Airbrush suggestions?

You can airbrush over small areas as well, it's just a matter of how much time you want to spend masking the area. There are also detailed airbrushes out there. For example, I use Badger Patriot 105 to do my big areas/ basecoat and then I use my Badger Sotor 20/20 for detailing like eyes and mouth areas

I will second LuvNidleness, and spend the money on quality stuff. I had a cheap compressor when I started out and couldn't even control the PSI, after it died, I got one that I could that was a little more expense and it makes a world of difference. Now when that one dies, I will probably get one that has a large tank on it so I can spray when my daughter is sleeping.

Same with the brushes, there is not a whole lot more to spend between a cheap brush and an expensive one. The expensive ones will offer kits to change your needle size so you don't have to have multiple brushes that do the same thing, just switch out the head and needle.

Here are the main reasons to get an airbrush for action figures:

•For basecoating large areas
•For painting light colors...over large areas
•For shading

That last bit can be very profitable, even you only add rudimentary shading to a figure (darken the recesses, area between muscles, etc.) people are like wooooowwwww! airbrushinggggg! and throw more money at you. lmao

I stick with Vallejo, not because it's better than any other brand but because I can get them locally for $3 a bottle. I really like the durable Mecha line (they're thinned for airbrushing already), but the other lines they have are good too (Game Color, Model Color).

You can actually do a lot of small detail work if you have a detail airbrush (ie Sotor 20/20) as well. Silly putty/frisket film/etc can help with small details also.

Understood, thanks!

Make the paints work for you. I've been airbrushing now for quite a while and I can tell you honestly it's a work of art. You can find a wealth of knowledge about airbrushing with what you've already got on YouTube University. I currently own two different brands and types of airbrushes and I've tried multiple different air compressors, and I'll be honest, spend the money on the quality stuff because it will save you a huge headache later.