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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drachenherz" data-source="post: 1909881" data-attributes="member: 26936">Paint choicesMy personal choices for paints are as follows, in chronological order. *Note: My opinions are the results of 16 years of painting, 15 of which I have been professional. I worked 2 years for Ral Partha as a freelancer, and I take private commissions as well as painting items for sales.*1) Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metals (these are what I started with, and some of their colors are impossible to find elsewhere)2) Ceramcoat by Delta craft paints (excellent paints, especially for those who need a LOT of a given color. They too have some colors which cannot be found elsewhere)3) Testors Model Master Acrylics (great colors, especially the camoflage tones, and the enamel-based metallizer paints are incredible too)4) Armory paints (out of production now, but I still have a few... great matching milspec colors, but incredibly crappy jars; the seals were a joke, and they dried up fast)5) Polly S/Floquil (bought out by Testors; excellent colors, very good quality paints in both acrylic and enamel;can still be found in some distributors warehouses)6) Reaper Pro Paints (these are some of the best; I highly recommend them! I get some incredible results from them, they're easy to mix, and each jar has a nasty little pewter skull agitator ball to help mix the paint right. How cool is THAT?!?!?!)I want to try the Master Paints line from Reaper, and the Vallejo line. I'll comment on them when I get the chance to test them.As for primer, I use the $2/can Rust Curb brand from Family Dollar. You get 19 oz. of paint for 1/4-1/5 the cost of a can that is less than half the size!I get both flat white and flat black, and have never had any problems.As for clear coat, I use Krylon #1311 Matte Finish, then go over each piece with Testors Dull Cote brush on flat coat (for hair, cloth, etc...) and Reaper's Brush On Gloss Finish for polished metal, gems, etc... Hope this helps some!</blockquote>

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