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Hi guys.
I'm sure all these questions have been answered before, but thought I would share my first painting experience anyway : )
Firstly, after finally getting hands on with airbrushing I have even more respect for what you guys are capable of. I'm both discouraged and motivated at the same time.
I bought myself an Iwata Eclipse cs, with wicked details paints.
Finally got everything set up today and started practicing. It is A LOT harder than I thought it would be. You guys make it look so easy!!
I have way too many questions, so I'll try and pick the main ones.
- Tip Dry! How often do you clean your brush when painting? Do you take the needle out completely or just remove the cap and try to clean the tip that way? Will using more reducer lessen or increase the effect of tip dry? Annoying!
- How do I get really fine lines? I can manage to get some reasonably thin lines (not consistently), but they are always very feint lines. Can I achieve a solid opaque line? Like that you would get from a fine liner.
- PSI. What pressure do you paint at? I had my compressor set at about 15-20. But experimented between 5 and 30 psi to see how the paint responded. How low do you go for fine detail? What's your standard pressure for general painting? (If there's such a thing)
Soo many questions. But I'll leave it there for now and get back at it tomorrow.
All I was doing today was dots, lines and dagger strokes. All in black.
The compressor makes me jump every time it kicks in!
Peace
I'm sure all these questions have been answered before, but thought I would share my first painting experience anyway : )
Firstly, after finally getting hands on with airbrushing I have even more respect for what you guys are capable of. I'm both discouraged and motivated at the same time.
I bought myself an Iwata Eclipse cs, with wicked details paints.
Finally got everything set up today and started practicing. It is A LOT harder than I thought it would be. You guys make it look so easy!!
I have way too many questions, so I'll try and pick the main ones.
- Tip Dry! How often do you clean your brush when painting? Do you take the needle out completely or just remove the cap and try to clean the tip that way? Will using more reducer lessen or increase the effect of tip dry? Annoying!
- How do I get really fine lines? I can manage to get some reasonably thin lines (not consistently), but they are always very feint lines. Can I achieve a solid opaque line? Like that you would get from a fine liner.
- PSI. What pressure do you paint at? I had my compressor set at about 15-20. But experimented between 5 and 30 psi to see how the paint responded. How low do you go for fine detail? What's your standard pressure for general painting? (If there's such a thing)
Soo many questions. But I'll leave it there for now and get back at it tomorrow.
All I was doing today was dots, lines and dagger strokes. All in black.
The compressor makes me jump every time it kicks in!
Peace