First and foremost you will need an airbrush and some form of propellant. I don’t know how much you know so I will start from the beginning.
There are two main types of airbrushes. single action and double action. Single action airbrushes are an on/off and they have no ability to adjust paint flow. Double action have a trigger that allows you to vary how much paint is flowing through the airbrush.
You also need to know about the type of airbrush. Aside from the action of the brush there is also the feed system. It seems most draw paint from a bottle or tank below the gun but some have a little ‘hopper’ on the top.
The drawback of the gravity feed type using the ‘hopper’ on top is that the paint can spill out if you tip the brush. they also can’t hold as much paint but they are easier to clean and change paint. I prefer vacuum feed using the original paint bottles below the brush.
You will need some kind of air supply. This is commonly an air compressor but you can also buy cans of compressed air that look like spray paint that attach to an airbrush. Some businesses supply compressors designed specifically for airbrushing but I find these expensive, loud and much less useful than a small air compressor. I will caution you about the canned propellant Its only good for short bursts because the decompression will cause the gas to cool and will eventually freeze as it enters the gun and ruin the spay job.
Now you will need paint. You are doing clothes so you need to get a high quality water based fabric paint. I have never done clothes but I have mistakenly used fabric paint on my projects before and it WILL NOT wash out of my shirt I was wearing that day. Regular paint such as enamels and to a lesser extent acrylic will eventually wash out of clothing. Regular paint forms a hard surface that does not soak into the fibers of fabric while fabric paint is much more of a liquid and "stains" the fibers.
As far as stencils, you will need what ever you want. A thick sheet of paper or scrap cardboard will work. You need to break down the image you want into different colours an apply them in layers using different stencils. Say brown in the shack and stump of palm tree in one stencil and green for leafs and bushes in another stencil, or just free hand everything. The most useful stencil use is just a strait edge to give a clean line instead of a fuzzy line
You can also consider some more advanced options in the future such as the type of nozzle on the airbrush.
If you have never done this before and you just want try it I would recommend this setup for $30.
BAD 2503 Basic Airbrush Set by Badger
This will give you everything you need except paint and stencils to just "try" airbrushing. If you have an air compressor with a pressure regulator spend a little more money on the brush and skip the air in a can.
As is most things you get what you pay for, I have a very expensive double action brush and I love it, It will take model paint without thinning.
First and foremost you will need an airbrush and some form of propellant. I don’t know how much you know so I will start from the beginning.
There are two main types of airbrushes. single action and double action. Single action airbrushes are an on/off and they have no ability to adjust paint flow. Double action have a trigger that allows you to vary how much paint is flowing through the airbrush.
You also need to know about the type of airbrush. Aside from the action of the brush there is also the feed system. It seems most draw paint from a bottle or tank below the gun but some have a little ‘hopper’ on the top.
The drawback of the gravity feed type using the ‘hopper’ on top is that the paint can spill out if you tip the brush. they also can’t hold as much paint but they are easier to clean and change paint. I prefer vacuum feed using the original paint bottles below the brush.
You will need some kind of air supply. This is commonly an air compressor but you can also buy cans of compressed air that look like spray paint that attach to an airbrush. Some businesses supply compressors designed specifically for airbrushing but I find these expensive, loud and much less useful than a small air compressor. I will caution you about the canned propellant Its only good for short bursts because the decompression will cause the gas to cool and will eventually freeze as it enters the gun and ruin the spay job.
Now you will need paint. You are doing clothes so you need to get a high quality water based fabric paint. I have never done clothes but I have mistakenly used fabric paint on my projects before and it WILL NOT wash out of my shirt I was wearing that day. Regular paint such as enamels and to a lesser extent acrylic will eventually wash out of clothing. Regular paint forms a hard surface that does not soak into the fibers of fabric while fabric paint is much more of a liquid and "stains" the fibers.
As far as stencils, you will need what ever you want. A thick sheet of paper or scrap cardboard will work. You need to break down the image you want into different colours an apply them in layers using different stencils. Say brown in the shack and stump of palm tree in one stencil and green for leafs and bushes in another stencil, or just free hand everything. The most useful stencil use is just a strait edge to give a clean line instead of a fuzzy line
You can also consider some more advanced options in the future such as the type of nozzle on the airbrush.
If you have never done this before and you just want try it I would recommend this setup for $30.
BAD 2503 Basic Airbrush Set by Badger
This will give you everything you need except paint and stencils to just "try" airbrushing. If you have an air compressor with a pressure regulator spend a little more money on the brush and skip the air in a can.
As is most things you get what you pay for, I have a very expensive double action brush and I love it, It will take model paint without thinning.
Hope this helps.
yes stencils are good