.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/24 22:20:00
Subject: Airbrush?
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Secretive Dark Angels Veteran
UK - Warwickshire
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I'l throw in my 2cents.
I started out on a generic no brand suction feed brush that set me back £50 and came with 3 different needle sizes. It was a great brush but I could feel how it was cheap in the trigger mechanism and the way it breaks down into parts.
I also got gifted a used Bagder 150 suction feed, it was used and not in brand new condition...but I really hated it... to the point where I don't even consider using it over the £50 cheap suction fed.(I coulnt say if this is because it was in used condition and just poorly maintained or not tbh but it has put me right off badger all together)
From there I tried a similar cheap generic gravity fed (about £35), hoping for more detail control, which it did, but showed its cheapness even more so with its annoying fiddly nozzle assembly and not overly smooth trigger.
I broke that one fairly quickly and found the parts to fix it were going to cost me more then half the price of the whole brush!
So I went for a more upmarket one and bout a Harder & Steenbeck Evolution Silverline 0.2mm gravity fed for about £120, its already outlived the others combined and looks good to carry on for some years. The way the nozzle goes in and out is so much more simple, not involving the usual teeny weeny threads that were problematic on my other brushes.
What I learned was that with suction fed brushes, cheap is fine... as good as the reputable brand (maybe the badger 150 I got given was ruined before it got to me though)
With gravity fed brushes you definatly get what you pay for, my £120 midrange brush has outlived a £35 brush atleast 6times over making it cheaper in the long haul. I'l never go back to anything lesser quality for my airbrushing again.
That being said, price does not equal quality everytime. Pay attention to the break down of parts and how well designed it is, and the availability of replacement parts for your locality when choosing the brand for you.
Harder and Steenbeck are Austrian I think, as I'm in the UK they see better pricing than badger and iwata because of the EU trading law and taxes etc
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/25 15:56:00
Subject: Airbrush?
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Brainy Zoanthrope
Wisconsin
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I was thinking about doing something similar for my Blood Angels because it would make it worlds easier to base coat my guys in Mephiston Red.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2012/08/26 02:35:30
Subject: Airbrush?
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Trustworthy Shas'vre
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As stated, there are literally HUNDREDS of posts on "what airbrush should I get". In fact, there is one about every 12 days or so.
There are also dozens and dozens of airburshing vids on youtube.
Look for awesomepaintjob. com or buypainted.
For an airbrush, get a double action gravity feed.
Start with a cheap one, once your skill gets past that, you will know enough about how you use it to know what you want in a more advanced one (its like any skill based piece of gear....your skill is more important once you get past some basics).
For a compressor, get a cheap one...below $100 they are all the same. Once you know you want to do this, look for a more expensive and quiet one.
(there are even more threads on this).
If you live in the US, the cheap harbor freight "airbrush kit" for $90 is a great starter brush and compressor.
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