I'm an experienced painter (models, miniatures, & vinyl toys) and have been hooked on watching KZfaq Modeling, and painting tutorials, probably because I had none of this back when I started out in the early 1970's. I must say that your video was fun, straightforward, and very cheeky! Keep up the good work Leona!

i don't do garage kits, but i have been following your paint videos for so long, it's really interesting to kind of get a look at the smaller mechanics behind the artistry! i'd love more tool breakdowns like this :>

Yes! We need more guide for dummies, all the guides! Love your work ❤️

Honestly, this is already so helpful. I didn't even think about lubing up some of my cheap lil airbrush. I am a good brush painter, but I *STRUGGLE* with airbrushes. Even just putting primer on shit is so hard for me. Its so good to know that the learning curve is all over the place too.

Leona, even if you think your perspective isn't wide enough to be useful, trust me, IT IS!!! I greatly appreciate your perspective on Airbrushing and all the subtopics under it. As a fellow Artist, I look to other artists who's work I appreciate and enjoy to learn about their tools and supplies, and their experiences with them. This video was extremely helpful, even to someone like me who's used an airbrush for over a year now with acrylics and alcohol inks. I look forward to your next video, whatever and whenever it may be (but I'll be extra excited the next time you do a "educational" video like this one). Keep up the great work and have a happy New Year

Hello Leona! I would love to see an additional video on types of paints, how they work together, all of that. I worked with acrylic on my paintings, and lacquer is just something completely foreign to me!

I’m glad to see your channel back ❤

Thank you so much! I was gifted an airbrush last year, but I've been too afraid of breaking it to even try using it yet. Especially since I didn't know how to clean it properly. This gave me a much better idea of how these things work and how to take care of it! Update: I have everything set up and working now! I have filter cups and an airbrush stand on the way. Only problem so far is that the hose that my spray booth came with is a bit too short to reach from my desk to my window. So, I'm waiting for a new hose before I test everything with actual paint rather than just air.

I never waited and wanted so much a video, and it's here!!!! Thank god and you for this!!!!

Leona, I cannot thank you enough for this guide. You are amazing! I've saved up a bunch in order to buy an airbrush and compressor as well as a bunch of supplies to start doing various projects (including garage kits). I used the links to the supplies you provide on your website, which thank you for that as well, and this has come just in time as I'm now only waiting on my forbidden mustard to arrive from Japan.

Looking amazing Leona. Have a happy new year 🎉

We use an airbrush at work to help decorate cakes! Amazing little tools. Also I love your DMC shirt! I need to find one like that!

a guide to paints would be great as im lost when it comes down to all the japanese paints and how to best use them,

I’ve wanted to move onto an airbrush for doll restoration and customization. This is exactly what I needed. Very detailed!

To clean the acrylic paint in my airbrush I use very hot tap water that I keep in a thermos coffee mug. It works great and kind of breaks up the paint that has started to dry in the cup. This is normally my first cleaning step and it normally removes 90% of the paint. It's a trick I learned on Barbatos Rex's channel, I recommend his videos he tests entire paint lineups and tools. Thanks Leona very nice video.

I wasn't even planning on getting an airbrush, but gosh this video is so educational and insightful I now want one. Thanks for your effort! Also, you are glowing no less than princess Venus✨ Have wonderful holidays!

Were you listening to me saying that I'm terrified of my airbrush and compressor yesterday? I've had an Iwata compressor (one of the ones with a handle tank) and Badger airbrush for about 10 years and have been too worried about using them, this video has encouraged me to buy cleaning supplies and paints and actually break my fear of them! Love watching your videos and seeing your work :)

Informational videos are always welcomed. We have seen your videos and know the hard work you put into your models so seeing how much MORE work it takes to use the tools properly makes the final product that more admirable.

Agree on the Chinese airbrush. I use a Master G223 I got on Amazon for $30. Its absolutely fantastic! Also, tip on thinning Tamiya; when you first open the jar fill it to the line near the lip of the jar with X-20A and now the whole jar is properly thinned and ready to spray.

Seriously I''ve been over thinning a lot of my acrylics, this was so good. Thank you so much. You Kill it every time!

Amazing video, covered so many details that other videos take for granted. Looking forward to all your future tutorials!!

My Resin Queen!!! Thank you for making this video!!! I purchased an airbrush, and it has been staring at me menacingly from my closet ever since!!! This will help me to tame the little brat!!! 😈 Edit: You’re back!!! Hallelujah!!! Our Queen has been restored!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Such a comprehensive guide, Leona! Thank you for all these details, especially the diagram of the interior. I had no idea that's how they worked. I just thought it was like... a little stream of air in a tube and the paint just spewed out. I laughed so hard at your lube joke. Yes please to more info on paint types!

another wonderful video, as always. also what a glow up leona, pleasantly surprised :D

Really happy to see you back!❤

I've never been as big as you have been in the past, but seeing your weight loss and how dramatic it's been is so encouraging and gives me hope that I can do it myself! (genuinely not meant to be rude). I'm so happy to see someone else have that self-discipline and actually achieve it, well done and thank you so much, I feel so motivated by how comfortable and confident in yourself you feel!

i am so happy to see you back, welcome back

Chinese airbrushes have a lot of replacement parts available on aliexpress. You can get for replacement sure needles and nozzles, regulators and crowns.

This is an excellent guide for people like me who own an airbrush and never took the time to actually learn the proper way to use it (I always winged it according to the result I needed to achieve). By the way: WELCOME BACK!

This video came at the perfect time!! Ive been trying to figure out where to start with airbrushing and this is perfect. Im glad I havent bought one yet because I was definitely about to make all the mistakes you mentioned and was even debating if I needed half the things you used in your videos since Im still a beginner. Now I know what not to do! Lol Thank you so much for this!!

Mira, yo no creo que vaya a usar un aerógrafo en el futuro próximo, pero aún así es un vídeo interesante. Me vería otros "x for dummies" felizmente. :D

Great video, thanks. Most airbrush videos on You Tube as you said are not for garage kits and boring the way most do it. With your humor and personality it's fun and learning to watch! Thanks again!!! For me it's doing a good mix of thinner and paint that is most hard, doing a fluid flow of paint come out. surely your tricks will help!

I would love to see more videos of you form things like this, to tutorials, to anything really. Especially since the paint with me videos take a lot of time. It would be nice to have in between so we get to see more of your lovely face and sass. I personally would love to see something on masking. Especially the differences between the different types of liquid masking, how to apply and remove and such. I do a lot of hand painting and I think liquid masking could help me with a lot of the finer details but I'm lost with what to get (since you recommend a few) and where to start.

haven't watched your video for a couple of years. good stuff! btw you look so in shape omg!!! I thought it was a different person

Yes, please do more. I need more Leona content

Oh my goodness I used that sailor Saturn kit at the end! It was my first kit! I'm getting the other when I get my printer up and going again! Thank you for the airbrush tutorial! I was hoping to get one eventually!

thanks for keeping up with the videos, now that resin printers are more and more common, having a channel that is not warhammer only is really helpful

Having messed around with airbrushes (don't own any myself yet) I'll have to agree with single vs double from both of you. Trick is more what are you doing and what are you painting. If detail doesn't matter single, if it''s not having gradient work done...single. Everything else you really do need a double action. Single only works for the most basic of things granted, that does end up covering a lot which I think is why Adam said it the way he did. Another thing with doubles is there are times you only want air and a single as we know can't do that, double action always wins.

I have been vaguely interested in painting my own garage kits, but the barrier of "I don't know what the hell I'm doing with all this tech" was really high!! This video definitely helped take some of that edge off. Thanks!

I got those USB airbrushes/mini compressors when i first started and they are kind of decent, but I only learned how to properly use it AFTER I upgraded to a decent generic one and figured out how reducing/psi ratios work (and these mini compressors usually don't go more than 20 psi) I would only recommend them if you're absolutely itching to get into the hobby right away and are low on cash, and have a basic understanding on how to keep your paints thinned appropriately, but it's not an accurate reflection on the full experience of airbrushing and its 10000000% worth just getting a decent compressor

Oh, this was SUPER helpful. I also have an airbrush but never really learned the proper way to use it. If you've got a "so you're an idiot who bought a garage kit, and you have no idea what you're doing" tutorial, that would also be helpful. For a friend. Me. I am friend. I saw your videos, and I desperately wanted to jump into the hobby.

Oh wow! I love how you broke down airbrushes so that anyone could understand what’s going on with them and how they work. It’s something that’s on my wish list, though not as a high priority… mostly because I feel like it’s not something that I can handle. This makes me feel like it probably very much is. Thank you for doing this! Happy New Year! 🎉

Fantastic tutorial : ) A rare thing on YT. Just wanted to give a shout out to Harder & Steenbeck Airbrushes, they make them in Germany, so the price tends to favour them in the EU compared to Iwata. The main selling point is that they all use the same needle/nozzle/aircap from .15 to .6mm and they use a floating nozzle like the Eclipse. I have heard that the Iwata Micron has a better, more precise, point for when the paint starts flowing (compared to the Micron) , but apart from that they are really good, and easier to clean than the threaded nozzle. Also the PS290 with the trigger is also a dual action, it increases paint flow as you pull the trigger. Pistol trigger types have one small advantage, that you always start with air flowing and stop the paint before the air stops, which is good for avoiding residual paint on the needle (avoiding splatter on the next trigger pull and minimising tip dry) Loved all the recommendations, to buy a cheap model to learn on and all the other good advice.... Subscribed : )

Thanks to this video,I have more knowledge on airbrushes,and cleared up any confusion,except the taking apart the thing 🤔but all in all thank you Leona for taking this time to make this video

Thank you for posting this video. There was a lot of helpful tips. I'm a plastic model builder and for yrs I use paint and brush for my models. Lately I went to Amazon and harbor freight to look at compressors and air brushes omg there are so many different ones. Lol and now I know which one to look for. Again thank for posting this video

I have been desperately trying to love my airbrush for a while and honestly I am a bit crap with it. I purchased a lower priced mid range to beginner airbrush and I was actually gifted a rather expensive airbrush too. I have been trying to learn the basics with the beginner kit I purchased which came with a compressor and few other bits, with the hopes of graduating on to the much more expensive airbrush. This video was super helpful, I just feel like I am absolutely struggling with the fundamentals and this has given me the confidence to try again. I have a number of anime kits as well as some 3D prints and even Games workshop models that I am trying to build up the confidence to paint. Going to give it another try after watching this video a couple more times and looking forward to actually trying to finish one project. Thanks for your help 🙂

Thank you Leona, I learned a lot and linked this to my sister because she is interested in airbrushing too. :D

I've been wanting to get into GKs for a while now (though budget and life has pretty much put a kibosh on that for now), so watching different tutorials and other paint have been really helpful in teaching about the actual hobby/craft itself. Of course, the practical application may as well be as different or difficult as anything, but most anything is and with practice you do get better. I definitely appreciated how you broke down the actual process and even provided diagrams. That being said, I did want to ask a question about how you said to practice, not just on a sheet of paper. Even if it's not on a resin piece, would you say tiny wooden dolls or even beads from say the dollar store are okay pieces to practice three-dimensional airbrushing on? So thank you for this tutorial and as always, love your commentary! It makes everything just that little bit more fun to watch and listen to!

The gsi 771 is my favorite airbrush. Cant go wrong with it

Thanks for the tips. I have been trying to learn to airbrush, but have quit many times in frustration as I invariably clog the tip and have to strip the whole thing. I appreciate the advice to lube the moving parts. That is likely what is stopping my nice brushes from playing nicely with me. BTW you are an absolute RIOT! Never change!

Thank you for this! It helped fix the nozzle air leak I’ve had!!

Very educational Leona. Though I may never do what you do, I do love listening to your explanations on certain things like airbrush and skin tones for resin figures and whatnot. Keep up the great work and don't push yourself too much about it as well.

A great and frank video, very informative! Something I'll definitely come back to when I want to take up garage kit painting, and if you made a video about different kinds of paints I feel like that would also be incredibly welcome.

Your guide was really helpful! I'm a little less scared about trying out airbrushing now that I know the basics, and explained for dummies like me. Maybe I'll paint some of my model kits in the future now, instead of being a handbrush only person.

i'd love additional videos on paints and different techniques (e.g. the popular slapchop method for army painting and what techniques can be taken from that for larger scale projects)

So much of this knowledge has likely just saved my airbrush! I was being a good girl and stripping it down to clean it after I was done with it for the day, but BOY it was getting finicky to work with and I had no idea why. I reckon the info here will help!

I love your video, good explaining more than any other people ive seen.👍👌

This was such a great video! It literally covered everything I was wondering about in regard to airbrushes, and things I literally have never heard before! This is so helpful! Thank you!

It depends what line of Createx paint you use and what you're doing with it. The Illustration line will thin with water. I use the Wicked Detail line at 15 to 20 psi with a .15 or .18 nozzle. It boils down to proper reduction.

"CUZ IM BEGGIN, BEGGIN YOUUUU... AN Ultimate Airbrush Guide for noobies~~!!" hahaha nice to see u again my queen!!! hahaha im waiting for the new figure painting video... so exited!! jdhskadad send u greetings from chile!! and of course you look amazing... as always!! c:

Hi Leona, thank you for all your hard work, and please educate us with detailed paint video :)

Yo, I wish I had that purification cub when I started airbrushing acrylics. Thank you for spreading awareness of it.

I think this video was awesome! I would love to see more of these tutorial videos

AMAZING video. Found this by chance and no regrets, about to check out more of your content!

Fantastic video as always! I love learning about stuff like this.

i would loove to know what you used to oragenize all your panits/tools and everything i'm so jealous of how neat it all looks

Deffo feeling the comment about the learning curve, I did a bit of airbrushing on figures some years ago and one day, all would go well, but the next, nothing seemed to work, even though I did (or at least though I did) everything the same way. An airbrush is indeed a fickle mistress. Btw, perfect timing, I just decided to start building model car kits, so I'll be using an airbrush again soon. \o/

yes! i would love to know why you would use what type of paint and when!

This video is so interesting !! Of course I would like to watch a video about painting by you !! Thank you so much to take the time to talk about this passion, I think seriously to start this activity, thanks to you, because I'm very fascinated by your work. :)

Loved this video definitely want to get into airbrushing figures so really helpful and definitely want the paint video🤩🤩

Hi, greetings from Germany! about the Creos PS290 16:27 I have this one and it is not a single action airbrush, it is a dual action like all the others, the difference is just the trigger, you press first for air and than you keep pushing to control the release of more or less paint, I use mostly with a flat fan cap to paint gloss clear coat on model cars. Creos do have a single action airbrush as you described, it is the PS268 and it is actually way cheaper than the PS290, thank you for the informative video!

I have always been terrified of airbrushes, maybe I will try a Chinese one!

thank you so much for this video! I have an airbrush, and compressor I bought ages ago for model railroading, but they aren't exactly what I want for what I want to paint now, but looking for recs is sooooo overwhelming, because each kind of painting is different. My biggest issue these days is my hands fatigue easily, and using my airbrush can get painful with the excess pressure I have to exert. I never thought of trying to oil it until you mentioned it, so I'll try that to see if it helps.

I would really appreciate a video on paints and when to use them.

I use an airbrush for work for cakes, but this still had some stuff I didn't know about airbrush guns in general. Thank you!

Double-action airbrushes make sense, if you use both the actions of your airbrush. When you start out, and as you suggest with a cheap chinese one, good luck controlling the amout of air that gets pumped out, along with controlling the amoun of paint.The cheap ones don't give enough of a smooth operation for it to not be a huge hassle. When I started out, I just pressed down the trigger and that's it, what mattered was the needle movement action. So if you want, get the single-action, if not - get the double-action. And Adam Savage isn't the only one who said that double-action isn't as important as people make it out to be. Ninjon made a video about testing out a cheap airbrush with an attachable compressor, and he gave the same sentiment. And these two people work in totally different scales.

I think doing a collab with Adam while you both paint something would be more interesting so you can both talk about why useing that air brush bright work for yourselfs and mabye even bounce off eachother and aee what each version can give?

Funny thing Abt this video coming out 2 days ago is i literally got an airbrush for Christmas, so your timing is immaculate

Gracias por el video tan detallado, Leona!:) Thanks to watching these videos I decided to get into large scale figure painting and it's a godsend to break the monotony of 32mm figures. The trick with the chapstick, duly noted! Chef's kiss!!! The only thing I'd add is that for acrylic paint modelers, the best investment I'd recommend is an ultrasonic cleaner. Before that, the cleaning process was a pain in the ass for me. Only after buying that I started really using my airbrush for 40-50% of my workflow, and most importantly, only then I started enjoying it (because fck to have to do a manual deep clean for more than 2 color changes).

i would love a paint tutorial and other tutorials! I dont plant to do garage kits (at least right now. Im more interested kn designing characters, but who knows) and i'd absolutrly love to learn more! I'm a classically trained artist, so I reallly only know how to use paints on paper and canvas haha. But this was very helpful! Thank you

So firstly, as someone seriously looking into getting an airbrush, this answered basically all of my questions as well as a butt load of questions i didn't even know i'd need answers to. Thank you so so much for making this video! Secondly, where did you get that shirt i hAVE A N E E D!!!

Me, who will probably never touch an airbrush in my entire life: Ey! this could be useful! Thank you for the video as always, resin queen! Comment for the algorithm overlords.

I bought a cheap airbrush and compressor and sadly, got tangled in the many many rabbit holes that the hobby offers! Sadly it seems the airbrush is well, effed up. Than you for pointing us in the right direction for the second (still disposable Chinese) airbrush I’ll soon get 😁

Great video Leona. Thank you for the tips.

Awesome I just had an airbrush for Christmas 😊

While I am not new to airbrushing. I have to agree with the whole buy the cheap one first learn how to use a airbrush before committing to a better one. I often think that people who are new to a certain part of any hobby will go and spend that big $$$ on name brand tools, use it and screw up and then get discouraged and never touch the tool again. I started off with a cheap Snap on dual action air brush, learned the in and outs of using certain paints. The. Went to a badger, learned what I didn't like about l it and then went to Paasche. I truly like the Paasche talon line, it's affordable and comes with several different needle and tip sizes. The parts are affordable to replace, and are often readily available online. Do I think its the best air brush out there? No, but it does work for what I need to do. I will eventually upgrade to something better later down the road. But for now, it works. There are plenty of options out there for lots of people to work around with. I love the videos!! Thank you for taking your time to create them for us nerds lol.

Thank you so much for making this video! I’m new to your channel and looking to get into painting figures :) it’s great to see someone who doesn’t gatekeep their secrets! Your figure paintings are beyond beautiful and inspiring.

creo que lo mas seguro es que los dioses de la resina me tiren un rayo o al minimo Leona me golpeo, pero tenia una pregunta? peticion? duda? clase de enseñanza? el aerografo levanta tan hermoso el trabajo pero tambien me da muchisima curiosidad verte pintar 100% a manita y pinceles una figura, me encantaria ver la diferencia, que imagino es astronomica , pero si es algo que me da curiosidad

my wife just got me the same exact paint booth for christmas !

Complete, clear and precise. Thank you for this video!!!!

Looking good my resin queen! Awesome video as usual! Called me schooled!

I would like a malding react video. Thanks for the resources😌

Hi Leona thanks for the video, yes please if you can make the paint video for dummies that would be great ❤😊

Very usefull, I don't do models but this is awesomer and I will try to airbrush something.

If you look around on amazon/aliexpress then you can find replacement parts for the cheapo airbrushes, i fixed mine and i use it for priming.

Thanks for putting this together and publishing. Can you consider a video on paints too?

Wow ,long time no see. Nice to have you back. Congratulations on your weight loss , keep it up.

Had an airbrush for a while, not a clue lol. getting a resin printer tomorrow and I need to learn. Thanks

My daughter just got an air brush for the holidays and as always I am super interested because I do hobby painting of D&D minis so… I’m hoping to use it too. Yes please all of the how to’s. I need all the help I can get! Love the humour!

Oh man when you pulled out that Americana paint and mentioned the windex...I went Woot!!!