What Colors To Buy 1St

[begs]

Ok guys trying to get everything together before my air brush comes in. What colors and how many colors should I start out with? Prob going to go with a water base paint, and go with BI 30 min epoxy for a finish. Just trying to get it all together and set up, any help or a starting list would be great.

Thanks for the help looking forward to posting my first bait I paint.

[Silo1688]

I read alot of people use createx and some of the brands carried at Micheal's 'Folk Art' and 'Americana'. Both work for me typically its thinned 1:1.  I thin mine with just plain water and I haven't noticed any difference vs using the brand thinner.

 

I would start with the primary colors in opaque and also buy pearl white and opaque white.

 

Go online and seach for acrylic color combinations.

 

If you don't mind spending a little more dough, I have been hooked on using acylic colored ink. Freaking amazing and best of all NO THINNING!!!! Hell Yeah! You can find it Hobby Lobby. http://www.daler-row...fw-artists-inks . Just be sure to competely clean out your brush soon after you are done using it. Someone else also mentioned in a previous post to submerge the tip of the airbrush in a small water bath to prevent color from hardening. That is a great idea and it really works. hope this helps have fun!

[CarverGLX]

Like George said the opaque colors and pearls are needed. I also recommend some transparents to tint the pearls with. Gives you a lot more options. I use createx paints. I really like their wicked colors but they are higher. Also already thinned and if you aren't used to doing that might give you a better idea of what to expect.

Starter kit:

Opaque white (lots)

O black

O red

O yellow (base on chart and mix with red for orange...)

O blue (all primaries...)

Createx wicked colors: (just some favorites, smoke black is the only almost must)

Smoke black

Canary yellow

Paynes grey

Burnt umber

Fluorescents: orange. Yellow. Red.

Pearls: white, silver.

Can do a whole lot with these. Maybe some transparent blues, browns, and greens too. Allows a lot of tinting effects and different colors over base cotes. It's all in what you think you'll be painting. Look at some pictures of baitfish to get an idea too and try to figure out how to deconstruct them layer by layer. It's a fun process. Good luck.