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I've been out of the actual "hobby" for quite a while. I'm getting back in it, because I've had some ridiculous itch in the back of my mind to express myself through mechanical, repetitive painting, and to somehow reassure myself that I'm as good at painting as I was when I stopped. Before I stopped, I used GW brushes exclusively. They were good brushes, with the exception of the wash brush (mine fell apart) and the stippling brush (for obvious reasons). I could have easily just bought another set of them, but this time, I opted to buy an Army Painter Mega Brush set, to broaden my horizons a bit and move out of that comfort zone I have with GW. This set includes a very wide range of brushes, but (in my opinion) is missing a versatile mid-range selection, so I will probably end up buying GW Medium and Large brushes later on.
There is a huge selection of precision brushes out there, from squirrel tail, to Wild Boar, to Kolinksy sable to acrylic. It's a little overwhelming. What do you use?
Just picked up a Raphael 8408 size 1, and good god do I love it for dishing out thin paint smoothly.
I have some Blick generic Kolinsky brushes as well, they're certainly nice but I can tell the difference with the Raphael. I used them mainly before I too made the blood sacrifice to the Raphael gods.
If you don't want to go for a Raphael or Windsor & Newton, you can get by with basically any 'acrylic' brush you see at the store. Don't worry about the details, just make sure the size seems reasonable for what you want to do with it. Don't bother with GW brushes. Like most things GW puts out for the actual modelling/painting part of the hobby, they're certainly nice but overpriced.
I have GW brushes in a bunch of sizes that I replace as & when needed & a Windsor Newton 7 series 000 for extreme detail work, edge highlights, eyeballs etc.
Windsor & Newtown and Blick, both round tips and made of Kolinsky Sable. W&N is easy enough to find in Japan I'd imagine, here in the US its becoming increasingly difficult.
