noob starting to airbrush?

[cigbunt]

hi i've all ways wanted to try airbrushing...

can some one point in the right direction of what i'd need? (less than £100 probably used?)

ive got no outside space but got a spare cream carpeted box bedroom does it need to be well ventilated when working with polly paint? i'd probably try doing some canvas's as well which i guess would be a water based?

will i need alot of space and is there mess?

[U1timate PigDog]

Hey,

Someone asks a similar question a few days ago, this link should give all the info you need to get going

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81724

If your budget is £100 then you would best going for the cheaper kit and getting plenty of paint to practice with.

Createx paint is cheap and water based and I would recommend using that. I personally would say get a decent paint mask and would also recommend spraying in a well ventilated area. I mostly spray out in the garden so, but it can get a bit chilly .

Anyway hope that helps and any more questions ask away.

[cigbunt]

cheers helps alot.. the guy in that thread has a bigger budget..
noise is an issue for me and cost...

would somthing like this be suitable for a bedroom setup?

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...IT_AB_130.html

[eyeayen]

The ones on this page are a good start

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...AS_Series.html

And you can pick an airbrush up for about 30 quid, if you bought them together I'm sure they'd do you a deal !

http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...vity_Feed.html

If you want to practice get down to your local art shop and buy some water colour in tubes or ink in jars, both reasonably inexpensive. You can practice on thick paper or buy an airbrush pad ( super dense thick white paper, you can cut film on it and scratch out highlights ), or you could try some of these inks, http://www.everythingairbrush.com/ac...ro_Colors.html

Get your primary and secondary colours and also maybe a black and a white although doing stuff on board / paper you really want the white of the board to show through as it's a brighter white than if you try and paint it. Personal preference though.

You can learn to paint with the airbrush and get the feel of it that way. When you get a bit more cash if you want to work on canvas Liquitex Acyrilcs in the jar / bottle, not the tube ones is really finely ground, goes through the airbrush lovely. Very good stuff.

Then once you're sorted move onto the body shells.

[U1timate PigDog]

I agree with Eyeayen on this one, Though I would also recommend get some clear plastic sheets of some sort that way you can practice for bodyshell painting.

I personally always get the best I can for the budget I have, obviously the downfall is if you dont like it youve wasted more money but on the other hand if you do, you save money by having better stuff and not having to buy later....so its a case of sometimes you win sometimes you lose....

[cigbunt]

thanks for the input...
does this look like an ok starter?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1107475039...#ht_828wt_1021

at £70 it would leave me a few ££ to get the rest of the materials....
i've never airbrushed so i don't want to jump the gun and spend shed loads of cash on it i like to stick to my budgets

ive seen brushes with the jar at the bottom or gravitiy loaded which is better for a new starter? its quite confusing because i dont know what im buying lol...

[cheekyscouse]

i prefer gravity fed and the kit you linked to will get you started, look for clear acetate sheets to practise on they're cheap off the bay

[eyeayen]

Originally Posted by cigbunt

at £70 it would leave me a few ££ to get the rest of the materials....
i've never airbrushed so i don't want to jump the gun and spend shed loads of cash on it i like to stick to my budgets

ive seen brushes with the jar at the bottom or gravitiy loaded which is better for a new starter? its quite confusing because i dont know what im buying lol...

Where are you in the country you don't have a location on your profile ? Are there any airbrush artists / outlets anywhere near you ? It might be an idea to try and spend an hour with someone and see what you think / how you get on.

Gravity fed airbrushes have traditionally always been used by 'artists' as they used to always have finer nozzles and spray patterns. This isn't quite so true now but I will only use gravity ones, I hate side cups or the suction fed as you can't get as close to the work because the bottle always gets in the way, the cleaning of them is more involved to.

However if you're looking to spray more model based paints which are thicker than water colours and inks that I mentioned in my previous post you would need to get a bigger nozzle anyway so maybe the suction fed is better for you ? I have several gravity feed ones ranging from superfine to a 0.8 nozzle, I prefer them, it's down to personal taste.

Unfortunately and I'm sure almost everyone on here will agree, you can't go anywhere and 'test drive' and airbrush, great shame that as I'd love to try before I buy. Most of them are much of a muchness though.

That kit looked okay although I've never heard of the compressor or the brush. Phone everything airbrush, speak to them, see what they can do. Wait until after Christmas, get something in a sale. You do get what you pay for to an extent !

For starting out those type of little compressors are okay, my first compressor was like that. They vibrate quite a bit so I used to find myself concentrating heavily on what the picture was looking like as I built up the colours and then the air hose would go tight as the compressor has wandered halfway across my bedroom floor I bolted it to a big board to stop it happening but I caught my foot on the board all the time so I went and bought a decent compressor. Was quieter and less vibratory.

Anyway enough of my ramblings, go find yourself a localish airbrush artist, offer to pay for their time if you can sit with them for an hour and have a try with it, see what you think, get one, get addicted to it like the rest of us