First time with the air brush

[slingToad]

Built a spray booth and tried out a borrowed air brush today. Takes a lot of getting used to. Just searched the forums for some cleaner for a soak tonight.

Had some old white Createx which I couldn't thin just right. The other colors were new and worked well.

Thanks for all the good info in the forums.

[Swimmer]

Opaque colors like white are more difficult getting through air brush nozzles especially if its a fine tip needle. Without thinning out the opaques I use an older Badger that has a medium tip and works fine. However, after each opaque color application I clean the tip and brush thoroughly
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[pbadad]

I concur w/ Frank. Opaques need a .5 needle to help with application. You don't want to thin the opaques too much for lack of coverage. i shoot also with an older Pasche then detail w/ .35 badger.

[numbskull]

Sad thing is that I get worse with the damn things the more I use them.

[Eric Roach]

Nice job, slingToad.

[slingToad]

I must admit after painting 4 with the air brush, I did the last one all white with a rattle can. I got one really nice 1 out of 5.

Used the medium tip, then large, then went back to the medium. I'm using a badger 150.

Pearl and ultraviolet were easy to shoot. Can't wait to turn some more plugs to paint (and to fish).

Thanks again for all the help.

[wrikerjr]

Those look great for a first time airbrush.

My biggest obstacle with the airbrush at first was I believed I could instantly paint like twisted, skippy, black talon, big fish, etc. Not true. Once I got passed accepted the fact that an airbrush is not a miracle wand, I got much better. My biggest hurdle was learning to throw less paint and learning to blend colors.

Personally, I had a badger and had bad results. Moved to an Iwata and the results become better and better. My biggest problem was learning not to go full throttle with the paint.

If I can do it anyone can.

[wrikerjr]

lots of great airbrushing data on artist / airbrushing forums. One tip that really helped was using a higher air pressure. That is one thing I did and never looked back. This was recommended by an airbrush teacher on a forum. It really helped.

[iamskippy]

Originally Posted by wrikerjr

lots of great airbrushing data on artist / airbrushing forums. One tip that really helped was using a higher air pressure. That is one thing I did and never looked back. This was recommended by an airbrush teacher on a forum. It really helped.

Great tip, Freak helped me with this one but the one thing i found harder with it is the control on the finer work. That just maybe me having to get use to it.

[Raven]

it glows- nice job