NEVER mix alcohol and acrylics. Grunge of a nasty sort results, the kind
that's a PITA to clean out of your airbrush. The only Vallejo paint you'd
thin with an alcohol-base thinner are the alcohol-base metallics.

Water alone is acceptable when thinning acrylics for the airbrush, but an
acrylic airbrush medium is much better, as Beatha said.

Also, metallic acrylic inks (such as FW) airbrush well from my brief
experimentation, much better than Liquitex metallic acrylic paints.

Judi

-----Original Message-----
From: mini-painter@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mini-painter@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Gareth Palmer
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:04 PM
To: mini-painter@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [mini-painter] Re: Airbrushing

Out of interest, when spraying with GW and Vallejo; are you thinning with
just water or alcohol (like Tamiya and Gunzes thinners)?

Gaz

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From: mini-painter@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mini-painter@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Beatha Sellman
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:42 AM
To: mini-painter@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mini-painter] Re: Airbrushing



I don't use a huge amount of Vallejos in it, but the ones I've used have not

been a problem. Keep in mind that I don't usually run a straight color
through - most of mine are mixes, sometimes of 5-6 different colors. I
mostly use Golden (liquid and tube, not airbrush), mostly because they're
easy to find and have strong colors. I have not run Vallejo metallics
through my airbrush, but Golden are no problem - Liquitex hasn't worked as
well. Metallics are the biggest issue with most airbrushes, so I was happy
that the Golden "Fine" ones aren't an issue. It's a good idea to
strain/filter your paints before running them through the airbrush.
Definitely makes a HUGE difference to mix with airbrush extender rather than

water - much less graininess.
Beatha

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Watson" <mark@marubeca. <mailto:mark%40marubeca.net> net>
To: <mini-painter@ <mailto:mini-painter%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [mini-painter] Re: Airbrushing

> Just got to this ... I'm looking at acquiring an airbrush. Does the
> iwata work with "regular" mini paints - eg vallejo etc?
>
> On 18 Apr 2008, at 17:11, stonet130 wrote:
>
>> Hey Dean,
>> I am using an Iwata Custom Micron - C. It allows for good control of
>> paint flow and fine line details (which I still need to play around
>> with more to improve my skills). I have been using Golden series
>> airbrush paint, which has been working very well for me. It doesn't
>> need any thinning at all and can be used straight from the bottle.
>> I painted up a 1,000 pt vanilla Space Marine army for Adepticon,
>> which turned out pretty well, in short order. The airbrush allowed
>> for highlighting on the Space Marine armor, such as the lower leg,
>> shoulder, arms, and (used on a light spray from a distance) even
>> helmet features. It worked best on my Termintors and the custom
>> banner I ended up making for the army. Of course, I had to go back
>> and do detailing work and faces by hand, but the airbursh did a great
>> job on the base coat and highlighting and saved me considerable
>> time. Of course, they aren't Golden Demon quality, but they still
>> came out very nice.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>> --- In mini-painter@ <mailto:mini-painter%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, d m <nato_potato_2006@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, Tim,
>> >
>> > You have me quite interested...what model airbrush are you
>> using? (I have a Testor's that I've yet to break in). what about
>> paint? What brand and type? Do you have to thin it? How so?
>> >
>> > I can see base coating, but high lighting? What army did you
>> paint? What areas did you highlight?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Dean
>> >
>> > Timothy Stone <stonet13@...> wrote:
>> > Hey All,
>> > I just recently started using an airbrush in my mini painting.
>> After a couple of trials, I started experimenting and found I really
>> like the effects I get. I have a double action airbrush which allows
>> for good control. I have managed to base coat and highlight an entire
>> 35 figure army for Adepticon in a very short period of time, with
>> rather nice results. I still need a heck of a lot more training
>> before I start using the airbrush for show pieces, but for playable
>> armies its great.
>> >
>> > Tim
>> >