Lisa Berczel wrote:
A bottom feed airbrush is NOT recommended for foundation.
Use a top/gravity feed.

Expect to have more than one airbrush in your kit, if you want to body paint.

1) The Eclipse HP BCS is fine for medium coverage. You won't be able to do super details... NOT because of the size of the tip, but because it is a bottom feed. You don't want to go above 15-ish psi.
2) Tip size can become an issue for certain products - like thinned water base liquid body paints - for .2mm gravity feed airbrushes that are very common in foundation airbrushes. The pigment size of the not-designed-for-airbrush body paints is just too large.
3) I often get traditional artists who want to use a micron. Um. no, not gonna happen.
4) Thin lines in airbrush are commonly accomplished working at higher psi with thinner paint. You DO NOT want to see an air dent in the skin when you're airbrushing. If you do, you're too close or to high a PSI.
5) Be prepared to use a regular paint brush for details. This is not an all-or-nothing proposition.

So what types of airbrushes would you recommend for an air brush body paint kit and what do you use the different types for?

1. So from what I remember from reading in the forums is that you want at least 30 psi to do body painting for the large coverage... What kind of gun would you use for the larger coverage? I thought the bottom feed was good for that?

2. So would you recommend a smaller size top feed like a .2 for foundations and detaiils.... but only with pigments made for airbrush? And you could *potentially* use not-made-for-airbrush liquid cosmetics through a larger tip like the .6 of the hp-bcs?

3. Whats a micron?

4. And if i don't get a thin enough line without denting the skin then i need a smaller size tip? is that correct?

5. You know it's funny I actually prefer the look of the combination of hand paint with the air brush... it gives it a nice dimension to it.

And i saw that they sell different tip sizes.... can you put a smaller tip on the hp-bcs than a .6?

.....and what does one use for air tanning? I would think the hp-bsc would be good for that?

thanks you guys so much! I'd give yall hugs if i could

Lisa Berczel wrote:
Rich.

Another issue I see with traditional artists new to body paint....

DO NOT REMOVE THE AIR CAP to get better detail.

Yes, this makes for a finer line, but you now have an very pointy exposed needle about in VERY close proximity to skin.

Models fidget way to much for this to ever be a safe practice.

No kidding. I had to actually stop using my Vegas all together because that needle protrudes just a FRACTION of an inch. FOr temp tatts with stencils, it's fine...but I won't risk it for freehand.