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Couldn't really tell you about shipping to Sweden, but I use firestorm games a lot. Based in Wales.


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Hmm... free shipping worldwide on orders over £30. Not bad.

 alanmckenzie wrote:
Couldn't really tell you about shipping to Sweden, but I use firestorm games a lot. Based in Wales.


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Hmm... free shipping worldwide on orders over £30. Not bad.

Thanks mate, they also have a sale going for the VGC 72 color pack now.
In terms of quality, is Vallejo considered a 'high end' paint, or is there some other brand that is generally held in higher regard?

It's basically your hobby tier (citadel, P3, vallejo etc) followed by your craft acrylics tier which are substantially cheaper per volume but have less desirable properties supposedly, such as larger pigment size. Some people have success with them but I haven't tried them, however it's generally thought that they're fine for terrain and stuff regardless.

There isn't really a tier above the hobby tier of paints, it's just finding a range with the properties and colours that you want. ie. vibrant VGC or citadel, smooth and pre thinned VMA or Minitaire etc.

In regard to craft paints, until recently that's mostly what I used with some hobby paints as well. Used them through my airbrush almost exclusively. The results were fine, but the extra maintenance and clean up was too much and really began to be detrimental to my painting, and the enjoyment of it. I will only use high quality hobby paints in my airbrush now, however I still use craft paints when painting manually. They work just as well IMO, and getting the proper color is the most important. Not all craft paints are equal in my experience though.