Airbrush advice needed.

[p0rtalman]

Hey everyone, I'm looking at getting my first airbrush which I will mostly use for props, its first project being my 2m tall Argonath I'm currently working on.
I'm tossing up between these two:
Badger 155
Iwata Eclipse
Both are suction fed, which I have used before, any particular reason to go for a gravity feed over suction?
I'm buying a second hand pump from a friend, but I also have the option of hooking it up to the compressed air system at uni.

Any tips would be welcome! I've already searched high and low on the internet for reviews etc. Everyone seems to think both these brushes are great, but most of those reviews are for modelling sites, so I would love some prop makers opinions

 

[jango5204]

I have the Eclipse. It works well when I keep it clean. I had to buy a different airbrush to paint some latex parts. It was too thick for the Iwatta. Probably could've bought a different tip, but the Iwatta is a paint to clean.

 

[iron b]

go with the iwata far superior to the badger

 

[Canobi]

I had a badger 150 for years, swore by it. Then one day my brother gave me his Aztec when he moved to digital mediums, the badger hasn't been touched since.

I nearly went for an Iwatta as I had heard nothing but good things about them :thumbsup