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I'm not the world's greatest painter, don't really have an eye for colours, but i wouldn't say i'm the worst. I do not own an airbrush, a little hesitant on buying one for the simple fact of it's like a 300 dollar investment that i don't know if i'll be good with it? And yes i know with time and practice i'll get better, but living in a duplex in the Mid-west United states, space is fairly limited atm. SO with that said, i'm gonna be building an Imperial List (as soon as GW opens back up and i can buy stuff again) and I want to know how to paint a warm yellow colour!! I don't want like super bright yellow marines I want like a burnt yellow-not quite orange. IDK how to describe it, just a darker yellow, but i have no idea where to even begin with that!?!?! Any tips or tutorials would be most welcome, just know that i'm limited on space and for the moment - i have to use brushes! Also not so great with painting things like highlighting (giving the illusion of light) and fine detailing. I can post some pictures of things i've painted to give an idea!

Side Note - I bought a bunch of cheap units on ebay (like 40 units for 20 $) that i'm gonna be experimenting with before i buy/assemble/paint my marines. Any help is greatly appreciated and i thank you for your time and patience!

For lighter colors always build up from a base. So for yellow I'd start with maybe a brown color as a base coat.

In addition, try to use multiple layers rather than glob on paint. If the yellow doesn't look good with one coat you can always use another (or some ink) but if the paint already on the mini ends up rough there's nothing to do but start over.

If you want a darker yellow, maybe look at historical paints. Something like the dark yellow Battlefront uses for German tanks maybe?

As for highlights and the rest, it's just a matter of practice and learning good brush control.

The best miniature painters dont use air brush. Only for tanks etc. Air brushing is pretty popular in america for miniatures but it's not the traditional way you should learn nor does it look good. Forget about buying an air brush for now. Just search Darren Latham on YouTube or watch the warhammer painting vids that correspond to the unit you are purchasing.

 Axel Dale wrote:
The best miniature painters dont use air brush. Only for tanks etc. Air brushing is pretty popular in america for miniatures but it's not the traditional way you should learn nor does it look good. Forget about buying an air brush for now. Just search Darren Latham on YouTube or watch the warhammer painting vids that correspond to the unit you are purchasing.

That is a lie and you know it.
Airbrushes are tool that need to be practiced with. There is no "traditional" way to paint minis. ITs all down to tastes and everything.
Angel Giraldez uses an airbrush and doesnt aswell.

However!!! anything you can do with an airbrush can be done with a hairybrush
Pick a scheme and go with it.
That said, Yellow is hard to paint if my imperial list, you mean Imperial fists, i would recommend using a yellow primer, like Army painter demonic yellow.
Look at guys like Apathetic fish for tips.
Here is a good book to get started, yeah its kinda advertismenty, being made by a company to kinda push their products, but its great, and FREE
https://www.redgrassgames.com/redgrassgames-free-painting-books/?fbclid=IwAR1dtfsf34Blx7il7G472tFeVpvJWYXs1ueMKg2NoYY1njbbCYAl_oJJqnE
and just paint more minis, paint paint paint,

 Axel Dale wrote:
The best miniature painters dont use air brush. Only for tanks etc. Air brushing is pretty popular in america for miniatures but it's not the traditional way you should learn nor does it look good. Forget about buying an air brush for now. Just search Darren Latham on YouTube or watch the warhammer painting vids that correspond to the unit you are purchasing.

My problem with the Warhammer painting videos is he'll literally say "it's time for detaling. Try to detail only the high parts!" And then he does like under the armor and all over and it's like...??? For My Death Guard i painted them as if they had just turned from Nurgle so i kept the white and just dirtied it up and kept the things like the tentacles a fleshy toned pink/purple. But thanks i'll look Darren up now!


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 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Axel Dale wrote:
The best miniature painters dont use air brush. Only for tanks etc. Air brushing is pretty popular in america for miniatures but it's not the traditional way you should learn nor does it look good. Forget about buying an air brush for now. Just search Darren Latham on YouTube or watch the warhammer painting vids that correspond to the unit you are purchasing.

That is a lie and you know it.
Airbrushes are tool that need to be practiced with. There is no "traditional" way to paint minis. ITs all down to tastes and everything.
Angel Giraldez uses an airbrush and doesnt aswell.

However!!! anything you can do with an airbrush can be done with a hairybrush
Pick a scheme and go with it.
That said, Yellow is hard to paint if my imperial list, you mean Imperial fists, i would recommend using a yellow primer, like Army painter demonic yellow.
Look at guys like Apathetic fish for tips.
Here is a good book to get started, yeah its kinda advertismenty, being made by a company to kinda push their products, but its great, and FREE
https://www.redgrassgames.com/redgrassgames-free-painting-books/?fbclid=IwAR1dtfsf34Blx7il7G472tFeVpvJWYXs1ueMKg2NoYY1njbbCYAl_oJJqnE
and just paint more minis, paint paint paint,

Yeah xD can't learn if you don't DO. So i'm trying hense why i got the 40 comin in the mail! I want my Imperial Fists to look good! And I've seen some AMAZING Airbrush things so i think thats why i feel itimidated to try it.

Im not going to convince you to get an airbrush, its really a parsonal choice. but yeah, as with anything new, its intimidating. Just like when i started trying to do blends its intimidating. When i started i could only do a basecoast.
However, if you are intimidatied by the price, do not be, my personal set at at the beggining was 120$ using a harbor freight compressor.
However, if you dont go the route, remember that it is easier to darken than it is to lighten, start from a like basecoast to a shadow.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Axel Dale wrote:
The best miniature painters dont use air brush. Only for tanks etc. Air brushing is pretty popular in america for miniatures but it's not the traditional way you should learn nor does it look good. Forget about buying an air brush for now. Just search Darren Latham on YouTube or watch the warhammer painting vids that correspond to the unit you are purchasing.

That is a lie and you know it.
Airbrushes are tool that need to be practiced with. There is no "traditional" way to paint minis. ITs all down to tastes and everything.
Angel Giraldez uses an airbrush and doesnt aswell.

However!!! anything you can do with an airbrush can be done with a hairybrush
Pick a scheme and go with it.
That said, Yellow is hard to paint if my imperial list, you mean Imperial fists, i would recommend using a yellow primer, like Army painter demonic yellow.
Look at guys like Apathetic fish for tips.
Here is a good book to get started, yeah its kinda advertismenty, being made by a company to kinda push their products, but its great, and FREE
https://www.redgrassgames.com/redgrassgames-free-painting-books/?fbclid=IwAR1dtfsf34Blx7il7G472tFeVpvJWYXs1ueMKg2NoYY1njbbCYAl_oJJqnE
and just paint more minis, paint paint paint,

No 'eavy metal GW painter uses airbrush on troops as far as I'm aware. Only for vehicles. I'm sure theres some good painters out there who use it but 9/10 they will be american. If you watch those youtuber guys they all use airbrush but in my opinion its unnecessary and half the time their minis look a mess cus the finish of a bristle brush doesn't match their airbrush. listen the guy hasn't even bought models or paints yet and hes talking about getting a an airbrush let's try steer him in the right direction. Learn to paint the product the way the people who make them recommend, learn basics, then you can branch of

 Axel Dale wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Axel Dale wrote:
The best miniature painters dont use air brush. Only for tanks etc. Air brushing is pretty popular in america for miniatures but it's not the traditional way you should learn nor does it look good. Forget about buying an air brush for now. Just search Darren Latham on YouTube or watch the warhammer painting vids that correspond to the unit you are purchasing.

That is a lie and you know it.
Airbrushes are tool that need to be practiced with. There is no "traditional" way to paint minis. ITs all down to tastes and everything.
Angel Giraldez uses an airbrush and doesnt aswell.

However!!! anything you can do with an airbrush can be done with a hairybrush
Pick a scheme and go with it.
That said, Yellow is hard to paint if my imperial list, you mean Imperial fists, i would recommend using a yellow primer, like Army painter demonic yellow.
Look at guys like Apathetic fish for tips.
Here is a good book to get started, yeah its kinda advertismenty, being made by a company to kinda push their products, but its great, and FREE
https://www.redgrassgames.com/redgrassgames-free-painting-books/?fbclid=IwAR1dtfsf34Blx7il7G472tFeVpvJWYXs1ueMKg2NoYY1njbbCYAl_oJJqnE
and just paint more minis, paint paint paint,

No 'eavy metal GW painter uses airbrush on troops as far as I'm aware. Only for vehicles. I'm sure theres some good painters out there who use it but 9/10 they will be american. If you watch those youtuber guys they all use airbrush but in my opinion its unnecessary and half the time their minis look a mess cus the finish of a bristle brush doesn't match their airbrush. listen the guy hasn't even bought models or paints yet and hes talking about getting a an airbrush let's try steer him in the right direction. Learn to paint the product the way the people who make them recommend, learn basics, then you can branch of

Wait.....are you saying that because the company makes them,,,,,you have to paint them like the company does.
Listen man, I dont know why your dislike of airbrush is related to Americans or , but you have to reevaluate them. you can simply not like it, that fine, but to say that only Brits know how to paint because they dont use an airbrush is laugable.

Yes that what I'm saying is recommended for a beginner, do it the way they are teaching you to do it. I'll speak for most others and say that's sound advice to a beginner on a forum asking for help. My argument is that you dont need an airbrush to produce quality and that it wont help him one bit considering the guy is on a budget. The misconception that you need an airbrush in this hobby is something that is very american. The guy literally thinks he needs one if you read his OP. You can laugh but it's actually true. It's not a contest who is better at painting or anything bad. Different regions have different styles. The GW painters dont use air brushes for units and they dont even entertain the idea of using one to newcomers. I feel like my advice is better overall and he'll have a better experience than "paint them how you want and spend all ur money on paint cus you have no colour scheme."
I dont own an airbrush and you probably use yours a lot, so we are too bias to have a logical back and forth on the matter, nothing against air brushing and experimenting if you can afford and have learned to dry brush/edge highlight/wash simple things GW teach newcomers for free.

You seem to have your wires crossed man.
Im saying, yes, you can do it without an airbrush, its 100% possible.
However, you said that the best painters dont use them(Which is wrong) and that GW doesnt recommend you use them(Also wrong, go read WD, airbrushing in it all around)
And im like, pretty sure airbrushing is a pretty universal thing, not an american vs Brit thing.
I do own an airbrush, and its the best tool i have in my aresenal and i would honestly recommend people who are painting tons of minis buy one for the pure value oif basecoating.

Okay maybe, I haven't read WD for a while. Still they arent pushing advanced and expensive methods to newbies and to impressionable kids which the OP could very well be like 12 for all we know. It's just a shame people think they need one to produce quality work.

Best painters is an opinion but all I can say to that is if you look at any golden demon winning entry from 2019 no visible air brush is used.

Keep note of who is using airbrushes and who isn't you'll see what I mean, its not just figure painting. I dont have census data but take my word for it hehe why this Is I dont know, maybe you have a lot more manufacturers/retailers.

Yeah for sure its definitely handy. There's spray primer as well which is a cheaper alt. When you prime with an airbrush or spray of any kind though you still need go over again with a brush otherwise anything you paint over it is going to have diff texture, a mistake I see all the time. I'm pretty new to war gaming but with painting I know what I'm doing (I think)

For OP My yellow method:

1. White base for yellow area
2. 2-4 thin coats of yellow
3. Glazes (shade) with brown/yellow mix.
4. Edge highlight if needed.

Yellow is a difficult pigment at times, if you dont need a pure yellow add a tiny bit of different paint that sticks really well and it might make the paint more workable. Also yellows can be tacky so you need to move the brush extremely fast and move on, wait for it to fully dry before you add the next layer. Long process for good yellows sometimes but GW paints are pretty good. It's really larger surfaces of yellow that are a pain

 Axel Dale wrote:
Okay maybe, I haven't read WD for a while. Still they arent pushing advanced and expensive methods to newbies and to impressionable kids which the OP could very well be like 12 for all we know. It's just a shame people think they need one to produce quality work.

Best painters is an opinion but all I can say to that is if you look at any golden demon winning entry from 2019 no visible air brush is used.

Keep note of who is using airbrushes and who isn't you'll see what I mean, its not just figure painting. I dont have census data but take my word for it hehe why this Is I dont know, maybe you have a lot more manufacturers/retailers.

You have no way of knowing if is the GD used airbrush or not. like at all. if you are good with the tool, it wouldnt show.
You literally have no idea what you are talking about. Go look at some of the best painters that exist, Roman Lappot, Angel Giraldez, they use airbrushes.I am not sure why you think this way. Airbrushes are so prevalent in this hobby. its fine not to want one or use one, but to think that the best painters dont use one is DAFT.

If you admit they dont give a visable effect then that's further proof they are redundant on troops and their effect is not desirable at the top level. They paint good camo on vehicles, prime things quick, have some nice stencil usages. They're good. If you're in to the hobby then you might want to own one.

Anyone else want to chime in? You think these top level painters are using air brushes? Do you think airbrushes are pretty low on the list of things you need as a beginner - or is it something you personally cant live without?

 Axel Dale wrote:
If you admit they dont give a visable effect then that's further proof they are redundant on troops and their effect is not desirable at the top level. They paint good camo on vehicles, prime things quick, have some nice stencil usages. They're good. If you're in to the hobby then you might want to own one.

Anyone else want to chime in? You think these top level painters are using air brushes? Do you think airbrushes are pretty low on the list of things you need as a beginner - or is it something you personally cant live without?

If you are good, they dont leave a visible effect.
I never once said a beginner needs ones, what i said was you are wrong about good painters never needing them.
And they are absolutely useful on troops, im not spending hours glazing in shadows doing fads and shadows.
The fact you think airbrushing is undesirable at top level and that people at the top level dont use them shows how little you know dude. I can give example of example of award winning painters who use painter brushes.
you clearly know nothing about this.
And im going to ask you this, What airbrush "Effect" is undesirable at high level? Is it getting good blends? is it the use of preshading.
These peianting are not just airbrushing and calling it done.

You keep saying I dont know what I'm talking about but all due respect look at my gallery I paint at a much higher level than you. My opinion holds more weight by default.

Any effect of paint being sprayed on to a miniature to create highlights is undesirable. A smooth finish from spray prime is undesirable. Basically everything. Just let somebody else chime in what they think you wont listen to me

Edit: High level painting is all about blending. Wet blending/loaded brushing technique/ good old layering, that's what judges want to see, not air brush blends any1 can do.

You do realize arebrushing is a blend right? a type of blend?
Judges dont care how your blends are acheived, just how seamless they are.
Also do not go into personal attacks dude.

Yeah but that's not always what art competitions are about if somebody took an air brush to a really nice painting it might have smoother blends but it's not going to be appreciated in the same way as something more labor intensive so IMO airbrush it's not an effect you want want as a display painter. I am a traditionalist though. If you're saying they manage to achieve some kind of special effects they cant achieve with just a brush (and are not visible somehow) again I would disagree. If you cant see it doesnt exist right?

It's not personal I am enjoying the argument. You insulted my knowledge said I know nothing in two of ur posts so that's what you get I am just disagreeing with you I'm sure we can talk in another thread and get along fine. I'm interested in hearing from some high level painters and what they think. I think theres some merit to both sides (mostly mine ovc ^_^)

 Axel Dale wrote:
Yeah but that's not always what art competitions are about if somebody took an air brush to a really nice painting it might have smoother blends but it's not going to be appreciated in the same way as something more labor intensive so IMO airbrush it's not an effect you want want as a display painter. I am a traditionalist though. If you're saying they manage to achieve some kind of special effects they cant achieve with just a brush (and are not visible somehow) again I would disagree. If you cant see it doesnt exist right?

Dude, I know judges of painting competitions.......they are my good friends.
They do not care at all if something is airbrushed.
Im saying you dont know because you dont. They want to see a good looking mini that is painted well. They do not care if it is airbrushed.
How can you honestly say thaat good painted dont use airbrushes when several of the best ones......do?
Romman Lappot, Angel Giraldez, Sam Lenz, So many use airbrushes. If you are good, you can.
Do art competitions also make sure you use the right brushes and the right paints? No they dont.
There is not an "Effect" airbrushes give, they are a tool used by painters. Judges dont care about how you acheived an effect, just if the effect is good.
Also they stuff in my gallery is ten years old. SOOOOOOOO

Seriously man all those painters you named are trash at 28mm, Sam Lenz cant even paint in a straight line, hes another new school air brusher with his white spray from above which is like a novices guide to an already poor light effect. I've painted like 3 miniatures and even I'm probably better than Sam Lenz. You named three painters doing the us media circuit. You think any of those guys could place at Golden Demon? No chance bro. Stick to the "Golden Brush" C tier comps. Theres major levels at small scale. Gareth Nicholson or D Latham anyone ex eavy metal these guys are just technically what I consider good miniature painters. But hey its just an opinion. Now I'm trash talking over art and miniatures. I hadn't even touched a forum before corona now look. "Yeah! Well feth sam Lenz! XD" lool

Okay, knock it off. Either take this spat to PM, a thread dedicated to pros using airbrushes or just don't. It is way off topic for this thread and really gives an unpleasant impression.

Wow, that got derailed quickly!

OP, I'm with you. I've always preferred warm yellows rather than bright lemon-y yellows. For a warm yellow tone I'd make sure to start with a solid warm base colour that's a bit darker than what you're after. If you can find a suitable coloured spray that would help, otherwise you want to make sure you get a paint with good coverage. So many yellows have really poor coverage you want to give yourself the best start. I'd probably start with Vallejo Heavy Goldbrown, Heavy Ochre (from the Game Color Extra Opaque range) or one of the yellow ochres from the Model Color range, which are paints I'm rather fond of - they cover really well for yellow-ish paints. Then whatever your top layer yellow paint of choice is, just make sure to paint it in multiple thin layers. At the risk of reigniting the airbrush debate, I'd personally airbrush it because I find it easier to get a smooth coat, but so long as you take your time and do several layers you'll be fine with a hairy brush. You can make this a fairly golden yellow paint I think, then shade it with something warmer, which would give a warm tone the the whole colour. I haven't really painted yellow armour, so I'm not sure exactly which paints/washes I'd pick without doing some test models.

You want yellow with decent coverage, given it’s a difficult color to work with? GW Averland Sunset. End of story. Maybe the best covering yellow on the market.

Wow, this got very wrong very quickly!

OP, to get things a bit more helpful for you, I'll try to offer some advice. I'm not a massive expert or anything, but maybe some of my experiences can be of use to you.

First of all, you don't need an airbrush, but it is a useful tool. Like you have already said, it is a big cash investment. You also say you don't know if you'll be any good with it, well I do know the answer to that - you won't be, at least at first! Nobody picks up an airbrush and starts confidently hitting the exact spots they mean to, with the exact consistency of finish, and without making any of the all-too-easy mistakes you can make with an airbrush. But with a little practice it is fairly easy to get some basic stuff going that will improve your miniatures and probably speed the process of painting them up quite a bit. Even just using an airbrush for zenithal priming will make a difference, assuming you're not already doing that with spray cans.

There are some weird and wonderful things you can do with an airbrush. I use mine generally for priming and basecoating. I use it on my Dark Angels to get a basic base colour down with a gradient from almost black to lighter green. I then edge highlight over this, paint the other bits and pieces and the details. As an example, I used an airbrush on these aggressors.



One thing to bear in mind is that I am TERRIBLE with the airbrush. I'm totally useless. But I still managed to get a decent gradient on these guys. I have friends who are much better with an airbrush. A mate of mine can paint a 30-man squad of bloodletters with it in an afternoon. You might take to it better than I did.

Another thing you can use an airbrush for, which I reckon might be very useful for painting imperial fists in the style you're looking for, is preshading with a colour, then spraying over with a translucent layer of another colour to create an interesting colour tone in the shadows of a mini. Here's a video of a guy doing just that, with an airbrush, on an Imperial Fist, in order to get a more orangey-yellow tone. It's as if he made the video for you!




edit - sorry, more to come - pressed submit instead of preview by accident!

You don't need to do the extra stages he does, if you use a fairly translucent yellow over the red/magenta, you'll get something really striking, I reckon. Something like GW's own Sigismund Yellow Clear would be perfect. I used the GW clear airbrush paints to shade the red armour sections on this Imperial Knight -



The armour panels were painted by spraying them silver, then spraying clear blue and clear green into the areas I wanted to look shadowed, and then clear red over the top. It was pretty easy. Don't tell anyone - people always assume it was some kind of difficult advanced technique to get them looking like that.

I'm not an evangelist for the airbrush. I have a love/hate relationship with my own. For most of my minis, I only use the airbrush to prime them. It feels like an expensive way of doing this. You would be fine without one, but if you want one, and you can afford it, it is a useful tool, and might be great for painting Imperial Fists if you get the hang of it quickly.

You don't need to stick to a Warhammer TV/'Eavy Metal way of painting if you don't want to, and you can certainly use an airbrush in conjunction with a hairy brush to get the same results they do in Eavy Metal. Eavy Metal painters don't paint the way Duncan tells us to anyway - see Darren Latham's amazing channel for one way they paint. Other 'Eavy Metal painters use different techniques (Pedro Souto paints quite differently to Latham, Louise Sugden differently again) and some most likely use an airbrush for some stuff. A lot of world class painters use an airbrush, for various techniques, including on the incredible troop-sized minis they produce. For example, Angel Giraldez uses an airbrush extensively, and he is universally regarded as one of the greatest miniature painters in the world. He paints the minis on the boxes for Infinity. His stuff is incredible. Sergio Calvo uses an airbrush in a remarkable way, using it on virtually fully-painted minis to smooth blends and add colour effects. So he'll have a guy's arm painted with a darker flesh tone, layered up to a lighter one, and he'll spray mid-tones between the layers to create a smooth blend. It boggles my mind how he does it, but then he's a genius and winner of many many painting competitions. It's not just award-winning Spanish painters who use an airbrush - British multiple Golden Demon winner Richard Gray uses one as well, for some stuff. There was going to be a masterclass with him at Firestorm Games, my local games store, in June that I would have killed to attend, but I guess it's going to be cancelled now. Damn you Covid-19!

Those aggressors look great to be fair the air brush works well on round surfaces. but you're obviously pretty good with a regular brush too. Good luck to the OP and everyone else anyway I know I'll probably stick to my bristle brush.

Yellow is typically translucent - which is often seen as a negative, but it doesn't have to be. You want a warm yellow? Undercoat with pink:

Here's the yellow technique used by Golden Demon judge and Eavy Metal painter Darren Latham:

Other resources for yellow:

Many different yellow acrylics compared: http://texaswargamer.com/techniques/yellow-paints-comparison
No airbrush, no problem - Kujo Painting's glazing tutorial (happens to demonstrate a good brush technique with yellow): https://youtu.be/nVEHpedTct4
For people with a good airbrush setup, Vince Venturella's hour-long Imperial Fist yellow video: https://youtu.be/8J29Z_sjzs4


If you want to start airbrushing, there is a way that you can do it without spending much money at all - use ink, not paint. You can get a very cheap (under £30) no-brand airbrush and compressor kit which will be able to spray inks like in Goobertown's pink undercoat video absolutely no problem. Very cheap airbrush kits are not recommended normally because they can be prone to blocking. I've found Vallejo Game Inks to be much more forgiving (and cheap). Just be aware that a coat of varnish will be necessary because it won't have the toughness of an acrylic. You won't be able to do fine lines or details, but you can apply tints and filters quickly and smoothly. Goobertown demonstrates just how easy it is to get started: https://youtu.be/cRfkM6RGIrs


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 Axel Dale wrote:
Here's the yellow technique used by Golden Demon judge and Eavy Metal painter Darren Latham:

Darren's videos are really good - especially the Lord of Blights series. It's a really good intermediate exercise to just copy exactly what he does, step by step. It's a shame they're going to disappear soon - watch them all while you still can (or wait for someone else to re-upload them I guess).

I spoke to Darren and told him that I'm uploading all of his videos under fair use the day they go down (21st May) and that there's no point removing them. Obviously it's not his choice to remove them so he seemed pretty thankful of this. On the 21st of may I'll make a post in the tutorial section with all of his videos.

Anyway I should stop posting in this thread. Cheers all

Holy gak i can't thank you all enough. I'm okey at painting but im generally bad with things like shading/lighting? and over painting parts also just painting metal? Guns with all their tiny bits make me rage lol. I've been using nuln oil and not letting pool for that "popping" effect but i'm learning from tutorials and futsing with paint how to do some different things. THANK YOU for the reccomendations and i wil ltry! For now im going to use regular brushes but i am looking into an airbrush if not just for priming during winters. BUT i do really want to learn how to airbrush, so thank you guys!

Rahdok wrote:
Holy gak i can't thank you all enough. I'm okey at painting but im generally bad with things like shading/lighting? and over painting parts also just painting metal? Guns with all their tiny bits make me rage lol. I've been using nuln oil and not letting pool for that "popping" effect but i'm learning from tutorials and futsing with paint how to do some different things. THANK YOU for the reccomendations and i wil ltry! For now im going to use regular brushes but i am looking into an airbrush if not just for priming during winters. BUT i do really want to learn how to airbrush, so thank you guys!

There was a time i hated painting boltguns and just did metal, wash drybrush, leaving the casings like that, nothing wrong with that.
If you want to learn airbrush, mostly on how to make your first set up, there are hundreds of videos on it. PM me if you want to chat about it.