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Hey everyone,

So I was incredibly lucky this year (cheers Santa!) and got an airbrush and compressor for christmas.



Before open it all up and inevitably do something wrong; I was hoping people had some useful links to airbrush tutorials; setting up, thinning paint, using both suction/gravity fed airbrushes.



I'm going to pick up a few vallejo air paints and a primer, but was just going to thin my current paints for other colours; is there anything I should pick up with regards to a new airbrush?

It seems there's a huge catalogue of paint thinners/flow improvers/cleaning brushes/sets/fluids and I'm not sure what's actually beneficial and what I'll actually use!

Cheers,

Jake

This is a pretty comprehensive series...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE071F9B3FBCC532C

Starting with




Beside that, experiment... but always make sure to clean the airbrush and do it properly. Don't wait until the paint have time to cure fully.

 granander wrote:
but always make sure to clean the airbrush and do it properly. Don't wait until the paint have time to cure fully.

This is pretty much the cardinal rule of airbrushing, I think. It's way too easy to get lazy and to let maintenance slip behind.

I would suggest a cleaning station / pot like the Iwata one, and quick disconnects. They are a big help.

Awesome stuff!

Thanks very much.