I am in the process of changing from enamel to acrylic paints for the majority of my work. I have been looking for pre-packaged sets to get started. I found the ones from Vallejo and Lifecolor. How are the Lifecolor compared to others? i am working mostly on armor with a few aircraft thrown in for good measure. Most are of WWII subjects. I do both airbrush and brush painting. I am absolutely no good with painting figures, so that is not an issue.

I use Lifecolor paints and like them. Military Hobbies has them and has the sets along with their "weathering agents", which I like as well.

http://www.militaryhobbies.com/directory.cfm?CategoryID=7

I have not used Vallejo so cannot compare.

There pretty good for the buck id say. i Mainly use tamiya and decided to buy a bottle to try. The paint i got was thick and its a 22ml, twice the tamy size. im currently trying that bottle on a 1/35 brit figure and im pleased with how it brushes on.

http://www.smhq.org/index2.html heres franck edets results using lifecolor paints on a 1/48 stug and figures. he thins them with tap water.

A store in my province will shortly be selling them 3.50cdn a bottle (50 cents cheaper than military hobbies)and takes online orders using paypal and emails to obtain the clients demand list, if your interested pm me and i will give you the site, althought he has not currently recieved his order, he is waiting for it.

Francois