A few airbrushing questions (pic inside)

[Shadow Captain Vyper]

So I was applying Abaddon Black Air (thinned with Vallejo Airbrush Flow Improver) over Vallejo Light Grey Primer, and this was happening:

 

https://imgur.com/a/W9fgjav

 

The paint was almost behaving like the primer was hydrophobic. If I got my brush real close and laid it on thick, it would go away. I have never encountered this before. Thoughts?

 

Also on paint consumption: I started today with a new bottle of the same black, I was transferring it to the brush pot with a pipette, adding about half a dozen drops of flow improve on each refill. I was able to base coat 6 aggressors, 10 tacticals, and 5 scouts before running out of paint.

 

Now I know gw paint pots are garbage so I lost some there, I also lost some in the pipette I'm sure. I am also a newer airbrush user so I'm certain I have mediocre control resulting in a fair amount of overspray.

 

Does this seem like a ridiculously small amount of work completed for a new bottle, or is that just me?

 

Last question: when I went to do a zenithal highlight, I was using Dawnstone Air, roughly 25 psi, with flow improved. I could not get it to come out smoothly, it was splattering (looked just like the stars people end up with when trying to do Nebula patterns on harlequin models).

 

Thoughts on what I was doing wrong here?

 

Thanks for the help guys!

[Rik Lightstar]

Sounds like your paint may be too thin, that's certainly how it looks, to be clear, were you putting the blaco over the grey?

 

Rik

[Bung]

You have benn to close and added to much paint. Better do some more thin layers than a fat one.

If you want to prime with an airbrush throw that imperial primer in the bin and get some dedicated airbrush primer like stynylrez or mig one shot dor better results.

[Shadow Captain Vyper]

Sounds like your paint may be too thin, that's certainly how it looks, to be clear, were you putting the blaco over the grey?

 

Rik

 

As mentioned in my original post, they were primed with Vallejo Light Grey Primer, then what you see in the photo is Abaddon Black Air with a few drops of Flow Improver

 

It looks thin because it was one tap with the gun and then an immediate photo with my cell phone while it was still wet.

 

When applied heaver, the anomaly within the red circle goes away.

 

You have benn to close and added to much paint. Better do some more thin layers than a fat one.

If you want to prime with an airbrush throw that imperial primer in the bin and get some dedicated airbrush primer like stynylrez or mig one shot dor better results.

 

 

This is the exact opposite of my problem. What you see in the picture is a layer so thin it hardly can be called that. I am not priming with Imperial Primer, what you see in the photo is Vallejo Light Grey Primer with GW Abaddon Black Air lightly shot over the top.

 

The spot in red is where the Abaddon Black Air almost wicks away from the primer (like water beading on glass)

[Rik Lightstar]

From the image it looks like it's too much paint, too thin and too close.

 

I only wanted to confirm the order as doing a full black coat over a grey primer isn't a common route.

 

I'd try less thinner, from further away and don't pull back so far on the trigger. So keep the air pressure consistent where you can, but don't rock back so far as this can cause the paint to pool, when it pools it then behaves as seen when the surface tension draws it together.

 

By going from further away, with less thin paint and with less pull on the trigger you'll get a finer coat of paint on each pass that will dry quicker allowing you to achieve better coverage.

 

Rik