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Looking for a new paint brush set, as mine well. lets say had an encounter with my dogs. due to W&N being over seas and currently out of stock here in the states im looking for something more accessible and around $6-9 dollars pre brush, currently the only brushes i will need are a base coat brush and a super fine detail. Have any of you used the P3 brushes? Are they real or synthetic bristles? How about GWS brushes or Army Painter?

I really like Rosemary & Co... but theyre bases in the UK, and are much smaller sized company than W&N are.
You can buy two Rosemary and co series 33 kollinsky sables for the price of a single W&N s7. Although I cant deny that my series 7 IS a lil bit nicer... but not by enough to say its better value.

No idea about the P3 brushes.. but Im pretty sure theyre 'real' wether theyre synthetic or natrual hairs hehehe
Some synthetic brushes arent all bad theyve got their place.

Fyi a good brush such as a W&N series 7 (or just about any other quality kollinsky brush) of any size will hold a point far sharper and far longer than just about any other brush, so you can certainly achieve super fine details with a large sized brush.
The brush size is actually about how much paint you want to be able to load into the brush. As such using a tiny lil fine detail one is often self defeating as the paint volume is so small it dries in the bristles super fast.
A decent size 1 or 0 is quite likely a very good all rounder, while 2's or 4's make great basecoat and wash brushes for the added paint volume.

GW's brushes.. LOL is all I can say about that.
Priced as premium kollinksy, but perform like kiddy craft brush. No spring or point holding ability to be described.
Their large drybrush is alright - the big fat flat one cant pick much fault with that. But just one W&N s7 or equiv brush will beat everything GW have in the rack for all but the specialised jobs like drybrush and stipple

edit;
As for synthetic vs natrual; Those who do not thin their paints, might have a hard time using a kollinksy sable. They are water colour brushes primarily, as such are meant to be used with very thin paint.
R&C offer synthetic/sable blends which perform quite well, but wont hold the point that a pure kollinsky can.
So choosing synthetic of natrual might depend on how you like to paint? from the pot? or do you use a pallete and thin paint out (its better that way anyway)

real as in natural hair brushes. I paint straight from pot most of the time.

Straight from the pot will ruin a pure kollinsky brush in no time.

Youl want something a bit stiffer. Perhaps a sable/synthetic blend.

http://www.rosemaryandco.com/watercolour-brushes/red-sable-blend/pointed-sable-mixture

I've got some of these that are holding up very well (even better for the price!)
But they arent as nice as my pure kollinksy brushes tbh.

I'd suggest buying a pallete, and some matte medium, and some flow aid, and learning about thinning the paints
You use less, put down thinner more even coats, and have far more control with layering and blends.
And the lower viscosity of paint allows you to take advantage of what a kollinsky sable can really offer.

Side note on GW brushes, the Eavy metal ones that came in that lame tin are nice brushes.
I got a super fine detail one with the edge paint set, and its every bit as good as my W&N ones tbh. Just the regular citadel ones I found to be just awful.