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Hello! I'm new on this website and also for this hobby!
I bought AoS starter pack with starter paint set for it! I saw official guides on youtube but I really can't understand how I can do something similar using the starter paint set... I want to buy other colors, but I don't know which are the best for not spend so much... I really want to do something good!
Another thing: I want to paint my Stormcast Army like Hallowed Knighs... which colors do you advice for them?
Sorry for my english :(

Hi, first of all I advice to boost your paint set with vallejo paints, if you're just beginning. They're cheaper, last more and can be identical in results. There's one exception though - for the base metal colour of the hallowed knights you'd better get the gw leadbelcher pot as vallejo metal paints tend to be a bit more watered down and are not that easy to work with for applying the base layer(you need a flat brush and a more solid paint to quickly spread it thinly around the model).

You've probably seen this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3Z1cbjEkY

An important part in following gw tutorial videos is working out which paints you can do without as sometimes they're adding very small and generally not needed imo effects (which ofcourse require a different shade and pigment paint pot...).

For example, in the above video, you can either forego the edge highlighting with stormhost silver or the layering with ironbreaker. The first choice will result in almost identical results as silver highlighting on an already light silver surface is hard to spot. The second will result in a darker metal with its edges brought forward by the line highlight.

Here's a handy chart for choosing paint analogues https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

 CoreCommander wrote:
Hi, first of all I advice to boost your paint set with vallejo paints, if you're just beginning. They're cheaper, last more and can be identical in results. There's one exception though - for the base metal colour of the hallowed knights you'd better get the gw leadbelcher pot as vallejo metal paints tend to be a bit more watered down and are not that easy to work with for applying the base layer(you need a flat brush and a more solid paint to quickly spread it thinly around the model).

You've probably seen this one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3Z1cbjEkY

An important part in following gw tutorial videos is working out which paints you can do without as sometimes they're adding very small and generally not needed imo effects (which ofcourse require a different shade and pigment paint pot...).

For example, in the above video, you can either forego the edge highlighting with stormhost silver or the layering with ironbreaker. The first choice will result in almost identical results as silver highlighting on an already light silver surface is hard to spot. The second will result in a darker metal with its edges brought forward by the line highlight.

Here's a handy chart for choosing paint analogues https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

Thanks for the advices!! But I think I have to use the same color (vallejo or citadel) if I finish it, or I can replace it with the analogue?
Can I find in the internet an advice color list for each model/army? Something like: for base *this color*, for layering *this color*.
I searched something, but I didn't found anything :(

You can find all kind of guides on the net and on youtube - search harder . As far as paints go, if I understood correctly, you're asking if you can mix and match ranges and if the results would look identical? Yeah, mostly identical, that's what "analogues" are . Here's a stormcast of mine painted entirely with vallejo paints with the exclusion of the base which was Retributor gold (vallejo metals are watered down and not suitable for basing as I said).

I have the GW equivalents and if I made the same stormcast with the same colour range but with GW paints I don't think It would be any different. Complement your paint box with different ranges as you see fit.