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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1104294" data-attributes="member: 2205">I've never used Vallejo, but I've used plenty of other miniatures paints, and have not at all been impressed with them.Now, about craft acrylics -- it is true that some brands are better than others.  Ceramcoat and Americana, I've found to be the best, AppleBarrell probably the worst.  But I've had good luck with all the brands from time to time.  Except the miniatures paints I used to use!  I also prefer not to get expensive brushes, because drybrushing and other miniature painting techniques tend to be rough on them anyway.  I'd rather replace my brushes once or twice a year than buy really expensive ones.  And in practice, I'm not finding I replace them that often.  Of course, I'm not painting as frequently as I used to either...I'd also echo the practice refrain -- the best technical knowledge in the world will only get you so far.  You've got to get out there and paint a big handful of minis before you get to the point that you consider yourself really good.  If you really like your minis, you might want to investigate paint stripping techniques next, so you can repaint them after you've got some experience!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>