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...