Paints reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 177 Reddit reviews across 40 subreddits and 59 posts to rank the best Paints brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/gloomspitegitz, r/crimsonfists, r/Warhammer40k, r/minipainting, r/Miniaturespainting. Top-rated brands include Citadel (4.2/5), Vallejo (4.3/5), Army Painter (4.4/5).
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Reviews177
Subreddits40
Posts59
Brands44
Products68
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#1
Citadel
4.2
(36)
"The best rattle can primer in the game is citadel black primer"
"I've used Citadel, Vallejo, Army Paint, Pro Acryl.....they all work great."
"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."
"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."
#2
Vallejo
4.3
(32)
"Vallejo is a great brand, and more cost effective due to the dropper bottles"
"Personally my recommendation is to use vallejo or two thin coats as your go to paints for the greens"
"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."
#3
Army Painter
4.4
(27)
"I am big Army Painter fan. The new Fanatics line is really good and Speedpaints are great too."
"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."
"The guides in the rules books etc. all use Army Painter and that's exclusively what I use."
"Yes, they're great. Their upgraded SP2 and Fanatics ranges are absolutely great."
"I have the smaller AP speedpaint set and it’s great."
#4
Pro Acryl
4.5
(19)
"Pro Acryl White is *the white*"
"I've been using the Pro Acryl line. Black green for the base/shade, Green for the midtone, and Bright Green for the highlight"
"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’ve been finding I like Pro Acryl a lot, and theyre fairly well priced"
#5
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."
#6
Two Thin Coats
4.2
(6)
"The standout favorite was something called Two Thin Coats."
"I use Two Thin Coats' Ethereal Green for the base coat"
"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."
#7
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."
#8
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."
#9
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."
#10
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."
#11
Games Workshop
5.0
(2)
"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."
#12
AK
5.0
(2)
"AK 3gen is amazing."
"I absolutely adore the AK Acrylics paint range."
#13
Colour Forge
4.5
(2)
"If you’re in the UK or Europe I would get a can of tempest blue spray from Colour Forge."
"Colour forge I believe do a cadian green tone."
#14
Guilliman Flesh
4.0
(2)
"Gulliman flesh and flayed one flesh I’ve been loving."
"Skin: Guilliman Flesh. Fur: Garghak's Sewer."
#15
Ronseal
4.0
(2)
"I have painted my fence with Warm stone Fence plus and it looks really good."
"I’ve just bought some ronseal warm stone fence paint (haven’t used yet) which you might want to Google see if it would fit the bill."
#16
Pro Acryl, AK Interactive, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo
5.0
(1)
"I find that Pro Acryl and AK Interactive are the most stand-out good, but Army Painter Fanatic is also excellent."
#17
Vallejo Metal
5.0
(1)
"Vallejo metal is the best metal paint and it isn't even close for whoever is the second best paint."
#18
Rustoleum 2X Plastic Primer
5.0
(1)
"Black prime, rustoleum 2X plastic primer."
#19
Citadel Ultramarine Blue Contrast
5.0
(1)
"It's Citadel Ultramarine Blue contrast, Army Painter Ultramarine Blue highlight."
#20
Vallejo Old Gold (Air)
5.0
(1)
"Vallejo old gold (air) with seraphim sepia and old gold normal for highlights."
#21
Army Painter Gun Metal
5.0
(1)
"Army Painter Gun Metal with Nuln oil is great."
#22
Games Workshop Retributor Armor
5.0
(1)
"I use GW’s Retributor Armor plus wash with Army Painter’s 'Sepia Tone'."
#23
Vallejo Luftwaffe Paint Set
5.0
(1)
"I'll see if I can find the vallejo luftwaffe paint set."
#24
Createx Adhesion Promoter
5.0
(1)
"I would start with Createx adhesion promoter."
#25
Createx Bloodline
5.0
(1)
"Createx Bloodline are made for it."
#26
Masterson
5.0
(1)
"Get her a Masterson Sta-Wet palette and the palette paper refills."
#27
Windsor & Newton
5.0
(1)
"The Windsor and Newton professional acrylics are really nice."
#28
TurboDork
5.0
(1)
"Check out TurboDork, They have some great colorshift paints."
#29
Color Shift
5.0
(1)
"I use an orange/purple shift for the lenses of my Space Marines, and it looks really good."
#30
Chameleon
5.0
(1)
"Chameleon paint is the way to go!"
#31
Vallejo, Army Painter, Pro Acryl
4.0
(1)
"Buy vallejo game color/ army painter fanatic/ pro acryl. they arent super expensive and they work way better."
#32
Two Thin Coats, AK 3rd Gen, Citadel
4.0
(1)
"I'd highly recommend two thin coats if they are available to you. The flow amazingly and cover well."
#33
Vallejo, Citadel, Army Painter Fanatic, Two Thin Coats
4.0
(1)
"Vallejo, Citadel, Army Painter Fanatic, and Two Thin Coats are all on my shelf for various purposes!"
#34
Vallejo, AK 3rd Gen
4.0
(1)
"I use Vallejo Game Color, they have some bubbling issues though."
#35
Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter
4.0
(1)
"I pretty much exclusively use Citadel paints, but I've heard good things about Vallejo and Army Painter."
#36
Games Workshop Leadbelcher
4.0
(1)
"Leadbelcher can work, but I'd use a lighter shade of silver."
#37
Magical Realism
4.0
(1)
"The only brand I have used is Magical Realism."
#38
Goons Grime
4.0
(1)
"Goons grime is the really popular one."
#39
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."
#40
D&D
4.0
(1)
"My local game store has 'D&D Prismatic Paints' for $2.50 a piece."
#41
Folk Art
4.0
(1)
"Folk Art and Americana are two of the brands that they carry that I use."
#42
ScaleColor
4.0
(1)
"I've exclusively been using ScaleColor Artist Acrylics for glazing and layering."
#43
Scale75
4.0
(1)
"Scale 75 and AK are my goto."
#44
Coat d'Arms
4.0
(1)
"Try Coat d’Arms."
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