Heres a list of things that I find it hard to paint without. This is pretty much all I use for painting.
Lots of Paints
Whether it's a pyramid or a pile of paints, I need some kind of paint to put on my models. I usually use the GW and GW Foundation paints, as they are awesome. Valejo seem pretty good, but I'm not 100% convinc
ed 
yet.
Natural Light
This is a must have. There are 2 sources of natural light - a window during the daytime, or a daylight bulb (available for a few quid from Maplins, where I work). I only use the bulb when it's too dark to use the window - I generally try to avoid painting by normal bulbs.
Brushes... and other stuff
I have 6 different brushes in varying sizes, which I alternate between. Tank, Large, Detail and Fine Detail are must haves - and I tend to avoid drybrushes. For very fine detail I use a Kolinsky Sable brush, which costs twice as much as a normal brush, but is also worth twice as much. In my opinion at least, Brad may disagree.
Well, that didn't take long - I think I'll get painting, so I have some more models to post.
- Gavin
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Painting
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I won't necessarily disagree about the brush, just as long as you take extra special care of it. It's very easy to completely maul brushes, and the smaller they are the easier it is.
Thats the beauty of Kolinsky - it keeps it's tip much more readily than other sable varieties used for brushes.
18 months later, and the Kolinsky brush is still going strong, and the other brushes have all disintegrated. They've been used as much as each other, and kept in the same container, so Kolinsky Sable is for the win.
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