Wahooo!! I did my first AB (daggers)

[chowetime]

Well I fanally found a place that sells paint paper and other bits and pieces and there are getting some Friskt in for me plus other numerous gear...

So I get home take all the gear and setup the shed find a peice of MDF timber staple gun the A6 cartrige paper to it, seal tape all the connectors, crank up the compressor, add some paint to the Airbrush... and get nervous... seriously it was a very nervous thing for me... fear of messing up the brush felt very "normal/natural" in my hand.. so we start with working out what action does what with the trigger - well the first 10 minutes was all about making a mess - then it was onto trying out some straight lines - these had small blobs then a line then I got the hang of air first then paint but somehow I got a very small disconnected dot then a perfect line - then we thoughts lets do Daggers!!! well my daggers sucked but if the paper was turned upside down they looked perfect... I see what they mean by practice doing long daggers this gives you the ability to reduce the throttle somewhat as I was just removing my finger from the accelerator altogether (sorry for the car referrences) by this time I am onto my second pot of paint in the AB... after doing another few pages of daggers and messing around it was time to clean up.

I have the compressor set at 25-30psi and using paint straight from the bottle I have not thinned it as it seems to be a fine consistancy the package says that if I thin it it will give an opaque finish (which might be too thin )every now and then I get a small splatter not sure what I am doing to get this but it is at the begining of each line - any ideas on this... yeah I know I should post up the pic of it but a little embarrassed with my efforts

So that was my first experience with AB... will I be any good - who knows I just have to get the throttle and clutch better co-ordinated ( it really is like drag racing - getting the right amount of clutch and throttle to get the right sort of traction/launch)

[rowie]

Welcome to the addiction Chow, great to hear that you finally have your gear sorted.

Take your time, follow the basics and most of all relax.

[brushbyair]

Congratulations Chow, one warning for you from reading your post, learn to "KEEP THE AIR ON" this will help you alot, that spot you spoke of at the end of your lines and the beginning comes from shutting off the air first, then when you start the next line you have a small amount of paint at the nozzel that spits when you pull the trigger. Learn this habit now, it will save you alot of headaches in the end!!

[yardartnut]

welcome Chowtime..........post if you need any help, but most everything has been covered in the many tutorals here....Congrats

[Pelts]

Chowetime, we are going to love having you around. Sure seems like your having the best fun. Congratulations buddy, YOUR HOOKED! Good for you.

Pelts

[Bahamut]

HAHAHA You're funny Chowtime! Lets see some pictures of your "mess"! Then a year form now you can pull up this thread and laugh, saying I remember doing that!

[OzDesigns]

Right on Chowtime, I just started Abing about a month ago and I am surprised how consistently practicing the basics has been a great help for me to make progress. Keep it up!

Oz

[Neder/Brit]

Welcome on board Chow. Never get embarrassed about showing how you are getting on, youve only got to look at some of the threads that I have posted and the you will see a real novices work. Every one here is really cool and only to willing to help. so lets see how your doing.

[xzotic ink]

WELCOME,,IM NATALIE FROM NYC,,WHERES YA POSTING PICS OF IT? LETS SEE EM'

[chowetime]

Ok here are two pics you will be able to work out which is the very first lot of mess and the other is 3 sheets of paper later

I just received a package in the mail for the True Fire stencils and a DVD by Mike Lavallee - during the DVD he mentions that there is another DVD that he has that tells of what paint colours, tricks, etc... (which was the one I was hoping to of gotten) sooo I suppose I will have to send away for this as well... and while I am at it skulls seem pretty popular as well any ideas as to what is going to be the best buying value and most versitile and easiest to use... not sure what I will use it on but seems like a good idea

[xzotic ink]

second one is great,,,real steady,,first one i think you got overly excited and rushed it,,which we all do,,,,lets slow down and understand the basic movement of the dagger stroke and what it does,,,

GREAT START ON PRACTICE,,,do some dots and lines now,,than BOXES,,GOOD WORK NEWBIE,,WELCOME AGAIN

[KDSilverBrush]

Welcome Chowtime! I agree with xzotic, just keep practicin, your doin fine :-)

[chowetime]

Thanks guys... really do appriciate the honesty here...

Xzotic... yeah the first one was all about spraying paint everywhere which I did very well - paint was literally fying around everywhere except were it was supposed to go lol... hey I had fun doing it...

I found the dots to be relitively easy to do and I am quite please with those that is why I had not posted pics up of them... what I did find is that I tend to get from time to time is that with the dagger strokes I get a bit of fuzz on the lines - like a small amount of overspray - I think this could be because of a couple of things I am doing or not doing.. I am applying too much paint and not moving the brush fast enough and may have the brush too close to the paper? is this correct... trying to work out how fast to move the brush or rather my hand is tricky stuff.

[Neder/Brit]

Nice going Chow keep it up.