I am probably going to go against everybody elses advice here.
I went my own way, disagree with me if you want, but hear me out. Why is a cheap airbrush a good start?
Lets start with a little bit of honesty, when I worked at GW i knew nothing about paitnign, I always looked at paintign as a means to an end. It wasn't until I came back to the hobby that I started to work on getting better and looking at it as a craft.
When I got back into painting a few years ago, I started looking online at some amazing works that seriously blew my mind. Looking at guides on youtube and most places now a days the airbrush is a big part of a painters arsenal in the war against grey mountain. I recently decided to get one, a cheap one even though most people would recommend spending over £100 on a kit, I want to explain why I didn't, what I learnt and why now, having spent £100 on a kit, its so much more valued. No before I go any further: 1. This is what works for me and any recommendations are based on my opinions from personal experiences. 2. I am a trained engineer and spent time going to sea learning how machines talk, maintenance is everything. What Kit did I get?
Having used it I disagree. These kits are cheap, yep! These kits will require some special care and patience, sure thing! These kits will not last long, well mine lasted 6 months of daily use, As with most thing in this hobby mindset is everything. My mindset was if I can get good resutls with this I can justify moving to the next piece. I get it you want to plug in press go, blast out some minis and clean down. I had no issues with that. I was a little noisy but only 1 time did I have a night of problems. This gear, no matter what level of investment is sensitive equipment, it takes time to learn how to use it. If you don't treat it right it won't work.
But all of the issues I had I learnt how to overcome them , work with them and achieve som really great work. I learnt some good behaviours to follow whilst painting, such as test spray before you go on the mini, how to control the tigger (which stuck all the time and is very rough), how to get different effects from painting different mediums (inks, washes, contrast and paint) How to get accurate work (yes with a bent needle) I have seen many posts and videos say that you shouldnt get the wish airbrushes because they aren't good quality and they will fall apart etc. I fully agree they aren't top quality, they are £8 for a brush there is no way that there is much care put upon the working parts, but if I got the super duper mega ones you see ( I mean some of these brushes are sleeek!!) I still would have wrecked that in the same amount of time and just felt a bit crap having spent nearly £200 on an airbrush more expensive than my complete collection of clothes. At the end of the day when you are learning you are going to make all these mistakes and learn to overcome them , thats what learning is all about. Eventually you will start to get to grips with it. Like learning to drive without power steering and then getting power steering.. If you are still to get into airbrushing I really would advise this kit, you can smash it around take it apart and put it back together and keep trying. Just like cheap and easy craft brushes its a brilliant tool to learn with. If you can afford one with a tank and a reciprocating compressor do it. I'm not going to stop you! In fact send me a message if you need help and check out my Get Started with this Gear! Page.
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