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January 4, 2020 at 2:50 am #1468473

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Thanks for the Rosemary tip guys. I was a bit intimidated by the size of the range…

I can’t seem to find a simple range of brushes. Even GW’s current range is weirdly specialised and I can’t find what I really want, which is a decently large (probably a 3 using the old scale I grew up with).

@ced1106 nothing specific in mind yet. I should probably have thought more about that question actually! I think characterful single piece minis of the type you get in board games are likely to be the way to go. Trouble is, I’d like to paint most of the sets myself and not have them done in two different styles / to two different standards.

I’ve gone for an Army Painter starter paint brush set (includes a base coat brush, a detail brush and a drybrush) and an Age of Sigmar starter set as it has a basic range of colours as well as another brush (although I’m guessing a pretty cheap and nasty one similar to the ones that come with the Conquest 40K partwork). Also has some clippers which might come in handy.

I do plan for us to paint together so that she can use any of my paints, but I figured it would be nice for her to be able to paint on her own if she wishes (we don’t live together) and as my range consists of all sorts that I’ve built up over time I don’t really have a simple, basic range.

I think my next purchase should probably be the army painter inks as washes do make such a difference to the look of a model.

Thanks for the feedback and ideas!