Not including air brushes, what is you favorite type to use? Red sable, camel, nylon? I tried a bunch of the hair types, even some expensive ones and wasn't real happy with them. I saw a bunch of white nylon brushes at Michaels and decided to give them a try and LOVE them. They hold up much better and seem to hold more paint on the brush than hair, pluse they seam to hold their shape really well while painting. I have replaced most my others with these types of brushes. When painting with oils I get a little rough with the brushes but they take it real well and the oil paint doesn't seem to break the brushes down. If my duaghter hadn't got into my brushes and smashed the ends into the table for me I may not have discovered them. Didn't really appreciate it at the time but it worked out O.K.

I'm just in love with the Tamiya brushes.

Next to the Tamiya brushes I also have a couple of High Quality artists brushes with red sable hairs and a couple of real cheap garbage brushes, who do magic for me in washing and weathering models.

So it's not just one favourite brush, but a few of them.

Hey Drew, I've yet to find a favorite! I'm currently trying some different ones, although it's probably my painting technique and not the brushes that cause the worst of the problems. Anyway, maybe I'll try some of those Micheal's brushes. Since I'm still new to the hobby, I'm still trying to find my groove.
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OK my favorite has to be my sable brushes. They are winsor newton. I have a set for my figures and faces. I also have some cheap wal-mart brushes that I use for my weathering.
well That's my 2cent worth

I have one favorite brush. I don't really know too much about it, there is a lot of paint stuck over the label and junk, but it has white bristles and they are really stiff, and it is about a 1/4 in wide. It is the greatest brush. I can detail almost anything with it, just becuase I know exactly wear the bristles go. Soft brushes are alright, but not for detailing, in my opinion.

Winsor & newton Series 7, Size 000 are my favorite for painting the small details.
A vendor told me a story about them at the last AMPs show I went to. He said that the hairs they (W&N) use are actually the clippings from the very tip of the hair from the sable. Since the tip naturally grows to a point, this makes it that much finer for the brush. I don't know...it would seem to make sense to me.
Or he could have been pulling my leg...

My personal favorites are synthetic sables from Princeton Art & Brush Co.
My real sables have been relegated to drybrushing and applying pastels.

To clearify the brushes where bought at a store called Micheals, it isn't the brand name. I am not loyal to one brand myself. But the brushes I am talking about have pure white bristles on them so they should stick out. I wouldn't by the cheapest ones either by the way. My luck hasn't been great when doing that.




Sounds like the same type of brushes I am talking about and for some of the same reasons. There are also some brownish gold nylon brushes but I haven't tried them, anyone use any of them?

One great thing about Michael's is that they have a large selection and the brushes go on sale every month or two. I like the Loew-Cornell white nylons for flat or round. I like the Loew-Cornell 73xx series for detailers, especially the 18/0, but my all-time favorite detailer is the Floquil 20/0 Golden Fox. Tamiya brushes are good, but it's tough to find a store with a large selection.

When you're looking at small brushes especially, the exact number, quality, and arrangement of bristles can vary from brush to brush, so it's important to examine them closely and compare.

Michael's is also good for cheap disposable or semi-disposable brushes.

-Neil