Airbrush: An Inside Story. A Quick start guide for new airbrush users.

Over the holidays I'm sure a lot of you got new airbrushes, well this little guide will explain how they work, some trouble shooting points, how I think paint, and what you can do with them to actually paint your models. An to help me show that all off I grabbed one of the new Battle Sisters Biker Warriors from One Page Rules.
If you like the model check out the One Page Rules Patreon: www.patreon.com/onepagerules
Check out my other airbrush video for some even more advanced tips: • The things you should ...
00:00 Intro
00:56 How Airbrushes Work
05:39 Thinning paint for the Airbrush
06:56 Priming with an Airbrush
08:10 Zenithal Explanation and Effects
09:18 Washing and Basecoating with the Airbrush
10:20 Blending with the Airbrush
11:09 Creating Atmosphere with the airbrush
11:57 Cleaning the Airbrush
Paintman Journeying is a Miniatures painting channel specializing in Tutorials, Fun challenges, Experimenting with paints and tools, as well as showcasing my painted models from Commissions. I paint every variety of 3D printed miniatures from companies like One Page Rules, Titan Forge, Artisans Guild and more. As well as digging into my stock of models from Mantic, Warhammer Age of Sigmar and 40K as well as Warmachine and Hordes from time to time #warhammer #OPR #miniatures #40k #grimdarkfuture

[@Veerhoose]

whenever the algorithm gets around to promoting your channel, you're going to explode in subscribers. keep it up!

[@zukawastaken]

Dude OMG you deserve so much more views and subs. By far the best mini painting channel in KZbin

[@daniellof453]

That was so far the best and most comprehensive airbrush 101 video by any minipainting youtuber.

[@PaintmanJourneying]

I wasn't sure if it was too much or not enough since I was trying to keep things snappy so it didn't become a 20 minute video, so thanks for that 😸

[@LukeMartinVideo]

Wow, these animated schematics are crazy ! Great job! 👌

[@ChadFromSpace]

Man, what a great video. I just got my first airbrush and asked for tips on reddit. Someone shared this one. I had watched about 15 up until that point. Whatever KZbin's SEO threw at me. This one was by far the best. So many questions that seemed like obvious things to ask that no one else even brought up... hit them all. Great job. Have a sub and a like man!

[@someguy2441]

I love using Silly Putty to cover the parts of the model I don’t want airbrushed. By no means original, but super useful! Great video!

[@PaintmanJourneying]

I mention masking in my advanced airbrushing video I had already done. Unfortunately silly putty has become really hard to come by for me so sticky tack is all I can manage x_x

[@scottturner3831]

Primer video... well done! You get 2 dad points!

[@brianhall4182]

Interesting. I never thought about mixing matt medium with thinner to create my own flow aid. I've just been mixing Vallejo's airbrush thinner and flow improver with the paint in the cup.

[@goforitpainting]

Cool as always.

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@IamtheV]

And this is all the basics you need to get started. Perfect quick start guide! Thank you so much for this.

[@BmongolGaming]

great video as always

[@manuelherrera6938]

Really nice airbrush video! Despite having an airbrush for a while I always learn something new with your videos!

[@JoshuaSMurray]

helpful video, thanks

[@Warhammer3025]

Having just gotten my first cheap-o airbrush this week, your video could not have come at a better time :)

[@PaintmanJourneying]

There were lots of threads on reddit about people getting new airbrushes for xmas so it seemed like a good first new year video 😄

[@CyberFoxStudio]

I get that the trigger can be used to lightly restrict airflow, but that's a set of muscle control that's irregular, unmeasurable, and if consistently utilized, will lead to unnecessary fatigue. Set your air flow and pressure at the regulator. If you have a micro air control dial at the front of the airbrush, you can fine tune there. Don't push this idea of micro-controlling your airflow at the trigger by how far you press it down.

[@Hisiek]

Thank you so much for making such great painting content. I always find plenty of good tips and knowledge in your videos :)

[@Daydam]

Super good video, and just in time! I'm thinking of getting an airbrush next month, so all of these tips are extremely useful.

[@JoeDillingham]

What is your thinner medium recipe?

[@PaintmanJourneying]

I usually just use GSW Maxx Matt as my airbrush medium, but if making your own it looked like 3 part thick medium to 1 part thinner was about right, but it would really depend on the paint you use as well as how thin you like it, might be more towards a 2:1 for some peoples preference.

[@prava163]

So you use green stuff world VARNISH as a medium? Interesting.

[@PaintmanJourneying]

It's not a traditional polyurethane varnish I don't belive. And it actually says in the fine print on the bottle that it can be used with paint mixed in as a medium.

[@prava163]

@@PaintmanJourneying funny story: I have a bottle of said product on the way as I heard it is very good as a super matt varnish. So I will get to test it as a medium. Thanks!

[@PaintmanJourneying]

@@prava163 It's great as both honestly, I use it during painting and a matte coat after. May matte products tend to get cloudy if you thin them or stay satin if thinned. I've added more than half water or flow aid into it when applying as a varnish and it still worked just perfectly every time. So on that I definitely agree, anyone looking for a testors dulcote replacement, Maxx matte is it.

[@chrisboyd4433]

Zee-nith. Not zenith.