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I saw these "Ceramcote" paints by Delta Acrylics in a local craft shop. 2 fl oz / 60ml bottles for less than GW paints. They are made in the USA but I've never heard of them before. A quick forum search suggests that people do use them for painting miniatures. Are they any good? Any colours that people would recommend?

 Turaxa wrote:
I saw these "Ceramcote" paints by Delta Acrylics in a local craft shop. 2 fl oz / 60ml bottles for less than GW paints. They are made in the USA but I've never heard of them before. A quick forum search suggests that people do use them for painting miniatures. Are they any good? Any colours that people would recommend?

These are more like pretty thick arts and crafts paints, for room decoration and such. I'd say you'd need at least some extra medium or thinner to get them thin enough for miniature painting, but i have no personal experience in using them.

They're probably the overall best range of craft paints. I love their colors for terrain and basing, and a few of the colors remain part of my repetoire even for base painting"

Charcoal is a great very dark grey with strong coverage, and is a great highlght over black, or can create black easily as a base to be inked black.

Burnt Umber is a solid dark brown, which is a great base coat for leather, gold metallics, and bases.

I would steer away from the brighter, more vibrant colors, as the pigments dont always cover well. But at the price point, they're worth trying out.

I've been transitioning from GW and other hobby paints to the vastly cheaper craft paints for a while now. And they're certainly useable for mini painting.

Pigment density can be an issue. To get really thorough coverage, you're probably looking at three or four thin coats instead of two. But you can get some interesting and useful color gradients by highlighting up multiple layers of the same color.

And with that in mind, proper thinning is absolutely critical. Fortunately, basic artist-grade acrylic medium isn't all that expensive either.

Thanks all for the recommendations