Paasche airbrush colour cup caps

Just finished a new batch of Paasche colour cup lids. Up on Etsy and through my Ecwid store on the right of the page. Amfx Creations Etsy Store

Back to the Future Marty Mcfly boomerang pins are back in stock.

Marty Mcfly Boomerang pin https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/218847337/back-to-the-future-marty-boomerang-pin

CC Cup Holder

After 7+ years I finally have a cc cup holder I am happy with. It holds a standard 30mL/30 cc cup. Each one can interlock with another to make multiple cup holders. I will be putting these up for sale in the near future.

Ben Nye Airbrush colour testing

I am currently testing the new Ben Nye ProColor  Air. 18 colours to test. Will post results when I am able.

Back to The Future 'Art in Revolution" button pins now available

Back to The Future 'Art in Revolution" button pins now available at Etsy Back to The Future 'Art in Revolution" button pin

Flux Capacitor Drawing

Here is my version of the Flux Capacitor drawing done by Doc Brown in Back to the Future. I feel this is the most accurate version of the drawing without having access to the original drawing. I have interpreted this version from viewing many stills from the DVD and Blu-Ray copies of the movie.

Free download available at http://amfxcreations.ecwid.com/

Airbrush needle cleaning with erasers

This is a tip for cleaning neddles with dry hardened on paint.
 This works with all paint types.

First you need cheap hard erasers, the type that discolour and ruin your page, like the ones below.

I then cut them into small pieces to make them fit in my kit but you could use them whole.

 Place the needle on a hard surface and run the eraser along it. It will remove the paint and polish the neddle in one go. Be careful not to bend the tip.

CC cup holder

Just finished trailing a new design for my cup holder. Very promising.

Cup holder prototypes

Here are the prototypes holders for my CC medicine cups used to hold my glues and thinners. I will be offering these for purchase soon. I am also looking at doing one with skulls around it.

Back to the Future Marty McFly Boomerang Pin

My replica of the Boomerang pin as worn by Marty McFly on his denim jacket in "Back to the Future" I decided to create this pin when I found none existed and I wanted one to complete my Marty jacket. The design is taken from studying stills from the DVD and Blu-Ray.
Custom made in Sydney from metal and enamel.

Available at http://amfxcreations.ecwid.com/#!/Back-to-the-Future-Marty-Boomerang-Pin/p/39175084/category=0

Brush Rests are now on Etsy.

Check out this item in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/205970109/amfx-creations-brush-rest

Brush rests now on Etsy

Check out this item in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/205970109/amfx-creations-brush-rest

Brush Rest

My new brush rests in all their colors. All you SFX artists, if you are tired of your glue brushes sticking to your work surface try one of these. Made from a hardy solvent resistant urethane.
Also great for lip or nail art brushes. Available on the right hand side of this page.

Airbrush Rant

Brush rests

So I introduced my brush rests at IMATS Sydney and they went down really well with seasoned artists. Burgundy still being the number 1 color choice.

AMFX Creations Shop

Check out my new AMFX creations shop at  http://amfxcreations.ecwid.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/amfxcreations/app_251458316228

AMFX Creations shop

My new web shop is now open on the Facebook page.

Chinese HS30 double action review

HS 30 Double Action Review

The HS30 is a double action internal mix gravity feed airbrush made in China.

 It is sold under a variety of brands with the same packaging.

Price: Very cheap, around $30-$40

Initial look and feel: Looks similar to Sparmax and older Iwata. Looks good initially. Has a fair weight to it and is quite well balanced. Trigger is a bit loose. Includes a nozzle spanner (which I had to use) a pipette and a push on hose adapter attached. I used  Liquitex ink for the test spray, which was very good with smooth spraying and tight line work. Good range of spray patterns from fine line to full even coverage. 

There are however a few issues, see below for details.

Closer inspection: Main body had some sort of residue on it. The colour cup lid does not stay on at all. Inconsistent plating on the lid and in the colour cup, plating is missing in areas. The aforementioned  loose trigger has uneven legs. The black coating shows wear right out of the box. The lever guide is the old loose style with rough unfinished workmanship. Now the main thing and the reason I had to use the nozzle spanner. The nozzle sheared straight off on first changing, for the review I had to use a Sparmax DH-103 nozzle.I think this happens a lot as I know someone that bought one of the pack of six assorted models and four of them snapped off. 

Conclusion: If you pick up a spare nozzle and don't use the lid, then for the price it is a good buy as it does work well.

Brush Rests

Readying prototypes, trying out different color combinations. More details to come soon.

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink

Size: 30mL with a dropper or 150mL refill bottle

Range: A range of opaque and transparent colours with a 30 colour spectrum

Availability: Art stores that stock Liquitex colours

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink is a range of 30 extremely fluid acrylics that use super fine pigments suspended in acrylic emulsion. Intermixable with all other Liquitex acrylics and mediums. I also have tested The Neutral Grey 5 #599 with the following products and found they mix fine.

Global Fine Art Student – Cobalt Blue

Badger Air Opaque – Black

Windsor & Newton Acrylic Calligraphy Ink – Crimson

Tamiya XF-1 – Flat Black

Testors Model Master Acrylic Enamel – Ford Engine Blue

Humbrol Acrylic – Blue

Coming in a convenient 30mL glass bottle with a dropper makes filling the airbrush cup easy. Requires no thinning just a light shake before use. A little bit of the Liquitex Airbrush medium added will give a transparent wash of colour.

 Application

It is quick drying, permanent and water resistant when used by itself, if it is mixed with other brands of acrylic then this will change. Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink can be used on a variety of surfaces including paper, canvas and fabrics and most plastics. I tried it on Silicone and it will stick but is not permanent. I also tried it on skin as it is non-toxic to see if it could be used for effect makeups. In thinner layers it stays on quite well with good rub resistance but with heavier layering it tends to scratch off easily.

It has a smooth even coverage that layers well. It has a matte to semi-matte finish depending on the substrate that it is applied to. The spray consistency through my test airbrush (Sparmax DH-103 0.3mm) was very good with no splattering, clogging  or breaks in the spray .I used two set pressures, 10psi and 20psi. The higher 20psi was better as it dried the very fluid liquid before it had a chance to run. If held in one spot for too long there is a high chance of spidering and runs. Even though the Neutral Grey 5 is listed as opaque, you will need a few layers to cover any colour below. I would not recommend it for base coating a project unless it is small.

 Overall  a very good product. For more information go to www.liquitex.com