Best paints on Reddit
170 reviews from r/gloomspitegitz, r/crimsonfists, r/minipainting and 36 more subreddits
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#1
Citadel
4.1
(36)
"If Citadel paints: mechanicus standard grey, with dawnstone for lighter highlighting"
"Ooh also get some agrax earth's hade. Comes in handy for washing browns, reds, gold at bases."
"Been using Caliban Green, Nuln Oil, Warpstone Glow, Moot Green in that order from base to layer to highlight for years and has never let me down."
"I absolutely love them."
"Personally I prefer the citadel pots over the typical squeeze bottles, so thats a big sell for me."
"I would recommend the Age of Sigmar colours starter set if you can afford it"
"Lead Belcher is a good choice for Grey Knights"
"Citadel do a great red paint with mephiston red and khorne red"
"If you use it, keep in mind that you'll have to drybrush the miniature after with white paint."
"Joints of armor, knife sheaths, nonmetallic parts of guns: Abaddon Black"
#2
Vallejo
4.3
(32)
"Vallejo are fantastic paints... I'd recommend grabbing the Vallejo Game Colour starter set"
"Vallejo Model Color Wargames Basics Acrylic Paint Set 8 you basic colors."
"The best metallic range imho is Vallejo metal colour."
"Vallejo is the best by a thin margin in terms of cost-quality."
"I LOVE model color's "German Grey", AK "Dark grey" and Vallejo's "Charred brown"."
"I like the Vallejo Model Color WWII Soviet Armour & Infantry set that you can buy on amazon."
"Vallejo metallics are arguably the best metallic paints as well."
"All paints are Vallejo, which is the brand I recommend."
"I personally use Vallejo xpress orc skin. Very good one stop solution."
"I really like the Vallejo black for the base. I started with citadel, but the Vallejo is so much smoother."
#3
Army Painter
4.5
(29)
"I used army painter 2.0 speed paints to do these."
"The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic: Starter Set, 11 Acrylic Paints similar set of colours to above."
"I'd suggest a starter set from Army Painter (or maybe Vallejo) with around 10 paints in it."
"I personally use Army Painter Speedpaint Forest Sprite for my Orks."
"For starter sets, you could go for either speed paints or regular acrylics."
"The mew army painter warpaints fanatics are insanely hood."
"Army painter green skin spray primer did a lot of heavy lifting for me."
"Quick and easy: Army Painter Spray Can Greenskin."
"I'll add Army painter angel green for priming greenwing."
"Army Painter Fanatics line (they're newly reformulated paints) and Vallejo Game Color."
#4
Pro Acryl
4.5
(15)
"I can not sing the praise of Pro-Acryl enough! I can't even describe how magnificent it is!"
"I can’t scream loudly enough about pro acryl."
"I just swapt to pro acryl and it is just an amazing paint."
"Pro acryl is awesome."
"I love pro acryl."
"I personally like Pro Acryl. These are high quality paints generally, and tend to be my default/go-to."
"Pro Acryl is my personal favorite, but there are lots of good choices."
"I use pretty much exclusively pro acryl."
"Pro acryl is really nice if you don’t mind Matt/satin paint."
"But for whites, pro Acryl Bold Titanium White."
#5
Games Workshop
4.9
(8)
"I have found 'Striking Scorpion Green' contrast paint from Games workshop to be a good start."
"I use contrast for my Krieg which I think gives a great balance of speed of painting and quality."
"For clothes/capes you could use Skeleton Horde."
"For clothes/capes you could use Sigwald Burgundy."
"Retributor Gold is good for the trims."
"For clothes/capes you could use Apothecary White."
"They cannot say enough good things about that set."
"If you want to get a set the age of sigmar paints has most you need."
#6
Apple Barrel
4.3
(6)
"Apple Barrel and Folk Art are the two main ones I use."
"I've been using Apple barrel paints for my terrain."
"I primarily use a brand called “Apple Barrel”."
"Honestly for terrain, 58 cent bottles of apple barrel from walmart and some homebrew washes are all you need."
"Honestly for terrain, 58 cent bottles of apple barrel from walmart and some homebrew washes are all you need."
"I have not used them myself but I have seen it brought out several time as an ok paint is Apple Barrel."
#7
Two Thin Coats
4.2
(5)
"The standout favorite was something called Two Thin Coats."
"I'm really loving Two Thin Coats."
"I use Two Thin Coats Wyvern green for my base/shadows."
"I prefer the 'Two Thin Coats' range of colors, which are a direct match to the Citadel ones."
"You have an easier time getting brands like two thin coats."
#8
Turbo Dork
4.8
(4)
"Turbo Dork is a good line of paints for what you're looking for."
"Also, turbodork sells bomb ass Metallics and colourshift paints."
"There is a brand called Turbo Dork that sells colorshift paints for wargaming."
"There is a brand called Turbo Dork that sells colorshift paints for wargaming."
#9
Golden
5.0
(3)
"Golden SoFlat starter set and a couple bottles of medium is all you need."
"Golden is the best heavy body paints."
"USA is golden/liquitex professional line for paint."
#10
Createx
4.3
(3)
"Createx"
"Createx has a couple of lines that include metallics."
"Next step up, I’d recommend Createx. It’s also water based and sold at Hobby Lobby."
#11
Winsor & Newton
5.0
(2)
"I have a set of half pans from windsor and newton - love them!! they’ve lasted me years."
"I’m a botanical painter based in the UK, and this was my palette for many many years: all winsor & newton artist quality."
#12
AK
5.0
(2)
"AK 3gen is amazing."
"I absolutely adore the AK Acrylics paint range."
#13
Guilliman Flesh
4.0
(2)
"Gulliman flesh and flayed one flesh I’ve been loving."
"Skin: Guilliman Flesh. Fur: Garghak's Sewer."
#14
Colour Forge
5.0
(1)
"If you’re in the UK or Europe I would get a can of tempest blue spray from Colour Forge."
#15
Masterson
5.0
(1)
"Get her a Masterson Sta-Wet palette and the palette paper refills."
#16
Windsor & Newton
5.0
(1)
"The Windsor and Newton professional acrylics are really nice."
#17
TurboDork
5.0
(1)
"Check out TurboDork, They have some great colorshift paints."
#18
Color Shift
5.0
(1)
"I use an orange/purple shift for the lenses of my Space Marines, and it looks really good."
#19
Chameleon
5.0
(1)
"Chameleon paint is the way to go!"
#20
Rust-Oleum
5.0
(1)
"Rust-Oleum primer is what I've been using for the past year, both on resin and GW plastic."
#21
AK Texture Paints
5.0
(1)
"Has AK texture paints."
#22
Vallejo Texture Paints
5.0
(1)
"Has Vallejo texture paints."
#23
Holbein Acryla Gouache
5.0
(1)
"I use holbein acryla gouache and like it because it dries matte."
#24
Goons Grime
4.0
(1)
"Goons grime is the really popular one."
#25
Sansodor
4.0
(1)
"Yes Sansodor is a paint thinner, that can be used both to thin paint that you want to paint with and clean brushes etc."
#26
D&D
4.0
(1)
"My local game store has 'D&D Prismatic Paints' for $2.50 a piece."
#27
Folk Art
4.0
(1)
"Folk Art and Americana are two of the brands that they carry that I use."
#28
ScaleColor
4.0
(1)
"I've exclusively been using ScaleColor Artist Acrylics for glazing and layering."
#29
Scale75
4.0
(1)
"Scale 75 and AK are my goto."
#30
Coat d'Arms
4.0
(1)
"Try Coat d’Arms."
#31
Van Bleijswick
4.0
(1)
"I use the brand "Van Bleijswick"."
#32
FolkArt
4.0
(1)
"Folkart and if you can find it Delta Ceramcoat are the best craft paints I’ve used."
#33
AK Interactive
4.0
(1)
"For Skin: Base down a deep/dark flesh toned red, and then use AK Tenebrous Grey as your main color."
#34
Amsterdam Acrylics
4.0
(1)
"Amsterdam acrylics are nice quality."
#35
Army Painter Speed Paints
4.0
(1)
"Army painter Speed Paints (their Contrast alternative) have a Range for Metalic contrast paints."
#36
Testors
3.0
(1)
"The brand you might know is Testors they have been around longer."
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