The Commander Series Forum

Before committing money towards anything it's always good to have some seasoned advice.

What paints do people use? I'm debating whether or not to buy some FOW paints as everything seems pretty much laid out for me - but is there a cheaper alternative?

Foundry. They were cheap when I bought them, but not now!

I seem to remember getting a set of fifty or so paints for about 40 quid, you'd be lucky to get 20 pots for that now.

They do a nice set of WW2 paints, but I still have to use Vallejo for some colours (they are also good but I'm not keen on the pots)

I have been using Vajello since I first saw them, though I have heard good reports of Warpaint by the armypainter

Most of the time i use Vallejo, with some Games Workshop.
I buy the Vallejo from Maelstrom Games (they do 10% off), Games Workshop I get from a local shop.
One thing though, don't get the FoW packs, they are cheaper if you make them up yourself.
Hope this is of help.

Paul

The problem Paul for me is the part about making it up myself:

I'm working on a Eastern Front, Germans & Russians Army. What colours should I use for flesh, german uniforms, russian uniforms etc?

A colour guide is what I'm after.

Have a look at this..I think it does both GW and Vajello paint guides..The Famworth guides have the Vajello codes

http://www.artizandesigns.com/painting-guides.p...

Fenton beat me to it with the link.
I use Vallejo paints which you can now get from Pendraken. Unfortunately they don't do a primer.
I've been using Miniature Paints black primer which I don't think gives great coverage so I add some Vallejo USA Olive Drab 889. USA Olive Drab is a great colour.
I know a lot of people use spray primer but I find it difficult to get into the undercuts and recesses. Same with varnish. I use Vallejo gloss followed by Vallejo matt varnish.

Just what I'm after, thanks Fenton - that's cut down a lot of work.

Regards primer, will GW Chaos black spray do?

yeah it will do, but theres probably cheaper stuff at Halfords or B&Q

As an after thought and I may have read it wrong, but I heard that Vajello's russian green might have have been discontinued or the colouor of it changed

There was a lot of forum chatter about Vallejo Russian Green changing a little while back but a new formula close to the original was foung in the end IIRC

I like coat d arms paints along with GW and vallejo.

Vallejo, Tamyia, and Art Shop stuff (which is much much cheaper !) for basic colours.

ianS

Vallejo, you can get them cheap on the internet and they are probably the same paints as FoW, but cheaper. I use their Model Colour and some Game Colour, the only difference is the Game Colour is more diluted. Model Colour performs brilliantly, even over black undercoat.

Art shop stuff for me conversion charts to Vallejo (& others) available online too

http://www.theapplicationdeliverynetwork.com/in...

http://colors.silicon-dragons.com/full_line.php

I am still a Humbrol painter, though I probably wouldn't recommend the paint. I still like it but if I had no paint, I'd probably go with Vallejo.

My preference is Reaper Master Series, but I also have Vallejo. I can recommend both.

Can people also post examples of their work? It's always good for inspiration

Vallejo for handpainted stuff, Tamiya and Vallejo Model Air preferably for airbrush work.I do use normal thinned Vallejo for airbrushing as well but its not as good.
Oh yeah GW for flesh colours and the Black spray for Primer.