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Customs / Re: Favorite Brand of Acrylic Paint?
« on: November 18, 2017, 01:45:13 PM »
Coming from a wargaming background I used to work primarily in Citadel and Vallejo paints. Threads like this are a godsend as I still mostly paint wargaming figures but I am always on the look out for other painting options to stretch my budget as far as I can.
That said I like going to the hardware store and getting paints there sometimes. I rather like the Krylon colourmasters spray paint as it is a pigment and primer spray with good detail retention, I use it if they have a colour I want from time to time. It is really good if you do a lot of sculpting to a pony or figure as it helps seal the surface for painting.
I know Citadel paints tend to be pricey but if you find a store that carries the entire range of colours they actually have quite a large range and their base/shade/layer/dry/technical system actually works really well if you use in the proper order.
I've also been playing with Super Black 2.0, which sadly is just a really good and inexpensive black paint but it does hold detail very well and even though it can wear fast if handled without sealer sticks to plastic without needing a primer coat like some paints.
That said I like going to the hardware store and getting paints there sometimes. I rather like the Krylon colourmasters spray paint as it is a pigment and primer spray with good detail retention, I use it if they have a colour I want from time to time. It is really good if you do a lot of sculpting to a pony or figure as it helps seal the surface for painting.
I know Citadel paints tend to be pricey but if you find a store that carries the entire range of colours they actually have quite a large range and their base/shade/layer/dry/technical system actually works really well if you use in the proper order.
I've also been playing with Super Black 2.0, which sadly is just a really good and inexpensive black paint but it does hold detail very well and even though it can wear fast if handled without sealer sticks to plastic without needing a primer coat like some paints.