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Military figures of all shapes and sizes.
Paint brand?
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Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 02:58 PM UTC
I am a confirmed fan of Tamiya paint when it comes to the general colours for painting AFVs, but what paint brand do you feel is the best brand of paint to hand paint figures specifically. I have access to Tamiya, Testors, Revell, and Vallejo. Now I would prefer to use acrylics rather than enamels but I am tempted by the Testors range, your advice?
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Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 04:57 PM UTC
Hands down, Vallejo....considering that is what they were originally intended for when they first started....figure painting.
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Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 05:49 PM UTC
Figure painting ?

Vallejo by a mile !!

Cheers

Paul
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 01:27 AM UTC
Vallejo all the way.
(Andrea Paints are also very similar and have some decent boxed sets.)
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 02:11 AM UTC
I use Tamiya and MM for hand painting figures. However, the only reason I don't use Vallejo is that I am too cheap to replace my beloved paints with new ones.
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 02:25 AM UTC
Vallejo model color line,not their airbrush line
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 02:59 AM UTC
Thank you all for your input thus far.
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