"Painting Advice" Topic

OK – I've decided to take a full plunge into western skirmish gaming, and I'm looking for advice for painting.

I'm interested in 28mm, and while I've looked at a few paint sources, I'm not sure what people are having good luck with, in the manner of brands and colors.

Also, what size/type of brushes seem to work best?

I expect I won't ever be a world class painter, but I'd like my figures to look OK.

Thanks for any help/advice!

Welcome podnuh!

Okay…tbh…for figures I use a mixture of Apple barrel from Wal-mart, Vallejo, some Reaper and a few GW…

For buildings, it depends if you are going with resin, or wood…

Take a look at my blog and you can see the western town I am currently building….

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One thing you have to remember is that paint was expensive back then. So they used it sparingly..usually only on the front of a business to attract attention. The heat, wind, storms, and rest of the elements soon bleach out the wood to a grayish white….

Coat d'Arms paints. Any size brush as long as it has a good point.

A good point is right but you may want different sizes. If you're painting horse flanks with a fine detail brush or trying to delicately paint a thin strap with a brush too big for the job, you'll learn to hate painting pretty quick.

Good beginner advice: reapermini.com/Thecraft/32

Yup, just about any good acrylic paint will do ya. Like others have said, craft paints, Reaper, Privateer, GW, etc. A couple different brush sizes. If you are painting buildings a nice wide brush helps a lot with the base coats and dry brushing.

I have a very good size 1 brush that has a great point. I do 90% of my painting with this (other than priming). The other 10% is done with a good size 0 brush.

The super small brushes don't hold enough paint so I gave up on them. It's about the point, not the size of the brush.

For priming I use spray paint or brush n with cheap craft brushes I steal from my daughter. We keep a stock of them in our craft closet.

Also, buy cheap, flat brushes for dry brushing. Dry brushing "eats" brushes. Testors makes a set of 3 or 4 that are perfect and run about $7. USD

The super small brushes don't hold enough paint so I gave up on them. It's about the point, not the size of the brush.

What he, and MajorB, said.

Sorry it took so long to get back here – real life always seems to intrude.

Next weekend I'll be able to head out and look for some brushes, a size 1 and a size 0.

The info at Reaper was very interesting – I expect I'll take more than one look at it.

One of my buddies is happy to seem that I've chosen a gaming field. :) I've been flitting about so much it's been making him queasy.

Murphy – your website is very interesting. I expect I'll be visiting and reading through it as time goes by.