Acrylic paint kit for beginners

I was really impressed with this paint. I am not an expert but found the paint to flow and cover well. There are a good bunch of colours and has most of the important shades.

I recently got back into scale miniatures. I build 1:35 scale tanks and have just taken the delve into Warhammer. Shifting over from tanks, I didn’t have many bright colours. This box has stocked me up nicely on some key colours. The paints are of a good quality and I’m a big fan of the dropper style bottle. I’ve airbrushed and hand painted with a number of them and find they mix well. If I was to be picky I would say one or two of the colours don’t have as good a coverage as the citadel range but for the price, excellent and two thin coats works great for most. The only thing I wasn’t to fond of was the gun metal metallic paint. The reflective particles were a little bit two large for adding a dry brush silver effect. Otherwise not a bad colour. Great gift, good for a budget stock up of paints.

I've bought individual Vallejo paints before and never had an issue with them. I decided to splash out and go with this set as many of my old Games Workshop/Citadel paints were becoming hard to work with due to age - they had been re-diluted too often. These are excellent - the bottle design makes it very easy to get the amount of paint you want without having to leave a pot open - you just drip out a little bit at a time. I strongly recommend creating or buying a "wet palette" for it to prevent your paint blobs drying whilst you use them and to make mixing easier. It also means you're never leaving a pot open to the air for long, so they last much much longer without starting to thicken up. You might think 16 paints is a bit limiting, but they include all the colours needed to mix pretty much any colour you will ever need, and if there's a particulr colour you find you keep having to mix it's easy enough to find the individuals from the wider range. One tip is to make sure to give them a really good shake before each use as they will seperate if left over time, and you might get a blob of just medium/just pigment if you don't. My only gripe would be that the flesh paint in it is a very yellow colour - not the "traditional" caucasion flesh tone you might expect. 72.099 Cadmium Skin is a much better "normal" skin tone than the Bronze Fleshtone included in this pack. If you mix equal parts bone and flesh with a little red from this set you get a better skin colour.

Here's the main points quickly: Great set for the price (I paid £29.95); Wide range of colours that give a good range depending on how you mix however; Yes you need to buy another black as it finishes glossy; Yes you need to buy more blues (impossible to mix with what you have since you need different blue pigments) Long story short, it's a good set and worth getting (assuming it's still under £30) as it'll be hard finding a similar set at the same price. I'm new to painting miniatures, and these have proven very helpful in learning all the ins and outs. So far the paints haven't limited my learning and I'm growing with them. Well worth it in my opinion.

Great paints. Good colour and quality

This is a great set to get you started with painting. The range of colours in this set is a great value for money as it comes with some metallics and all the base colours you would need. Coverage is good and only takes a couple coats to get a good coat.

With a limited Beginner view. Having only Citadel colour to compare with, this set of paints is a fantastic place to start your paint collection. This, or the Model Colour paint set. They thin down nicely, stay alive with a wet palette predictably and apply even coats when used properly. With this paint set I have learnt techniques ranging from t w o t h i n c o a t s glazing, feathering to wet blending. If you are looking to begin your miniature painting adventures, this is a significantly better starter set to the Citadel beginner alternative. (Vallejo produce numerous starter sets, my only regret is not purchasing the significantly larger Game Colour starter set. Vallejo also have a fantastic community outreach. They provide tutorials and showcases on youtube as well as fantastic posts on instagram. Check them out for proper demonstrations of their colours. My next purchases will be their line of washes, metallics and some medium. For all my wild painting needs.

Good quality paints