tannerfrench Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 New to the game and interested in what colors yall would recommend to start out with. Not looking to buy every color imaginable to start with but maybe 10 or so. Mainly be making shad and bream colored plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaswimbaiter Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Besides your basic colors you should also get Pearl white, pearl black, silver, sepia, metallic charcoal, moss green, burnt sienna, and ochre yellow. Wish I had known about these colors when I was new to painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Colors above and I would add transparent leaf green and a plum purple... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimb8s Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 Definitely Sepia ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 I save a ton of money by buying the Folkart acrylic paints at Walmart and thinning them down. They only cost $0.58 a 2 ounce bottle. Once you learn how to thin the paints down correctly you can use almost any acrylic paint for airbrushing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anyfish Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 40 minutes ago, bass100 said: I save a ton of money by buying the Folkart acrylic paints at Walmart and thinning them down. They only cost $0.58 a 2 ounce bottle. Once you learn how to thin the paints down correctly you can use almost any acrylic paint for airbrushing. I'm curious what you use to thin the folkart paints. I've tried a few times and have had mixed results, with none being what I would call good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK FISHING LURES Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Anyfish said: I'm curious what you use to thin the folkart paints. I've tried a few times and have had mixed results, with none being what I would call good. i use orange clean liquid from dollar store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 I'd have a peak at your local buy/sell like facebook marketplace or Kijiji. Seems like a lot of people have gotten into airbrushing for a brief time and sell it all when they realize they don't want to do it anymore. I've picked up a bunch of Golden/Aztek/Createx paints for a bargain that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass100 Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 On 4/18/2024 at 9:23 AM, Anyfish said: I'm curious what you use to thin the folkart paints. I've tried a few times and have had mixed results, with none being what I would call good. I use a mixture of water, alcohol, retarder, and flow improver. You can use just water but you may get a bit of tip dry. 2/3 distilled water 1/3 isopropyl alcohol 99% 1 ml retarder 10 ml flow improver Mixing thoroughly is important so throw some paint mixing balls in. You can get them off of Amazon for $8 for 200. Also before you ever shake a new bottle up, open the cap and clean any dry paint off with a q-tip. You never know how long they have been on the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
