Miniature Painting

Aazrael said:

I ordered a matt white as well and will see if it behaves differently, the semi gloss white was really wierd. Could hardly make it work with brush. But yea it took many coats to get it white before it all clogged up.

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Generally if its clogging or drying in the tip its not thinned enough. Another thing i have learned is the Model Master Acryl line used to dry in airbrush tips all the time. Didn't matter the color, and those were supposed to be 'airbrush ready'. I think mixing some flow improver into your paint/thinner mix might help with a drying tip too.

Gankak said:

Generally if its clogging or drying in the tip its not thinned enough. Another thing i have learned is the Model Master Acryl line used to dry in airbrush tips all the time. Didn't matter the color, and those were supposed to be 'airbrush ready'. I think mixing some flow improver into your paint/thinner mix might help with a drying tip too.

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Yea I think I they can take a little bit of thinner even if they are quite runny from the flask. I had some issues with the tip drying as well with the other colors. Is flow improver something different than acryllic thinner?

Yeah Flow improver is just something to stop it from drying quickly. It also will thin the paint but the main goal is to be a drying retarder.
As for white, Not to get too many choices out there but I am a convert over to Tamiya Flat White.
It's really good when thinned down and put through the airbrush. Just an option to consider. It requires that you use Tamiya thinner.

When looking for advice on types of paint and such, I go to this guy - Welcome! - Tangible Day

His titles can be pretty click baity but overall the content is pretty good.

Tried the 0.2mm needle today (came with 0.2 and 0.4) and it really needs thinner paints. Might be good for small stuff though but will change back to the 0.4mm for the models.

I know it's a practice thing but thin lines are really hard to make for me. Either too little paint or a big splat (spider), then sometimes it goes fine. I think it's mostlly that I tend to press the Air all the way down when I try feeding it paint. But for coating surfaces I think I got the hang of it. Won't try much pre-shading just yet though.

Dipping back into some Age Of Sigmar Stormcast. A work in progress but she's coming along

Brush painted the Jas Gripen airplane and decided to try out my Airbrush skills on the missiles and fueltank. They should be White so I loaded my new Matt White to try it out. White just wont go on like other paints. Coats get so thin you hardly see and it pooled up really easy and almost started to run.

Switched to the parts that needed Ghost Light Grey and it went on "perfect" for my skill level. White paint sucks for some reason.

Wierd dbl post

My first project done. I started brush painting the hull and the missiles are Airbrushed.

I was pretty happy with the paint but the clear coat I used failed horribly. I used Ammo of MIG Lucky Varnish. Supposed to do light coats with the airbrush and wait 5 minutes. But at around application nr 5 the whole surface cracked like a spider web, not sure if the airbrush was clogged or if it was something else.

Will do primer and clear coats with rattle cans instead in the future, they never fail like this. Maybe I can find another brand that works better in the airbrush.

Due to the clear coat messing up, the panel line wash did not work too well but I got some lines showing.

At least I learned a lot and will apply to to the F-14 that I'll start next.

Swedish Jas 39 Gripen.

What paints do all you use for brush/airbrushing?

I have only tried the ammo paints due to them being ready to go from the bottle without thinning. They need to be applied in really thin and many layers though and I find myself rushing it so they tend to pool on some places.

Thinking of buying some other brand as I refill my paints. But need tips!

Aazrael said:

What paints do all you use for brush/airbrushing?

I have only tried the ammo paints due to them being ready to go from the bottle without thinning. They need to be applied in really thin and many layers though and I find myself rushing it so they tend to pool on some places.

Thinking of buying some other brand as I refill my paints. But need tips!

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Painting minis I use mostly GW paints. For military models I generally use Model Master Acryl or Tamiya. For cars I generally use Tamiya