Reaper Paint Kits?

[JoeGKushner]

Reaper has a few paint kits out that show you how to do different elements of a miniature. Things like fur and flesh, armor and cloths, and a new one for non-metalic metal.

Each one's supposed to come with some paint, some brushes, figures, and instructions.

Has anyone used them before? Would they be good for starters or are they aimed at those with a mid-level of experience?

Any opinions?

 

[kenobi65]

Reaper has a few paint kits out that show you how to do different elements of a miniature. Things like fur and flesh, armor and cloths, and a new one for non-metalic metal.

Each one's supposed to come with some paint, some brushes, figures, and instructions.

Has anyone used them before? Would they be good for starters or are they aimed at those with a mid-level of experience?

Any opinions?

I bought #2 (armor and cloth) for my 12-year-old niece, who wanted to learn how to paint minis.

Not a bad set, though a few thoughts:

1) The instructions in that set explicitly refer back to set #1 (fur and flesh), so they seem to be meant to build on one another.

2) I think they're aimed at beginners, though, IIRC, the instructions get you into some more advanced techniques pretty quickly.

3) Some key missing things in these sets are primer and sealant. As Reaper makes a brush-on primer, I don't know why they didn't include that (or pre-prime the minis that come in the box).

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I have set 2, Flesh and Cloth. I like it, I think it's a decent selection of paints, two nice miniatures, two brushes, and basic instructions. The instructions do refer back to set one, but thats not a problem for me, as I was really buying it for the paint selection. You don't really need set 1 to still be able to follow the directions either.

Also, set 1 does include primer, IIRC.

 

[Fargoth]

I purchased set #1 and #2 for my boys this past Christmas. As people have already stated they do seemed geared toward buying them in order. For one thing you get different paintbrushes in each set. One set (forgive me but I forget which one) gives you detail brushes, while the other one comes with a flat brush for dry brushing. The minis are good. Matter of fact I had to purchase one that came with a set because I thought it was worth having in my own collection.

The instructions were fine but nothing better then what you can find online already.

The paints make the beginnings of a fine set for beginners. My boys pooled their sets together and now have some nice colors, brushes and the like to fuel their own passion for painting.

The bottom line (at least to me), is that the sets were worth the money.

Regards,
Paul

 

[KnowTheToe]

The sets are excellent if you do not already have the contents inside of them, but they are designed fo beginners. The brushes are synthetic bristles so in other words, low end. The paints are good, but you need to buy the primer. The instructions are well written and getting better with each set. Again, the instructions are no better than searching the web. These are great tools for introducing new painters to the hpbby.