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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doug Sundseth" data-source="post: 4159530" data-attributes="member: 52196">One point on brush size:  IMO, the drier the air, the larger the brush you should use.  Larger brushes hold more paint, so they dry slower than smaller brushes.  If your relative humidity is low, very small brushes can dry out in the distance between picking up paint and trying to put it on the figure.Note that the important number is the relative humidity in your painting space.  If you paint in a damp basement, that might be higher than what your local news stations report; if you paint in a cold climate, the relative humidity indoors can be very much lower than that outdoors.  For reference, I live in Colorado, where indoor relative humidities in the winter can go well below 10%, so I use a wet palette and the largest brush that's convenient.From what I can find, Adelaide seems to be relatively humid, so brush size is perhaps a bit less critical there than it is here.  Still, well-thinned paint with as large a brush as you can manage to control is the best way to avoid visible brush strokes and chalky surfaces on miniatures.Edited to add:I've used 10/0 brushes.  I can get better detail with a good #2 brush than I can with a 10/0 brush.</blockquote>