Foundry of Decay
First Post
I personally would reccomend:
Brushes: Stay the heck away from Citadel. They have some VILE brushes that seem to come from the factory split, and easily frey even when proper care is taken. Go to an art store, and buy some of their nylon brushes (or natural sable if you want).. They may be pricy, but they don't fall apart as easy.
Paints: I personally use Reaper, and Vallejo paints. Vallejo, depending on where you live, might be very hard to get (I live in Canada, thus nearly EVERYTHING is hard to get, and Vallejo seems to not exist anywhere decent around here). I don't care too much for Citadel myself, because I find their paints much akin to glue, in dire need of thinning, and much, MUCH to shiny for being a matte paint. Their inks, however, are some of the best in the market. Out of the group though, Vallejo takes the crown, due to their paints being extrememly pigmented, and usually needing no more than one coat applied, even when thinned slightly.
As for colors.. Well, I'm of the school that you can never have enough
Definitley get the basics at least. Then you can concentrate on the odd ones like sea green, bright gold yellow, green-brown etc. I'd personally stay away from Enamels as they are vile to clean up, and for most you need an open tin of thinner to wash your brushes off with, as well as an open tin of thinner to thin paints for washes. They also take significantly longer to dry due to being an oil based paint. Though they do cover wonderfully if you are very patient, and don't mind painting a figure over a course of days or a week, and the pigments are very well done in most as well.
Store bought paints, such as craft paints, can also be good to have handy. I use a few pots of Golden for colors I use the most, like Black and White, though you have to be careful with some of the craft paints, as they can turn colors after a period of time, or the pigments might turn to a slimy mud if thinned down for washes.
By the way, Dark greens seem to be the color that most paint companies can't get right for some reason. Reapers Dark green is horribly pigmented, and very thin, needing many coats to darken it over a white primed base. Citadel's is just as bad, as well as Ral Partha (Though they're out of the paint biz right now). Vallejo's dark greens are perfect though, as they come out both flat, and usually are dark enough on the first coat. Just food for thought
Brushes: Stay the heck away from Citadel. They have some VILE brushes that seem to come from the factory split, and easily frey even when proper care is taken. Go to an art store, and buy some of their nylon brushes (or natural sable if you want).. They may be pricy, but they don't fall apart as easy.
Paints: I personally use Reaper, and Vallejo paints. Vallejo, depending on where you live, might be very hard to get (I live in Canada, thus nearly EVERYTHING is hard to get, and Vallejo seems to not exist anywhere decent around here). I don't care too much for Citadel myself, because I find their paints much akin to glue, in dire need of thinning, and much, MUCH to shiny for being a matte paint. Their inks, however, are some of the best in the market. Out of the group though, Vallejo takes the crown, due to their paints being extrememly pigmented, and usually needing no more than one coat applied, even when thinned slightly.
As for colors.. Well, I'm of the school that you can never have enough
Definitley get the basics at least. Then you can concentrate on the odd ones like sea green, bright gold yellow, green-brown etc. I'd personally stay away from Enamels as they are vile to clean up, and for most you need an open tin of thinner to wash your brushes off with, as well as an open tin of thinner to thin paints for washes. They also take significantly longer to dry due to being an oil based paint. Though they do cover wonderfully if you are very patient, and don't mind painting a figure over a course of days or a week, and the pigments are very well done in most as well.
Store bought paints, such as craft paints, can also be good to have handy. I use a few pots of Golden for colors I use the most, like Black and White, though you have to be careful with some of the craft paints, as they can turn colors after a period of time, or the pigments might turn to a slimy mud if thinned down for washes.
By the way, Dark greens seem to be the color that most paint companies can't get right for some reason. Reapers Dark green is horribly pigmented, and very thin, needing many coats to darken it over a white primed base. Citadel's is just as bad, as well as Ral Partha (Though they're out of the paint biz right now). Vallejo's dark greens are perfect though, as they come out both flat, and usually are dark enough on the first coat. Just food for thought
