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So my brushes all gave out tonight.. not to surprising as they are a few years old.. however I work a full shift at my Adminstartum job tomorrow (S-Bux sucks my SOUL!!) sacrificing psykers to the emperor all day in the form of espresso shots.. so my LFGS is out of the question, however Micheals is a hop skip and a jump away.

What do you all use when not using Citadel brushes? Does anyone but me only use Citadel stuff?

I've always had a soft spot for Loew-Cornell [sp?] red sable brushes when shopping at Michael's...
I usually only get them when I've got a coupon, and have been buying predominantly Citadel & Army Painter brand brushes from the LGS for the last 6-ish months [less of a drive, you know], so I can't really tell you how much they're going to set you back, though if memory serves me [it usually doesn't, but...] they won't be much more than what you're used to? But they have never let me down...

Cool I will check them out. I just realized as I was working on my Marine Bikes, that I was doing details with a bunch of dry brushes.

Windsor & Newton Series 7.

Worth every cent if you wanting to go that way, otherwise I find the Citadel Brushes satisfactory.

I've been using the same roymac sable brushes for the last 5-6 years. They cost me less than the GW ones and have lasted longer (I got given a couple of GW brushes from a mate in a GW store once).

Haven't tried the newer brushes.
Although whomever gave them the idea to sell "drybrushes" was onto a goldmine - for decades, people have just used crappy old paintbrushes that are no longer useful for the main job for this.

I've never used a citadel brush in my life.

I use brushes that come in the model airplane paint kits or something like that, they have a white handle with black bristles they work great for me after I modify them to have a nice point.

chromedog wrote:I've been using the same roymac sable brushes for the last 5-6 years. They cost me less than the GW ones and have lasted longer (I got given a couple of GW brushes from a mate in a GW store once).

Haven't tried the newer brushes.
Although whomever gave them the idea to sell "drybrushes" was onto a goldmine - for decades, people have just used crappy old paintbrushes that are no longer useful for the main job for this.

Yeah when my brushes get kinda old, I cut the bristles in half get the brush wet and then dry brush a piece of cardboard to get the nice feather... problem is what do you do with 6 dry brushes???

I will have to give all these companies a once over, seems that now is the perfect time, Micheals is having a clearance sale!

I get mine at michales they are so cheap there and they are really good.. i use American Painter and they are like 2 bucks or less at michaels!!

There is a similar topic posted about once a week - you will find several suggestions by using search function.

I have recently come across Rosemary & Co. Pure Kolinsky Sable brushes. Very good quality for very affordable price.

I have the citidel paint brush range for my special needs like drybrushing, washing stippiling.

But normally, I use cheap non-brand brushes of varying size for the basic stuff.

Citidel "very fine" brushes are really big compared to some of the non-braders that I use for details.

Surely someone should start a poll and then write the results up in an article?

We could all snidely refer to it then when this questiopn comes up

My personal tastes are for Rosemary & Co., but I've used W&Ns, even the cheaper ones are nice brushes. In a pinch I've gotten fine results from Daler Rowney cheapo brushes.

My brushes are all a mix of Loew-Cornell, Sax, Contemporary Crafts, and a 10 piece detail set from Daler Rowney. The detail set costs less than 5 bucks at Walmart, if I recall correctly.

Such great info guys thanks. And to set the record straight I always start of by using the search forum before I post, however it seems that I missed what I was looking for this time.

Anyway I am armed with sufficient information to make an educated purchase. Many Thanks.