Vallejo Game Air Paint Review

Hey modelers! In this video I'm going to give a quick review of the new Vallejo Game Air color line. I like these paints, (and the Vallejo Model Air as well), because they're pre-thinned for airbrushing and are easy to paint with a brush! This review shows the color chart and consistency of the new paint line compared with Vallejo Game Color.
Stuff I use
Vallejo Model Air
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Big Cork
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Little cork
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Elmer’s glue
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Zap A Gap adhesive
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Zip Kicker glue accelerant
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respirator
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Citade Shades
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Testors dullcoat
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P3 paints
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Badger Stynylrez Primer
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Badger Patriot Airbrush (great for beginners)
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The compressor I use, the Badger 910!
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Camera I use (budget)
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Memory for budget cam
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Future camera
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Light kit
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Music used: After Dark by Kiilstofte (Machinimasound.com)
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[@markharris1845]

Totally agree with you regarding these pre-diluted paints. They are brilliant! I bought a cheapo airbrush and compressor combo from Amazon for around £50, and this exact set of paints. This was my third throw of the dice with airbrushing and the previous two airbrushes ended up in the bin. I could never get the mix of the paint right, which led either to a clogging head, a splatter kind of spray if too thick, or paint runs if too thin and generally a huge hill of pain. But even with a cheap airbrush which I have used for a month now, no clogs, no runs and a consistent finish every time. I would highly recommend Vallejo's airbrush cleaner too as it takes away the fuss of a messy clean-up afterwards. I have a SAGUD cleaning canister - also from Amazon, and just squirt some cleaner into the paint reservoir of the airbrush then spray through two or three times into the cannister and it is job done!

[@diamend85]

would you replace regular game colors with game air?

[@EngineerJeff]

Jamie, When I first started out, I used Liquitex acrylic paints that I picked up from a craft store. So, Yeah! its possible. I've slowly gravitated towards pre-mixed lines of paint for convenience.

[@jordanjames5042]

im new yes im a noob to airbrushing but i used to have the old citadel warhammer airbrush and i mever like it im thinkig about getting another airbrush are these type of paints worth getting

[@DecayedAndy]

do you know how well and cleanly this make can be applied to plastic toys? does it need a primer to get the best results? Ive tried tamiya recently and it didnt come out looking very "clean" i guess is the word for it

[@Quicktap3]

Can you use the Air line of pants for regular brush work? Don't have an Air Brush but I like that the paints are already thinned for you.

[@EngineerJeff]

Yep! I use em for regular brush work all the time!

[@Quicktap3]

Thank you, I was deciding on Model color or the Game Air. All my painting is done with a brush but wasn't sure if they were to thin for the regular brush work. I like the color from the Game Air a bit better.

[@wh0d3y77]

Where did you get the color swatch pamphlet? Thanks

[@pityfulpyro]

Nice videos. Do you know if the air paints are still ok to use for dry brushing?

[@EngineerJeff]

I don't think they're as ready for dry brushing as some of the other thicker paint lines like Game Color, P3, or Citadel.

[@ggundamcustom7084]

so can you put these in an airbrush straight out of the bottle or do you have to thin it at all?

[@EngineerJeff]

Straight out of the bottle did the job for me..

[@Emtbtoday]

I'm still 36 uk pound for a 12 pack of AIr in 2020 from my hobby shop, if just recently moved to these from enamels

[@greydeathangel]

Very nice, I thnk I might of finally found my paints. I loved model air but there was a lack of the really vibrant colors, but now game air is here and while they don't have a falcon turquoise I can always mix my own. As a side note I hate how bad the game colors seperate and take forever to mix back.

[@nathancarbo]

WAIT! what where the first two greens you used before the goblin greens

[@EngineerJeff]

+Nathan Carbo escorpina green?

[@nathancarbo]

***** Okay thanks

[@JamieClark]

Just got my first minis as a birthday gift, they're bones creatures. These paints, though, seem terribly expensive! I saw in one video that you used Windsor & Newton oil paint for a wash. Is it possible to use artist grade oil (or acrylic) paints properly thinned? Does anyone do that? Thought I could mix my own colors in drop bottles.
Thanks for the videos! Surprisingly entertaining ;-) subscribed!!

[@99Plastics]

if you think it's expensive go look at the citadel air paint set. Same amount of colors for 600$

[@christianoliver25]

I had already planned on asking my wife for the entire Game Air line for a Christmas gift! The full set goes for around a hundred and sixty four U.S. dollars.

[@WargamerSpud]

Beautiful stuff Jeffers. Miss you. Peace

[@familyofgamers777]

Yea Jeff!

[@Hypo1337]

Thx for the review !

[@DoctorCrankysLabRATory]

Wonderful review, Jeff. Thanks for sharing. More coffee.

[@Scherdnr]

Anyone unearthed a US site with a decent discount on the set of Game Air?
Also, thanks for the review!

[@christianoliver25]

Dunno about the discount, but here you go www.fantization.com/Complete-Set-vallejo-game-air.aspx and www.thewarstore.com/vallejogameaircolors.html

[@DiMoNico1981Swe]

Nice video =) Vallejo is the best colors =))

[@Gorg0nops]

I just subscribed to you. For some reason, you make me think of Seymour Skinner. XD

[@Banshun]

Nice review. I just got a few of them from the Warstore. I have a full Minitaire set - aslo good paints, but the metallics are awful.