games workshop spray gun?
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ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
Yes Citadel paints spray okay. 1:1 is about right.
I would consider shopping around before you buy the GW gun. I have nothing bad to say about it, as far as I know it is a single action external mix which is fine for what GW suggests you use it for, but you may be able to find the same thing in a different brand cheaper and easier to get replacement parts for.
I love my Airbrush (Badger 150) but most will tell you that there are better and cheaper brands out there. Either way I think an airbrush is a great tool and investment which opens all sorts of opportunities, especially in terrain building.
Good Luck!
I would consider shopping around before you buy the GW gun. I have nothing bad to say about it, as far as I know it is a single action external mix which is fine for what GW suggests you use it for, but you may be able to find the same thing in a different brand cheaper and easier to get replacement parts for.
I love my Airbrush (Badger 150) but most will tell you that there are better and cheaper brands out there. Either way I think an airbrush is a great tool and investment which opens all sorts of opportunities, especially in terrain building.
Good Luck!
Aliengod3
Active member
The spray gun was designed to be used with paints like GW\'s. Mix them all you want! The actual glass container that attaches to the gun, which is what you fill with paint, also has markings on it that specify how much paint to put in and how much water. Check it out on the GW website. I want to buy one because it will really help with making nice vehicles.
generulpoleaxe
New member
lollollol
that paintgun is shite, pure and simple.
get a basic airbrush and a compressor.
the compressor may seem expensive now but it will save you a fortune in the long run as canned air is bloody expensive.
that paintgun is shite, pure and simple.
get a basic airbrush and a compressor.
the compressor may seem expensive now but it will save you a fortune in the long run as canned air is bloody expensive.
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
I\'m gonna half agree with the generul here. A compressor is a MUST but I would try a few things first.
Get a decent (for your purposes!) airbrush. ton\'s of good sites out there to get advice from but I would reccomend canned air to make sure at first that an airbrush IS for you before commiting to the expense of a compressor.
Also compressors are not neccesarily for everyone. Over the years I have had to sacrifice my airbrushing times due to noise (sleeping babies, crap neighbors in an apartment, late at night etc.) because one thing all but the pretty expensive compressors are is NOISY.
So I would reccomend a can of air and about a mid-range brush to start, then once you decide if you enjoy it or not see if you can\'t dovetail a compressor into your operation. I love mine, but I have to spray out in the garage due to noise.
that\'s my 2 pennies worth anyway.
generulpoleaxe
New member
if your UK based then have a look here
http://www.everythingairbrush.com/acatalog/Gravity_Feed.html
i have the AB135A which is a good work horse for most things.
it won\'t do fine detail though, you need to spend some real money for fine detail work.
the compressori got is a AB-AS189.
any US based people give airhead a shout as he is the man to ask about airbrushing and related supplies (i\'m a beginner compared to airhead)
any uk based peeps that get an airbrush give me a shout and i\'ll take you through airbrush maintenance as getting help on the subject is bloody difficult. (you don\'t even get a crappy piece of paper with the airbrush giving you basic maintenece tips!)
http://www.everythingairbrush.com/acatalog/Gravity_Feed.html
i have the AB135A which is a good work horse for most things.
it won\'t do fine detail though, you need to spend some real money for fine detail work.
the compressori got is a AB-AS189.
any US based people give airhead a shout as he is the man to ask about airbrushing and related supplies (i\'m a beginner compared to airhead)
any uk based peeps that get an airbrush give me a shout and i\'ll take you through airbrush maintenance as getting help on the subject is bloody difficult. (you don\'t even get a crappy piece of paper with the airbrush giving you basic maintenece tips!)
generulpoleaxe
New member
it\'s not a bash at gw, it\'s a statement about a product.
christ mate you should know i speak my mind, which means sometimes i give praise on a gw product and sometimes i don\'t.
i know people who have had bad experiences with this cheap chinese product.
leaking propellant for one.
then their are the people that have been covered in paint due to the washers etc giving in (partly due to them being glued in by mistake)
it\'s not as versatile as an airbrush either.
bottom feeders aren\'t as good as gravity feeds for what we do either, another design flaw.
the hose is cheap as well, which means it won\'t last as long.
this was a product they should never have brought out.
their revamped gaming tiles are sweet, so some things they do get right.
T
Thuryon
Guest
They have an article about the new gun here:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=3400001
(you must select US as the country for it to work)
generulpoleaxe
New member
Originally posted by RuneBrush
Don\'t take this the wrong way (its going to sound awfully patronising), but have you looked under the blue plastic bit that the airbrush sits in? Reason being I bought my brother an airbrush from there for his birthday and he found some instructions there apparently
pete
yeh man i checked there.
luckily i have a friend who used to use an airbrush for a living so he talked me through it all.
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
I have had no feedback on the GW sprayer but my intitial feeling on the product was that it had a poor layout. An airbrush laid out in the traditional kind of \"Pen\" format would seem to give you more control than that of a \"gun\" layout.
Holding a traditional airbrush for me isn\'t far off from using the principles laid out in what we already do with brushwork, where as a simple thing like holding an airbrush \"gun\" style makes it an altogether creature, IMO.
My concern with purchasing a GW sprayer has less to do with product quality but more with the layout, and once someone decides they want to upgrade to a double action then they kind of are back to square one for spray control etc. Maybe nitpicking a little but there it is.
Holding a traditional airbrush for me isn\'t far off from using the principles laid out in what we already do with brushwork, where as a simple thing like holding an airbrush \"gun\" style makes it an altogether creature, IMO.
My concern with purchasing a GW sprayer has less to do with product quality but more with the layout, and once someone decides they want to upgrade to a double action then they kind of are back to square one for spray control etc. Maybe nitpicking a little but there it is.
RuneBrush
New member
I think that its more a question of sales rather than control. Using a trigger grip is easier to \'learn\' for even basecoating than a pen grip. I\'ve got a trigger grip for spray can\'s and its very controllable and easy to master in comparison to my airbrush. As such GW are selling this gun for any bod to pick up and just use, including children and harrased parents
That said I\'d not want to try and do anything much more than a basecoat with a trigger grip
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
Originally posted by RuneBrush
I think that its more a question of sales rather than control. Using a trigger grip is easier to \'learn\' for even basecoating than a pen grip. I\'ve got a trigger grip for spray can\'s and its very controllable and easy to master in comparison to my airbrush. As such GW are selling this gun for any bod to pick up and just use, including children and harrased parents
I agree with you 100% but I would lump danny77 in with the \"more than casual user\" type category based on the fact that he came to this site to ask about it, rather than just buy it \'cause he saw it on the shelves.
I love Gee-Dub, but I think even beyond GenerulPoleaxe\'s accounts of poor craftsmanship that anyone interested enough to do a little homework on where to start with an airbrush would be better off to pick a more traditional style learner model.
