Upgrading to a new airbrush (Basically a beginner) in Canada
Hi all,
We come to the classic scenario it's my birthday in a few months and I'm loosening the hobby budget to upgrade my tools. I've been airbrushing with the basic bargain bin airbrush that comes with a compressor off amazon for the 1.5 years, mainly just using it for priming warhammer figs. I've kinda beat the crap out of it over time practicing how to use the dual-trigger properly, thinning paints, learning pressures, etc. Recently, I tried using the brush to do a rudimentary OSL effect (for some plasma weapons and lanterns) as well as trying to blend transitions on armor and was having a hell of a time. Perhaps I wasn't thinning the paint enough (definitely user error on my part), but I also felt like I was fighting the tool at the same time.
So now I've been debating what to upgrade too. The projects I'd want to use them for are:
Getting smooth blends on small pieces of armor (Lumineth realm lords in age of sigmar, t'au in 40k), blends on capes and possibly base coating small areas that I'd not want to overspray too much on.
OSL effects for plasma weapons, lanterns, etc.
Spraying inks? As a zenithal or filter.
Now in my local area, hobby stores I've seen have access to H&S, Iwata and Gaahleri.
The brushes I've been eyeing are:
Gaahleri Mobius 0.3 $100 Cad
Iwata Eclipse HP-CS value set $260
H&S Evolution 2024 2 in 1 $305
H&S Evolution 2024 Solo 0.28mm $230
Now, I don't mind spending more (birthday justification to the girlfriend) if the final results/ease of use/ease of cleaning is very different (cleaning my current brush can be a big headache but I try to be vigilant about it), but I also don't want to toss money out the window if I won't see a difference in results.
I'd still likely use my beginner brush for priming/basic zenithal highlighting as I've gotten a bit used to it now.
Sorry for the long winded question, and thanks for the help!