Airbrushing woes: GW Greens. How do I mix them??

[GraveRisen]

Yeah I think I've learned my lesson for the rest of the army

I did manage to get it to spray in the end. I made a mix of 50/50 snot green/vallejo airbrush thinning medium with a few drops of acrylic retarder. Sadly I ran out of snot green as I discovered the perfect mix >.< but I did manage to get the unit covered. I'll see if I can upload a pic or 2 of the results.


edit: here's the unit after the spray and a watered thraka wash

Now, if you look at the standard sticking up in the middle of the pic, that spattering effect is what I was getting originally (as well as on the front of his base). Is that an indication of a bad mix? too thick?

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[Einion]

Those look great - man, does this show the value of airbrushing for quick coverage or what?

Now, if you look at the standard sticking up in the middle of the pic, that spattering effect is what I was getting originally (as well as on the front of his base). Is that an indication of a bad mix? too thick?

Paint too thick, pressure too low, nozzle partially clogged. Or some combo of those.

Einion

 

[pitoe]

Just as others said: when airbrushing try to avoid black primmer. This is even more important if you wanted to spray bright colours!!! (yellow, red, bright green...).

I do use citadel with my airbrush (evolution with 0.4 set.) using only water and 2atm pressure (20-30 psi maybe?) and it works. by now I try to avoid foundation paints as they look too thick nd I'm not sure how they will behave...

 

[RuneBrush]

Not quite on the same topic - but how do you airbrush your models? For rank & file like you're doing I tend to stick each rank onto a baton of wood with double sided tape and go from there. They don't get removed from that until they're actually finished. Quite a few benefits: you don't have to touch the model; you have enough gap to get a paint/air-brush round; you can move the models easily to make sure you get into all the hidden spots; it breaks the unit up into manageable sections (4 batons of 5 rather than 20 induvidual); you can go from undercoat though to varnish without removing them from the baton; less chance of flicking a lone model on the floor with a sleeve or finger

You can airbrush foundation paints, just make sure the paint is the consistency of semi-skimmed milk - I've done a huge number of Space Wolves with Fenris Grey (will try and take a pic over the weekend). I also airbrush with the needle cover removed - which makes just removing the debris from the needle tip every 60 seconds a lot easier with Fenris Grey

pete

 

[GraveRisen]

Paint too thick, pressure too low, nozzle partially clogged. Or some combo of those.

Einion

Excellent! Exactly what I was looking for. And I think the nozzle was partially clogged. I let it sit in some acrylic thinner for a few hours.

Looks like this army will be a real experiment. The black orcs are almost all armor, so they'll be sprayed mecharite red. And the boys are mostly shirts and pants, so probably a bestial brown spray.

 

[airhead]

Go to the local department store or drug store. Go to the dental hygiene section.

Find a proxy brush. If your cone is like a Pashee or Vega - won't help if your cone is like an Iwata HP series.