Hi all
Can anybody give me some basic spray painting tips eg PSI pressure

Dave

I have learned from experience that you have to point the nozzle at the thing you wish to paint.

Otherwise you end up a little bit like this ...



Don't use spray - apart from in cans. Sorry.

That looks disconcertingly familiar fsn.

Quote from: fsn on 27 September 2015, 10:32:48 AM
I have learned from experience that you have to point the nozzle at the thing you wish to paint.

Otherwise you end up a little bit like this ...



Don't use spray - apart from in cans. Sorry.

I didn't release I had to turn the gun around I've ruined two pair of glasses so far

I only use the revell basic starter kit for airbrushing, and that works well. There's only 3 'power buttons' oniit so don't know how much pressure they give, i only know it goes faster if i put it on high.

Seems to work good though:

Well.....
I'm impressed ! 
Cheers - Phil

I couple of my gaming mates have recently started airbrushing stuff - I think mainly 40k.

Their main tips seem to be, practice on some paper / card first, and don't try to put too much paint on in one go. I think low pressure was generally recommended.

They have got decent results fairly quickly. Including doing some pre-shading by spraying the black/dark colour upwards at the model (or holding the model upside down) and then spraying a light base coat down on to the top of the model - I think this is called zenithal shading.

That are also pleased with the speed of getting a number of models done in a solid colour.

This has a lot of basics and tips >> LINK <<

I have a Decent Badger airbrish and a compressor woith a small Tank.

I have used it a bit for 10mm and found it quite useful.

I use 10-20 PSI. 

Getting the paint to the correct thickness is a must

Thin layers of paint.

I used painted a three colour camoflage on my 10mm Poles.  I laminated a sheet of white paper, cut it into strips and then cut very small shapes on the stip and used it as a template to spray though.


Practice is the key, and a good airbrish helps - you can paint the tyres of a 10mm truck without geting the paint on the body fairly quickly.

Weatherng and special effects I have not tried yet.

Hi Dave,

I've used a Badger airbrush for a while now and find it really useful, but not in the ways I originally thought I would. For figures I find it not worth the effort, but for tanks and other vehicles it's brilliant. I will be at Derby this coming Saturday so will talk to you about it then (as you relieve me of my money  ).


Cheers, Rob   

Badgers, small tanks....bucket of frogs time for all of you, I say.

Thanks everybody for the information   I'll try 20psi and thin the vallejo paints to milk consistancy.

Dave