Glendor Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 hmmmm. Windex? I doubt it eill make the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Pretty much the same as Liquitex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glendor Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustonT Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Congrats on the new AB, sorry forgot to answer your PM :woot: try windex, or windowlene. Iso alcohol is too much of a solvent to work as a thinner the paint separates from the binder. I'm surprised VJs AB medium didn't work for you. The other thinner I use is the cheap craft bottle acrylic thinner from michales. It's not really much better than water. Is the problem tip dry or splatter or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 I am getting a nice consistent spray. And then I get sporadic cut outs. And then I get splatter. It's weird. I disassemble then whole thing, clean it all out, put it back together again and then try again and it still happens. If you want I can spray some paper and show you what I am getting, if that would help you identify the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 OMG Model Air is so good! I just sprayed for like 30 minutes solid with no problems whatsoever! I need to get some mixing pots and make sure that my paints are thinned consistently throughout that might make a difference. It is just a shame that Vallejo don't make a Model Air or Model Colour dark red that wont kill me if I atomise it in an enclosed space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Thinning is the key with airbrushing GW paints, somewhere around 3:1 water:paint with a touch of windolene to help prevent tip drying. GW paint needs to be very well mixed before thinning, I have a Trumpeter battery operated paint stirring tool which speeds things up but stirring by hand will work it just takes longer. Vallejo model colour black red will airbrush fine, just use the vallejo AB thinner and you want it the consistency of milk. Maybe pick up some of the Vallejo mixing pots as they have markings on the side to help with mixing batches and they have a dropper top so filling the AB is easy. Best of luck getting to grips with your AB those new Iwata Neo's do look a bargain, I've got both a HP-C and Revolution the HP-C despite the price tag is more prone to clogging due to it's finer needle/tip so my 'go to' brush tends to be the Revolution for base coats and most of my AB painting. Oh and go to agree on VMA it is great :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glendor Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 I looked down the side of the VMC Red Black bottle and it says 'Contains Cadmium. Do not spray'. It's also a BIT too dark. It's a beautiful basecoat though. You get godlike coverage with it. And can then paint Red Gore over the top perfectly. I will try the 3:1 ratio on the GW paints and see how it goes. I have indeed ordered some of the empty eye dropped bottles to keep my paint mixes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat33.1 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I looked down the side of the VMC Red Black bottle and it says 'Contains Cadmium. Do not spray'. I'd missed that one and have just checked some more of my VMC reds most of them, but not all, have this on. I will have to pay more attention in future to the bottle labels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Ok so I have decided that, seeing as I am away for all of October, I will just base coat the whole army, then actually finish it after the GT. It's going to look weird just base coated but as long as it is legal and playable, that's all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Soooo, the nozzle of the Iwata Neo snapped off... and the thread is stuck in the main body. URGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustonT Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 What how did the nozzle snap? I think your spatter problem (if it even matters now) is because you need to strain you paints, I think. Especially if model air worked. Have you called Iwata yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Do you have a water collection chamber/filter on your regulator? The spatter problem sound like water getting into your airbrush from the compressor. Sorry to hear abour your nozzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Got another Neo sorted. They are only £45 so it wasnt a huge issue. And they are pretty good regardless. Unfortunately now due to work commitments I can't make it to ToS Event 2! So if anyone wants my ticket it is up for grabs. I will still be finishing this force off, but I can take time with them and make sure they are up to standard. I've base coated most of the infantry. Done a couple of vehicle hulls. Learning how to use pre-shading. I bought some of the Vallejo alcohol based metallics for best coverage. Really enjoying discovering painting again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly_bear Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 just read through this whole thread and well done mate, your army is and has been buikding very nicely, i did a test FT model a few weeks ago to see about the colours and i really like their colour scheme too. keep it going and lets see the finished products with your airbrush rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm on tour for the next 2 weeks so there will be no progress for a while I'm afraid, but when I get back IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmagog Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 How are things going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 Came back off tour and had a lot of work to catch up on. I did manage to go to a one day event at Warhammer World with shops playing against each other. 1500pt games and I took what I had prepared which was 2 AutoLas Preds, Vindicator, 4 attack bikes, 2 5 man Assault Squads in FlamerBacks, a Flame Baal, 10 man Tac squad with meltagun and Flamerback and Lascannon combat squaded, Librarian and a Furioso Talon Dread. Went 1-2 on the day and was disappointed with the synergy of the list. Wave Serpents really were hard to deal with. The Dread didn't do well at all as it was too slow. The Vindicator was a let down. I'm going to just swap in 3x5RAS in Razors with TLPG/LAs or TLAC, a Furioso in a Pod and a 5 man Dev Squad with a Sang Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Blade Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Tried water and isopropyl alchohol. And water and liquitex. And airbrush thinning medium from vallejo. Fail. Fail & Fail. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! Have you tried Vallejo's line of air brush specific paints? I don't have an airbrush, but I use them because they are considerably thinner (go figure :P ) Perhaps they will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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