High_Marshal_Helbrecht Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Right, soon I plan on starting painting my army!! This will be the first time i have painted since i was 6-7, so my painting knowledge never went further than painting from the pot!! *shame* :*) This is the colour scheme i shall be going for across all my miniatures http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f45/Informatics2006/spacemarine1-1.jpg What i wanted to know and ask really is this. How should i start?..What brand of paints? Vallejo, Reaper, Coat D'arms, GW? i see so many in tutorials and videos i'm massively confused! Brushes?..I mean i figure i will need a base coat and wash brush, along with some fine detail ones!...But do i go Army Painter or GW?..Kolinsky even? Thinning paints, water?..P3 Mixing Medium!?..Reaper flow improver!? Essentially, how in the blue hell do i start!...I am a COMPLETE newbie as-far as painting goes! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/210976-soon-to-be-starting/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I use Loew-Cornell brushes...amazing brushes for their price, almost like the expensive kolinskies! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/210976-soon-to-be-starting/#findComment-2510231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Marshal_Helbrecht Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Really?..I will have a look for them! I liked the "Insane Detail" brush from the Army Painter webbie! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/210976-soon-to-be-starting/#findComment-2510251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 In the end, I'd think that paints are as much personal taste as are the brushes. I use all GW supplies and feel that I get good tabletop quality painting for my minis. I've seen a lot of tutorials as well where the users seem to favor reaper or Vallejo, and I have to say that their results make mine look like a 3 year old failing at a fingerpainting class. But that could simply be due to the skill gap, as I only paint about 2 or 3 hours a week due to real life constraints. As for brushes, I will say that the fine detail brush (which I believe is the finest level of detail brush GW offers) from GW is not bad, but I've found that I simply can NOT get good results with it for details like the lenses of helmets or the eyes of faces. The tip just seems to be too 'fat' to allow any type of paint transfer besides a small glob. I've been toying with the idea of hitting a local painting store around here to see what is out there as an alternative. I would suggest for a good jump start on learning... if you live near a Games Workshop store invest 70 bucks on the GW academy class or at least the 35 (?can't remember if this is the right price... mine is in the void) bucks for the 'how to paint citadel miniatures'. It shows pictures of just about everything the academy teaches, but it lacks interactive quality of being able to ask an instructor to explain or demonstrate what a page is talking about. But, if you have friends who paint or know of a store where you can go to ask about such things, then the book will probably do you quite fine. I took the class and I believe that the book came as part of the bribe... err... bonus... to take the class. I feel it gave me a good jump start into the basics of painting and I get some compliments on the painting that I've done. And when it was all done, I got a box of miniatures that was worth roughly 30 bucks for having 'graduated', so the cost of the class is kind of a wash out with the items you get for signing up. As for the flow improver and the mixing medium, I know nothing, so I won't even try to comment on them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/210976-soon-to-be-starting/#findComment-2510523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemal Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 The best approach is to try and go neat and tidy first - get the paint on th eright bits. A base coat, shade coat and highlight or two should be adequate. Experiment to get your skills up - use different techniques, different brush sizes etc. There is nothing wrong with starting out with paints from a particular manufacturer, and then progressing from there to other manufacturers if you wish - I have never used anything other than GW paints and am not the world's best painter but not too bad... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/210976-soon-to-be-starting/#findComment-2511705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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