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Specialist Games General Discussion => Modeling & painting => Topic started by: Vanguard on January 25, 2010, 04:51:03 PM
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Looking for thoughts and advice on airbrushing figures and scenery. Anyone have any experience with it and how well it works? Also, is the GW airbrush any good or should I look elsewhere?
I've used spray cans previously for undercoating but thinking that an airbrush would be handy for basecoating some figures (Space Marines mainly) and a couple of terrain projects I'm contemplating.
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Very useful. Great for camoflage on vehicles. great for basecoating and other effects... and potentially for a lot of other stuff as well, but like anything it takes practice to acquire the skills.
Get a double-action airbrush -- Badger or other brand. GW's is nothing special.
You'll also want to look into getting a compressor of some sort, or some other propellant scheme other than aerosol cans. And a dust-mask/respirator. As I play around with an airbrush, I get more and more aware of how nice it is not to have to worry about when the air runs out -- not least because it lets me play around and develop skills with the brush... .and because it means that I don't skimp on propellant in cleaning the brush.
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Cheers for the pointers. I'm definitely considering a compressor but reckon I'll stick to the aerosol cans to begin with.
After a little bit of research (Thanks Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbrushing)) it seems the best choice is a dual action, internal mix airbrush. The feed system I'm less certain about, although I'm inclined to a bottom feed reservoir would suit. All of which lead me here (http://www.everythingairbrush.com/acatalog/Suction_Feed.html), a bewildering array of products. ???
As far as I can tell, the AB128 at the top of the page would be ideal. Am I missing anything? Thoughts and input appreciated.