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Q/A & Help Group 9 years, 8 months ago Hello all, I have been wanting to step up my painting skills to add small details and do panel lining. Two questions, Which/ what type of brushes should I get (links are helpful as i’ll buy them from HLJ :P) Also It seems that/ I don’t notice what are the best methods to clean enamel paints of brushes, I don’t want to ruin any tools I have.
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well something like this http://www.hlj.com/product/HLJHT-002/Sup would be good for detail work like painting the pilot and picking out those small details like piping.
The maybe http://www.hlj.com/product/GNZMB08/Sup one of these for drybrushing to get those raised details easily.
also both brushes would be good for weathering.
As for cleaning your brushes I’d just go with swirling them around in enamel thinner.
Thank you very much for that. Much appreciated.
Your brushes will die on you eventually. There is no way to keep them going for years to come. But, when that happens, you just buy new ones. Brushes are some of the more expendable tools you could have. But a good brush is worth the money, believe me. On the other hand, any brush is better than no brush at all. I’d suggest a bit of practice before you dig in, if you don’t have any expirience with these techniques. And give drybrushing a go. It’s amazingly easy to do with the no less amazing results. Just google it a bit before you dive in.
Brushes dying out is something that I have forgotten. And I do plan on getting some good brushes, bad brushes are bad (I’ve tried some). Luckily I have done some dry brushing before, and I have done a HG domtroppen as a test and a PG strike with dry brush weathering of sorts. each one getting better and better as skill with brushes will go.
Have you considered getting an air brush?
I have, Of course its costly but it would save a lot of money in the long run. Perhaps I would just wait for the right time to get one.
Not so much as save. Buying a good air brush is pretty costly at first, and there are thinners, paints etc that you’d need. Not to mention a compressor. So, even in the long run, you won’t save up that much money, if any. You could get amazing results using just paint brush and carefully thinned paint, never done it myself but I’ve seen it. But an air brush is a whole new world. Some say that yu can save up some money and, instead of buying a compressor, you could use a car spare tyre. One, fully “charged” would last you for a week or so and the results are not that bad either. 🙂 On the other hand, you could buy a cheap air brush and give it a go, see how it feels, and if it doesn’t you won’t spend that much money and can just dump the idea and return to brushes.
Well that’s interesting. I normally don’t use brushes as I spend money on spray cans (that is where I would save my money). Not sure when I want to get into a airbrush still.
You’d save money over cans with anything! 😀 Spray can painting is just damn expensive!
Yes Exactly XD