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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 8726318" data-attributes="member: 6750306">For mechs, either Vallejo or Army Painter are fine - and both have a really nice selection of military-ish colors and metallics. Most folks end up going with one particular brand based on the way it behaves (thickness, blendability, coverage, etc.), then cherry pick a few colors from other lines to cover some of their more occasional needs.For any paint line that comes in dropper bottles, you'll want to get on Amazon and find a bag of tiny beads - made of something heavy that won't rust - to put inside the dropper bottles as shakers.If you're just painting for tabletop or fun, I'd say go with the Army Painter brushes as well. Don't waste money on good brushes unless you plan to get serious at painting as a hobby. Do go to your local art store and pick up brush soap - taking meticulous care of your brushes will greatly extend their life span.One thing to think about: Don't bother buying any of those ridiculously tiny "detail" brushes - the 5/0, or 10/0 sizes... Especially for mechs, where you'll be doing a lot of edge highlights, it's better to have a larger brush with a nice sharp point to it. It'll hold more paint and won't dry out in the middle of a stroke like trying to do it one tiny drop at a time on a brush with only one bristle on it.Also, it'll save you a lot of money if you go and buy a color wheel to help you start mixing your own colors instead of having seventeen shades of purple.Since you've backed a couple of the Bones KS's, you're probably aware that us folks on the Reaper forums is good people, so feel free to come hang out with us. A lot of the professional painters and sculptors hang out there from time to time, so whatever questions you may have, they can give you guidance. And according to the big stompy robot fans on there, there aren't nearly enough folks posting painted big stompy robot pictures...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />EDIT:    These days there are TONS of tutorials on YouTube...</blockquote>

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