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Rubenandres77
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Hello dear all!
I recently found this forum,
My name is Ruben Andres Martinez. I live in Bogota, Colombia, Southamerica (that's not to be confused with "Columbia"
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I apologize in advance for any language missunderstandings, since English is not my mother tongue (that's Spanish).
I am 36 years old, currently unemployed, and taking care of my parents who are both very delicate in health: my father with a cancer (multiple myeloma), and my mother recently had a stroke (aneurisma). Since I just basically stay at home taking care of them both while they recover, I'm not working right now. But I certainly needed to have some sort of creative activity as to escape the hardships of life.
Only until recently I got a decent airbrush and equipment. So I decided to look for information, practice exercises and tips. And that's how I arrived here. I see this forum is full of activity. It really has a lot of nice artists sharing advices, and the topics discussed are interesting. Is nice to spend some time reading all the topics.
Several years ago I used to have a very cheapo airbrush. I think that was a Chinese copy of a Badger 350 model. Very bad gun. And the compressor didn't help much, since it was a big industrial machine used for automotive stuff without regulator nor water trap. A nightmare.
Still I managed to draw a couple of landscapes and drawings with more or less success, but always with coarse results.
This year I received a money gift on the condition that I spend it in one of my artistic interests, and so I could buy a good airbrush and a compressor.
Here's my recently bought equipment thanks to that gift:
Airbrush is a Paasche Talon with 3 needles and 3 tips. That's the best I could buy with the money I had. I understand that's kind of a workhorse. And since I am using it for several different things, this could be good for me.
I had thought on buying a Badger Chrome or Anthem, but couldn't find in my city a good dealer of Badger airbrushes who could supply warranty and spare parts. Iwatas can be found here, but they were out of my budget. And they certainly are much more precision machines than I need right now. Paasches have good service and spare parts available here.
Still, I'm happy with the Paasche. Feels nice.
Compressor is a Hyundai 2HP and 24 lt (6 gallon) capacity.
Can deliver 4 cfm at 40 psi.
With regulator and humidity filter.
Good home appliance. This should be more than enough for airbrushing. I actually prefer to buy things that exceed my needs, because I know at one point I may need it for other bigger domestic uses, like painting the whole house with a spray gun or such.
By the way, it is a bit noisy.
I ran out of money, so I couldn't afford buying a cleaning station.
So I made one with things I had at home.
That's one of those hospital oxygen thingies.
My father was at hospital recently, and for some reason we ended up with that small jar at home.
I drilled a hole, attached a copper tube.
There is an Iron weight at the bottom to add steadiness.
At the end of the tube you see a couple of cannibalized felt markers to make the holder for the brush, attached with epoxy putty.
Works like a charm
And finally here's my working space:
Shelves for my many tools and materials, my old school drawing board (with last weeks control exercises), and extra table and booth.
You may notice the booth is quite big.
I built it like that because I needed a multi-purpose booth for working in:
- Paper and plastic scale models
- Metal embossing crafts
- Book binding
Which are some of my other hobbies.
I may be using the Paasche airbrush for the plastic models and the metal embossing crafts as well.
Well, that's my introduction.
I'm pleased to be here.
Thanks for reading.
Kind regards,
Ruben Andres Martinez
I recently found this forum,
My name is Ruben Andres Martinez. I live in Bogota, Colombia, Southamerica (that's not to be confused with "Columbia"
)I apologize in advance for any language missunderstandings, since English is not my mother tongue (that's Spanish).
I am 36 years old, currently unemployed, and taking care of my parents who are both very delicate in health: my father with a cancer (multiple myeloma), and my mother recently had a stroke (aneurisma). Since I just basically stay at home taking care of them both while they recover, I'm not working right now. But I certainly needed to have some sort of creative activity as to escape the hardships of life.
Only until recently I got a decent airbrush and equipment. So I decided to look for information, practice exercises and tips. And that's how I arrived here. I see this forum is full of activity. It really has a lot of nice artists sharing advices, and the topics discussed are interesting. Is nice to spend some time reading all the topics.
Several years ago I used to have a very cheapo airbrush. I think that was a Chinese copy of a Badger 350 model. Very bad gun. And the compressor didn't help much, since it was a big industrial machine used for automotive stuff without regulator nor water trap. A nightmare.
Still I managed to draw a couple of landscapes and drawings with more or less success, but always with coarse results.
This year I received a money gift on the condition that I spend it in one of my artistic interests, and so I could buy a good airbrush and a compressor.
Here's my recently bought equipment thanks to that gift:
Airbrush is a Paasche Talon with 3 needles and 3 tips. That's the best I could buy with the money I had. I understand that's kind of a workhorse. And since I am using it for several different things, this could be good for me.
I had thought on buying a Badger Chrome or Anthem, but couldn't find in my city a good dealer of Badger airbrushes who could supply warranty and spare parts. Iwatas can be found here, but they were out of my budget. And they certainly are much more precision machines than I need right now. Paasches have good service and spare parts available here.
Still, I'm happy with the Paasche. Feels nice.
Compressor is a Hyundai 2HP and 24 lt (6 gallon) capacity.
Can deliver 4 cfm at 40 psi.
With regulator and humidity filter.
Good home appliance. This should be more than enough for airbrushing. I actually prefer to buy things that exceed my needs, because I know at one point I may need it for other bigger domestic uses, like painting the whole house with a spray gun or such.
By the way, it is a bit noisy.
I ran out of money, so I couldn't afford buying a cleaning station.
So I made one with things I had at home.
That's one of those hospital oxygen thingies.
My father was at hospital recently, and for some reason we ended up with that small jar at home.
I drilled a hole, attached a copper tube.
There is an Iron weight at the bottom to add steadiness.
At the end of the tube you see a couple of cannibalized felt markers to make the holder for the brush, attached with epoxy putty.
Works like a charm
And finally here's my working space:
Shelves for my many tools and materials, my old school drawing board (with last weeks control exercises), and extra table and booth.
You may notice the booth is quite big.
I built it like that because I needed a multi-purpose booth for working in:
- Paper and plastic scale models
- Metal embossing crafts
- Book binding
Which are some of my other hobbies.
I may be using the Paasche airbrush for the plastic models and the metal embossing crafts as well.
Well, that's my introduction.
I'm pleased to be here.
Thanks for reading.
Kind regards,
Ruben Andres Martinez
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