Prefered Paint Brand

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**Lorek**

You don't, perchance, have a link to a sales source for these, do you?

Of course, I ask this two days after I order three cans of P3 primer from my FLGS...

**Wayfarer**

I've used GW, VGC, VMC, P3, Liquitex soft body and heavy body, and reaper pro and master series.

Reaper pro are trash, and VGC is a little thin. Other than that they are all good. I tend to only use GW metallics now though there isn't really anything wrong with their color range other than price.

VMC and liquitex make up the bulk of my paints, and I'm replacing my VMC with liquitex as it runs out. P3 is nice but I hate jars. Reaper master series is very nice and has some similarities to GW foundation in that they dry fast and seem a bit thicker and chalkier.

**legoburner**

Khornholio wrote:I use GW paints now, although I have recently bought a few Golden Fluid. I used to use Americana, Folk Art and Dream Coat, but I have been unable to procure them in Japan. I'd LOVE to get my hands on some Vallejo here, but the distributor, Volks, is Fethed in the A when it comes to responding to customer emails/phone calls and their Website is always Fethed up.

Brushes are also a key component to painting. Currently I am using Interlon Brushes which are a France/Japan joint artistic effort.

If you are up for a trip to Tokyo, or if they deliver, Yellow Submarine in Akihibara sells the entire range of Vallejo Model Colour paints.

**Kanluwen**

Sidstyler wrote:The War Store sells Vallejo paints. http://www.thewarstore.com, in "Paints and Tools". The game color line has matches to GW colors (and then some if I recall), and the model color line has colors for military modelers and other paint additives like flow improver, matte medium, etc.

I like the Vallejo line myself, now that I've bought some of the model colors and painted a test fire warrior with them. I still have trouble thinning paint properly, but now that I've started using flow improver and Vallejo paints my models tend to look MUCH better. GW have good metallics though, and the foundations and washes are great, but Vallejo may be my personal favorite. I tried using Tamiya paints and I hate them, they're probably better for airbrushing with but they can't really be brushed on...and I never tried Reaper or P3. Can't go wrong with the dropper-bottles though.

With Sid here. Vallejo and GW paints are great. If you've got an airbrush, the Vallejo airbrush paints are wonderful.

But, the P3 paints are also not too shabby. The Mercenary color box, in particular, is a must for any Guard player.

**lord_blackfang**

Last I heard, there was this UK store that has free worldwide shipping and stocks Vallejo.

**Wayfarer**

Yeah but they take forever just to process your orders.

*is waiting for them to ship an order*

**Boss 'eadbreaka**

Citadel paints are the best imo. Expensive, but readily available and high quality.

**Fateweaver**

Citadel metallics are best, so are Foundation and the new washes. For the normal opaques I prefer P3 or Vallejo as well as Tamiya.

I also use lots of airbrush colors from Createx. I use both the Wicked line and the Autoair line.

**Howard A Treesong**

I mainly use Vallejo and the (I believe defunct) Aeromaster Warbird range for military. GW and the Miniatures range is generally for figure painting.

**NAVARRO**

No competition for Vallejos, I had lots of GW's and about 90% of them dried in pots not even used.
Vallejos more translucid and less thick, good for my painting style and also cheaper.

**Howard A Treesong**

NAVARRO wrote:No competition for Vallejos, I had lots of GW's and about 90% of them dried in pots not even used.
Vallejos more translucid and less thick, good for my painting style and also cheaper.

I've never tried much figure painting with the Vallejos. I find the paint quite thin, that's ok for planes and vehicles. I don't mind taking the time to thin the paint just a little more and use several coats because it seems to shrink down upon drying, you don't lose the detail and get a finish free of brush marks.

**Tim the Biovore**

Go for Citadel Colour (Color for you I think). Other paints can be too watery, thick or just not the right colour.

**Howard A Treesong**

Tim the Biovore wrote:Go for Citadel Colour (Color for you I think). Other paints can be too watery, thick or just not the right colour.

"Colour" it should be, I've no idea why I've got an american flag, I usually get a union jack or an EU flag.