Are you JUST starting out and aren't sure if this hobby is for you? Check out my Nippers tutorial to get you up and building today: ua-cam.com/video/z1KtqHwP37g/v-deo.html Want to move on from acrylics, but don't know where to start? Check out my recommendation for StudioG's GPaint series here: ua-cam.com/video/1pSYtJXoCKU/v-deo.html
@@PlamoTherapist, I’ve been airbrushing since February 2020. I’ll send you the link to my UA-cam channel where I’ve posted a couple of videos about my creations. I’ll upload some other videos and photos too in the coming days. Ciao!
@@PlamoTherapist, thank you for the credits, but I do not think I’m the position to teach anything.... just having fun, making mistakes, correcting them, still having fun... You are encouraging me to post more videos/photos of my gunpla and models built! Thank you!
Hey, we can ALL learn from each other! Even if it's nothing new, we at least learn that we're not the only ones to do it that way. Also, we learn more from our mistakes than our successes! We don't fail 100 times, we confirm 100 ways that won't work! 😁
Hey, I appreciate that so much. Thank you. I hope this video served you well and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions in the future. 😁
holy freakin shit, thank you for this! I wish I had come across something like this ages ago when I was starting fumbling through airbrushing. The labeling and purposeful screwing up in each way and talking through how to rectify it, and, more importantly, how to tell what is the problem by look/feel is so immensely helpful! I've definitely gotten better, but still find myself screwing up with, what I now know to be, too thick paint and too thin. So when you've found that you were screwing up during a session, and are trying to fix it, but the paint has gotten clogged up or dried on the needle and such, is there a good easy/quick way of fixing it so that you can continue? I find that when I've screwed up along the way I end up with paint stuck in the nozzle (but not coming out, even with airbrush cleaner, only find it when I disassemble for putting in the ultrasonic cleaner) which is not dried nor is it wet enough to taint the other colours or splash out randomly. I also will get paint adhering to the needle, both the tip, which I can easily brush off, and just before the well (when at a resting position). Almost as if the paint is getting pulled back in the body between the well and the trigger. I end up just fighting through it through jacking up the psi to overcompensate or thinning paint down extra, up till I am too frustrated and then have to tear the thing down and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner and by then I'm just too frustrated and out of the flow to want to put it back together and continue once it is done.
Hey there. A lot of great questions here! Let's go through them one by one. 1. When paint dries up on the needle, one way to clean it is with a toothbrush soaked in isopropyl alcohol. The alcohol helps disolve the paint, but dries out quickly to avoid affecting your work going forward. 2. Because the needle gets covered in paint in the cup, it's hard to completely prevent the paint going back down the body, but if you find that happening too much, then either your paint is way too thin, or there's something seriously wrong with your airbrush and may need replacing. 3. With dried paint, I like soaking it in isopropyl alcohol or Acetone and using a very fine-tipped cotton bud to scrub it out. 4. An ultrasonic cleaner really helps and if you use it regularly, but make sure you're pulling out ALL of the O-rings before soaking your brush. I hope I got all of your questions, and best of luck! 😁
Hey! Good question! Between paint sessions, I have a slop cup. A plastic container that I dump my paint and wash into when I'm done. When that gets full, I dump that into an oil absorption pan and throw it away normally. If you're talking about a dried up jar, that can just go in the trash if you're in the US, but check local disposal guidelines before anything else. Hope this helps!
Hey Aaron, that's a great question and comes with a lot of nuance. What paints are you using? What nozzle size is your airbrush? What's the thinning ratio, etc. As you paint more and more, you'll come to fine tune your entire process, but a good safe PSI for a lot of the paints I use and have used is 18 to 20 PSI. If you start there I'm sure you can learn to thin a lot of paints to work in that range and eventually you'll figure out that you might like something higher or lower. But give that a shot and let me know what you think! 😁 Thanks for checking out this video and best of luck on your painting journey!
@@PlamoTherapist I hear that all over the place, but I've only ever seemed to get results from 20-30psi :( I mainly use Badger Minitaire and then random VJ stuff I've gotten on clearance/sale, and sometimes thinned down Citadel paints.
Are you JUST starting out and aren't sure if this hobby is for you? Check out my Nippers tutorial to get you up and building today: ua-cam.com/video/z1KtqHwP37g/v-deo.html
Want to move on from acrylics, but don't know where to start? Check out my recommendation for StudioG's GPaint series here: ua-cam.com/video/1pSYtJXoCKU/v-deo.html
The best airbrush usage video I’ve seen so far! Very detailed, easy to follow and informative. Thanks!
Hey, thank you so much. If you're getting into airbrushing, I'm excited to see what you're doing! 😲
@@PlamoTherapist, I’ve been airbrushing since February 2020. I’ll send you the link to my UA-cam channel where I’ve posted a couple of videos about my creations. I’ll upload some other videos and photos too in the coming days. Ciao!
Oooh. That's awesome! You've been airbrushing longer than I have! Send me some videos and teach me a few things! 😁
@@PlamoTherapist, thank you for the credits, but I do not think I’m the position to teach anything.... just having fun, making mistakes, correcting them, still having fun... You are encouraging me to post more videos/photos of my gunpla and models built! Thank you!
Hey, we can ALL learn from each other! Even if it's nothing new, we at least learn that we're not the only ones to do it that way. Also, we learn more from our mistakes than our successes! We don't fail 100 times, we confirm 100 ways that won't work! 😁
You are the best at explaining. thank you
Hey, I appreciate that so much. Thank you. I hope this video served you well and please feel free to reach out if you have any questions in the future. 😁
Great tutorial and comparison of common airbrush issues.
Thank you! If you have any specific questions, don't be afraid to ask!
Thanks for this tutorial! I just learned something new!!!!!!!
That's the goal! Glad you found some value.
I recently learned about a quick dry method using just air out of the air brush, you ever do this?
holy freakin shit, thank you for this!
I wish I had come across something like this ages ago when I was starting fumbling through airbrushing. The labeling and purposeful screwing up in each way and talking through how to rectify it, and, more importantly, how to tell what is the problem by look/feel is so immensely helpful!
I've definitely gotten better, but still find myself screwing up with, what I now know to be, too thick paint and too thin.
So when you've found that you were screwing up during a session, and are trying to fix it, but the paint has gotten clogged up or dried on the needle and such, is there a good easy/quick way of fixing it so that you can continue?
I find that when I've screwed up along the way I end up with paint stuck in the nozzle (but not coming out, even with airbrush cleaner, only find it when I disassemble for putting in the ultrasonic cleaner) which is not dried nor is it wet enough to taint the other colours or splash out randomly. I also will get paint adhering to the needle, both the tip, which I can easily brush off, and just before the well (when at a resting position). Almost as if the paint is getting pulled back in the body between the well and the trigger.
I end up just fighting through it through jacking up the psi to overcompensate or thinning paint down extra, up till I am too frustrated and then have to tear the thing down and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner and by then I'm just too frustrated and out of the flow to want to put it back together and continue once it is done.
Hey there. A lot of great questions here! Let's go through them one by one.
1. When paint dries up on the needle, one way to clean it is with a toothbrush soaked in isopropyl alcohol. The alcohol helps disolve the paint, but dries out quickly to avoid affecting your work going forward.
2. Because the needle gets covered in paint in the cup, it's hard to completely prevent the paint going back down the body, but if you find that happening too much, then either your paint is way too thin, or there's something seriously wrong with your airbrush and may need replacing.
3. With dried paint, I like soaking it in isopropyl alcohol or Acetone and using a very fine-tipped cotton bud to scrub it out.
4. An ultrasonic cleaner really helps and if you use it regularly, but make sure you're pulling out ALL of the O-rings before soaking your brush. I hope I got all of your questions, and best of luck! 😁
@@PlamoTherapist thought the o-rings were fine as long as not using solovent in the wash? @ultrasonic cleaner
Hello! ..I have a question. Is it okay to use water based acrylic for gunpla?
What's the name of the airbrush do you use?.. and how much air pressure do you set for the paint jobs?
For this video, it was the Iwata Neo. Great starter brush if you ask me. 😁
I have a question how do you dispose Tamiya paint?
Hey! Good question! Between paint sessions, I have a slop cup. A plastic container that I dump my paint and wash into when I'm done. When that gets full, I dump that into an oil absorption pan and throw it away normally.
If you're talking about a dried up jar, that can just go in the trash if you're in the US, but check local disposal guidelines before anything else.
Hope this helps!
What is a good psi?
Hey Aaron, that's a great question and comes with a lot of nuance. What paints are you using? What nozzle size is your airbrush? What's the thinning ratio, etc.
As you paint more and more, you'll come to fine tune your entire process, but a good safe PSI for a lot of the paints I use and have used is 18 to 20 PSI. If you start there I'm sure you can learn to thin a lot of paints to work in that range and eventually you'll figure out that you might like something higher or lower. But give that a shot and let me know what you think! 😁
Thanks for checking out this video and best of luck on your painting journey!
@@PlamoTherapist I am using Vallejo air paints.
Ooh. Good to know! Those are a little thinner than many others, so I'd recommend around 15-18 PSI. 😁 Give it a shot and let me know what you think!
@@PlamoTherapist I hear that all over the place, but I've only ever seemed to get results from 20-30psi :(
I mainly use Badger Minitaire and then random VJ stuff I've gotten on clearance/sale, and sometimes thinned down Citadel paints.
Hey @SharkeyBruhaha are you adding any thinner or flow improver? Even though they're airbrush paints, they still need a little bit of thinner. 😁