edonil Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I use Citadel paints for the most part. No other ranges get carried around here unfortunately. I have a handful of Vallejo paints that I use, but the only one of those I use consistently is German Grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilus Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I've used GW so long that I find it hard to use other paints. I have used PP line a bit and Valejo but I keep going back to GW. It doesn't hurt that my wife bought me the mega paint set for Christmas last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glshade Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I have used a little bit of everything. I had used citadel paintes till they switched to thoes crystal pots with the black caps - I had so many of thoes dry up on me or caps seal up though I never recall gettinv paint on the threads. I still have some ancient citadel with the fliptops, i have the entire line of P3 but I worked fo PP and got them cheap - I think are a little bettr the GW. Got a lot of Vallajo when I was into Confrontation and I still love thoes and I use some Foundry and Golden Artist Fluid Acrylics. Been years since I painted and finding it fun to start over and relearn things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarsmike Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I have used a little bit of everything. I had used citadel paintes till they switched to thoes crystal pots with the black caps - I had so many of thoes dry up on me or caps seal up though I never recall gettinv paint on the threads. I still have some ancient citadel with the fliptops, i have the entire line of P3 but I worked fo PP and got them cheap - I think are a little bettr the GW. Got a lot of Vallajo when I was into Confrontation and I still love thoes and I use some Foundry and Golden Artist Fluid Acrylics. Been years since I painted and finding it fun to start over and relearn things.... Gw has since gone back to the flip tops they had a ton of complaints cause of the older pots sealing themselves shut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_hazard Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I use GW Chaos Black for priming 15mm miniatures, Vallejo white primer for Malifaux. Tamiya for 15mm vehicle base colours and german camo. All the above applied with an air brush. Vallejo paints for brush work. GW washes. I have a couple of P3 and Citadel pots that are more in what I would call 'fantasy' colour ranges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chev Chelios Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Reaper all the way. I use their brush on primer too. I'm lucky I guess,because Reaper is about 30 minutes from my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glshade Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Just started using reaper brush on and it is actually great by comparison to others ive tried... wish I did not have to go on a 2.50 tram ride to get it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I use a bit of a mix with Citadel, P3 and Vallejo. Slowly phasing out my Citadel paints and replacing them where there is an equivalent Vallejo or P3 and a lot of that is to do with cost the GW ones are twice the price that I can get the others for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edweird Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 I must be the devil... I have been using primarily craft store acrylics, brands such as Apple Barrel, Folkart etc. I add in specialty paints that the previous two do not offer such as GW/Valleo metallics etc. Then again I have never considered myself much of a painter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnJen Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 I own paints from Reaper, P3, Vallejo Game & Model and the now defunct Derivan range. I recently had to throw out all my GW paints because they'd all dried out over the course of 3 years. I'm currently loving P3 paints but each have their positives and negatives. Reaper triads make it easy for lazy painters to achieve a highlighted look without having to mix paints. I would literally paint from the darkest to lightest colour and maybe add some white in at the very end if I was bothered. Unfortunately, I have found that some of the colours are thick and some are incredibly thin. P3 paints are incredibly opaque which makes it easier to paint armies quickly. White and yellow go over black undercoats with no problem whatsoever and you can thin the paints down with water without the pigments clinging to the edge. I personally dislike the P3 metallics range. It's very prone to splitting, it's thick and dries out quickly (as in the entire pot is dry, even when it was new and sealed). Vallejo Game colour offers a one to one colour correspondence with GW colours. When I first ditched GW these were the paints that I was using but I quickly became frustrated by their watery-ness (which is actually quite good for particular methods of painting). Vallejo Model colour is thicker than Game colour and offers an unbeatable range of colours, particularly colours that are true to WWI-II. Technically speaking, I should be in love with Model colour but I'm not sure why, I just don't...My first paint in this range was a flesh colour and it took so long to dry...I'd go to lay on a second layer and the first layer would peel off. And then there were the annoying blockages in the squeeze bottles...the amount of times I've exploded paint onto myself ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Through Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 P3, GW and vallejo are my main paints. Looking into getting some reaper paints at some point in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurmwood Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Vallejo with some GW inks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeil999 Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Has anyone on here ever used Golden Fluid Acrylics? I ended up buying some, but have yet to pop open the cap and squeeze a few off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 P3 and Citadel inks, mostly cause that's what our LGS sells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustcrusher Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Has anyone on here ever used Golden Fluid Acrylics? I ended up buying some, but have yet to pop open the cap and squeeze a few off. Cue the mental audio of Beavis and Butt-Head snickering... OK, back on topic, I use a mix of old GW, old Partha, and current Reaper and Vallejo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwug Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 I use Citadel paints, mostly because they were readily available at the game store. I have a couple of Testors model master acrylics but am looking at P3 because of the great things I've heard about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joza Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Most of my colours are Vallejo Model Colour, but I have some "bright" colour from the Game range too. Other than that, I _love_ GW metalics and washes, Tamiya Clear Red for blood effects, and the old Rackham paints range for skin tones, "fluorescent" colours and some of the most beautiful greens and blues I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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