Airbrushing is just another technique in a painter's repertoire - no different to oils using a palette knife, or watercolours. Even Angel Giraldez does some parts of his models with a brush, even if the majority is done with the airbrush, because there's still no airbrush that can do all things.
Both are great but they each in their own way. To me, there is no better or worse, just different. Different is good.
The main advantage of the airbrush is the ease and speed with which you can paint large minis like TAG’s. Can you compare the amount of time it took you to hand paint the Sereph vs the Tikbalang for example?
Thank you for all the kind comments. The airbrushed one took 15 to 20 hours. I hit it with lacquer glosscote after doing basecoat and blended shading/highlights, so everything above that was erasable. That saved massive amounts of time. If I didn't like an edge highlight, I'd just use acrylic thinner to remove it without affecting what was below. The brushed one is easily 4-5 times that in hours. The blended sword was a massive pain. Each panel was also individually shaded with 2 highlights as a minimum. It's also a larger model, especially with the wings. Personally I like the seraph more, because it's a nicer sculpt. I stopped painting miniatures for 5 years before that, it was what brought me back, and a real labour of love. Skillwise, I am happier with the tik, as I've used a lot more techniques, like blended shading and highlights, using lacquer coats, and a bunch of other stuff I learnt doing scale models. Plus I was much quicker. As for the 55mm base, I don't (haven't) play(ed yet), so I assumed all tags are 55. I mainly paint models I like, and don't play. My next project will be the szalamandra. I have a fusilier painted up, but that's just to give the tags some scale, and nothing more.
