My MUST HAVE Miniature Paints
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- Let's discuss what I consider the BEST miniature paints from across all ranges! It's often hard to know what paint to buy, especially considering the cost and vast number of paints out there. Here is my list of 50 paints that I've grown to rely on and never steer me wrong!
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PAINT LIST:
Blues
P3: Coal Black
Reaper: Midnight Blue
P3: Exile Blue
Kimera: Pthalo Blue (Green Shade)
Nocturna: Spirit Blue
GW: Fenrisian Grey
Purples & Pinks
VGC: Royal Purple
Kimera: Magenta
VMC: Squid Pink
Greens
P3: Gnarls Green
P3: Ordic Olive
PRO: Jade
Nocturna: Poison Green
PRO: Bright Pale Green
Browns
GW: Rhinox Hide
VMA: Armour Brown
PRO: Mahogany
GW: Mournfang Brown
P3: Gun Corps Brown
Nocturna: Leather Brown
P3: Rucksack Tan
GW: Zandri Dust
Reds
PRO: Burnt Red
P3: Sanguine Base
GW: Khorne Red
Kimera: The Red
Oranges
P3: Bloodstone
S75: Orange Leather
VGC: Scrofulous Brown
GW: Troll Slayer Orange
Yellows
GW: Averland Sunset
Kimera: Warm Yellow
Kimera: Cold Yellow
Skin Tones
Nocturna: Dark Shade
GW: Bugman’s Glow
VMC: Beige Red
VMC: Sunny Skintone
PRO: Olive Flesh
GW: Rakarth Flesh
Whites & Blacks
VMC: Black
VMC: Buff
PRO: Bright Warm Grey
P3: Frostbite
VMC: Ice Yellow
P3: Menoth White Base
P3: Menoth White Highlight
PRO: Titanium White
Metallics
Metal Color: Aluminum
S75: Dwarven Gold
PRO: Copper
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Goblin Green for basing, because the 90's never ended.
with green flock on all the bases. old school lol. I remember looking at the bases back in the day in the white dwarf magazine. Now people have improved for sure on them. Even I have lol.
@@savagex466-qt1io to paraphrase one of the greatest poets of our time: "from the base rim, to the paws, as the glue drips down to fall, ahh! green, green, green, green! ahh, green, green, goddamn."
You call yourself a Ben Komets fan and there's no Tank Brown or Dark Sea Blue????
Armor Brown is Tank Brown, if you weren't a poser you would know this.
@@Ninjon what's your answer for DSB????
@@Miniac Coal Black is very similar. I know this cause I own both. And GW's Incubi Darkness which, again, is almost the same colour. Still, I needed all three of those. Cause, hell, you never know, right?
@@Miniac Silence, that's his answer. Shameful silence and salty tears!
Get yourself a friend that will call you on your bullshit as Scott and Jon do to each other. Then take them for tendies.
"50 must have miniature paints"
Bank account starts sweating profusely.
I knoooooow, its so many :( I wanted to have all the bases covered for colors, so if anyone thought "Hey, I need a good XYZ color" they could find my favorite from the list. I don't expect folks to buy ALL of these :)
@@Ninjon it will be better for my wallet if i search for a starter set of paints?
@@Ninjon As long as most of them are not GW and dried up in like 3 months... i had some really expensive brushstrokes in my time... btw, any advice on how to get your paints from gw-crap-pots to vallejo-like bottles without loosing 50% of the colour?
@@legofab miniac has a great video on his page (staring Jon!) about the best starter set. They test GW, Vallejo, and Scale 75
@@legofab If you're up for a lot of colour mixing, the full set of 13 (+ Satin Medium, all in 30ml bottes) Kimera Kolors is a great starting point in terms of quality, price (390 ml of paint +30 ml of satin medium for EURO 60 or about US$77) and versatility... The paint flow and coverage is so good, that the only real challenge is mixing the colours you want (which is aided by a fold-out in the box), so you might want to supplement this set with additional colours from other ranges, especially if you are painting armies for a game.
If you're looking for something with a bigger range of pre-mixed colours, the Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl Base Set of 24 colours (in 22ml bottles) gives you even more paint (528 ml) for a similar price (US$80). Alternatively, they allow you to build your own starter bundles that give you 3 different levels of discounts starting from 10% with 8 bottles of paint (which equates to US$28.80 for 176 ml), providing an even more affordable starting point and allows you to pick up Transparents or Metallics that aren't in the base set.
The main downside with these two ranges, is the retail distribution and availability. While Kimera has started seeing some retailer stock in recent months, and Monument Pro Acryl is getting it's first independent stockist (which also happens to be it's first outside the USA), direct online sales are still the primary method of distribution for these ranges at the present. So if you want a starter set that you can just go and pick up from a local game store, you might have to look at something else.
I was expecting to hear about some good paints, instead I not only got that but finally understood wet blending. Thanks Jon
Yea no kidding!!
NINJA'D THAT RIGHT IN THERE, CRICKEY!
secret blending technique explained like i'm 5. I like it
Agree, 2 thumbs up.
But what two colors to chose and why?
As someone new to miniature painting, this shit is gold.
It's also blue, silver, red, yellow, black, white...
ive never painted a mini in my life but this guy's enthusiasm is contagious. i kinda want to try it
When the list went A,2,D I legit spat out my tea😂
Since I was a young child I loved arts and crafts. I have done linoleum block carvings and made my own stamps. I learned crocheting, sewing and pottery in my tweens. In Highschool horticulture,drawings, painting. As a young adult painting houses, businesses. As a hobby I upcycle and paint just about everything and do wall murals. Bonus my husband was a auto body paint rep. So I got paint guns and have played around with so many brands of paints, primers, glazes, stains, fillers and tools. As a child on into my senior years I have Been encouraged, have inspired, have self meditated and dreamed up another project…it never ends. Currently I have turned our RV shop into a medieval castle. The shop doors are painted copper with faux black iron bars in a grid pattern and big 3D rivets evenly spaced in single file on my black iron bars, the drywall around the shop doors are painted to look like wood planks.The wood planks and painted to look like mortar in between the planks. It looks like a Dungeons and dragon castle, so I wanted to add some whimsy…so I painted a whimsical skull head popping out of the iron grid square-wearing a steampunk top hat waving hello. I named him Sully.
I think being a artist is playing, creating what inspires you, getting to know your color wheel, experimenting with products. Usually they say don’t mix water and oil but it depends what and where you are applying it to. I have used wood stains over water based for shadowing. I create less mistakes if I use products on a sample piece to see how they interact and what effects they create.
Well I took a pause in my artwork to watch your videos as before I started watching I stripped the paint and sharpie markers that my artistic 4 year old did on a giant Barbie doll and was waiting for the 3rd coat of sealer to dry so I can giver a new face and make her a new steampunk outfit so my niece will have a new doll to play with.
Thanks for sharing your videos and encouraging me to dream and play some more.
I realize a lot of viewers hate long comments but I have no clue how to do videos but I enjoy watching your channel and reading comments. I am deaf so my visuals and art is what keeps me going, it was hard losing my hearing in my mid 40’s as I lost communication with friends and relatives and work related associations. I’ve learned to just have gratitude to those that are there for you in life, that inspire you to be better in all aspects of life. Be well, be compassionate to yourself and others, share a smile and do what brings you joy… trust me it’s contagious ( look how many positive comments and people that learned something ; I bet you smiled with renewed enthusiasm) 😊
I feel like wet blending is my favourite of all techniques, but you have blown my mind with how good you are with your colour choices. Blue with brown, red with cream, and somehow you've made it seamless. I'm officially boggled. I'd love a future video that goes into how you pick colours, and how you're choosing where to place each to get that lovely lighting effect.
Thank you! Thats a good idea, I'll jot it down for a future video!
He killed me with those choices. I would have go for the typical dark chocolate brown to brown, and my jaw drop on the floor when I saw him use brown and blue and realizing how magnificient he was turning that into. Seriously, your choices of brand and color are spot on, your illustration is crazyyyyyyy good. I am calling it best video of the year!
Thanks so much mate
Yes this! X100
Completely agree, I'd love to see that video! The colour choices in this were stunning.
I was wondering the same thing
Hmm. Brown robe... Ah yes, shade with neon blue, of course!
Because I'm a freak for lists (tad OCD perhaps?), for reference, here are the colors mentioned. Thank you for the video Ninjon, enjoyed it a lot, especially the demo!
Blues
Citadel: Fenrisian Grey
Kimera Kolors: Blue
Nocturnal N-Paint: Spirit Blue
P3: Coal Black, Exile Blue
Reaper: Midnight Blue (09019)
Browns
Citadel: Mournfang Brown, Rhinox Hide, Zandri Dust
Nocturnal N-Paint: Leather Brown
P3: Gun Corps Brown, Rucksack Tan
Pro Acryl: Mahogany
Vallejo Model Air: Rotbraun (71.271)
Greens
Nocturnal N-Paint: Poison Green
P3: Gnarls Green, Ordic Olive
Pro Acryl: Bright Pale Green, Jade
Reds
Citadel: Khorne Red
Kimera Kolors: The Red
P3: Sanguine Base
Pro Acryl: Burnt Red
Yellows
Citadel: Averland Sunset
Kimera Kolors: Cold Yellow, Warm Yellow
Purple and Pinks
Kimera Kolors: Magenta (? not 100% sure)
Vallejo Game Color: Royal Purple (72.016), Squid Pink (72.013)
Metalics
Pro Acryl: Copper
Scalecolor: Dwarven Gold (Oro Enano)
Vallejo Metal Color: Aluminium (77.701)
Oranges
Citadel: Troll Slayer Orange
P3: Bloodstone
Scalecolor: Orange Leather
Vallejo Game Color: Scrofulous Brown (72.038)
Whites & Blacks
P3: Frostbite, Menoth White Base, White
Pro Acryl: Bright Warm Grey, Warm Titanium White
Vallejo Model Color: Black (70.950), Buff (70.976), Ice Yellow (70.858)
Note: There are some I wasn't 100% certain, mostly the Kimera Kolors which appear to have no name on the bottle. I will edit when I find out.
You are rapidly surpassing the competition on TH-cam. I hope you have a good weekend.
Also. Vallejo Light Grey. I can't live without.
Thanks! You too! And I'll have to check out that Light Grey!
"Slay the Grey" - this is my new battle cry on my days off work!
Nobody talking about how he literally said a butt load of warm browns?
Anyways, awesome video as always Jon! This was really helpful for me as I'm looking to bust into other paint ranges.
Glad someone caught that 😂
Oh no.... 😂
Jon, you keep makin' 'em, I'll keep watchin' 'em. Thanks for this, and good to see you're improving at making videos way faster than I'm improving at painting minis. With your help, I'll get there though. Sloooooowly...
Jon I am impressed at how new of a channel you are and how great your videos are. They are super well put together and super useful. You are already my favorite mini painting channel. Great work!
Thank you for explaining wet blending! Also, I wish I had a list that explained to me which paints to get before I got a big paint set from Army Painter....some colors are just not good, and it makes me sad.
I feel like Agrax Earthshade is such a nice shade and so versatile. I use it a lot with a lot of colors. Also I love the consistency and opacity of Rhinox Hide.
Great choices and excellent video! Very helpful and appreciate seeing the paints in action as you paint the mini! Thanks also for the wet blending technique tips! I have been doing this for some time, but mostly for flame related items. This is help me to "up my game" with establishing my shadows and mid-tones! Cheers!
Great walkthrough! Loved it Jon! It was a cool perspective to learn about paints, while you were painting something in the background. Them not being entirely relative was also pretty cool. Excellent!
Thanks for the list! Your tips on skin and your exposition mixed with painting demonstrations is helpful!
I love the whole P3 line. Tons of fantastic colors for blending and they work great out of an airbrush.
I've recently discovered Scale 75 and their metalic and ink range is pretty fantastic.
I have been devouring all this content. Got a starter set of paints and some mini’s coming soon. Stoked to start throwing some paint around. You guys are definitely a step above. Thanks for all the great info
10/10 tendies.
Won't be able to afford any of these for a long while, but I love that you included some tips on blending as well and I honestly just enjoy your content in general.
Love the videos and your explanation of your techniques
Thanks, Jon! I appreciate your videos and the info you share. I especially like how you explain and show examples of what you're discussing. You are the thinking man's painter with a flair for instruction. Keep making these vids, man. I love them.
Thanks for the kind words Kendall!
P3 Coal Black is one of my favorite colors ever, so glad to see it mentioned here.
Thank you for this great video! I like how you fill up the part of the video that is not about the title subject with even more tips and info instead of random painting shots! I was hoping to learn about one thing, but I actually learned about two :)
Lovely video, thanks. Glad to see P3 paints represented so well. Seems like Privateer Press have pretty much given up on expanding it, but it still holds up very well I think.
Came for the minipainting, stayed for the background music
I was just looking for a vid for my miniature painting video addiction and right on point there you are!
TY for the vid, I hope you will keep making them for a long time!
You are so welcome, I don't plan on stopping anytime soon!
amazing work, I learned so much from watching this, i love the effect you got on the book pages as well!
Great video. thanks for the recommendations
That was a great video. I started simply wanting to now about the paints and was not expecting a tutorial but what I got was amazing and I thank you so much.
Great descriptors, Sir. Thank you.
best blending tutorial ever, thank you Ninjon!
I never really understood wet-blending, but the first 30 seconds of work on his cloak perfectly illustrated the technique in such a clear and obvious way - truly appreciate it!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Really enjoy your explanation and demonstrations.
Awesome tips on paint! You are the wet blending master!
Entertaining and informative! Love the humour, A, 2, D! Keep up the good work, you really add something to the youtube minipainter mix!
this was so lovely and calm and a great insight into techniques and color choices. great video!
Love your wet blending description.
I know I say this every video, but the quality of these videos and information is perfectly articulated every time! You, miniac and midwinter minis is all I need
Dude, I love the way you describe colors. Great video!
Great list! I've only been painting for a couple years and only really have Citadel paints currently, so it's cool to get some suggestions for how to branch out!! Thanks Jon!
The one paint that I think I will never be separated from is Skeleton Horde Contrast paint. It's just so useful and I'm able to get so much mileage out of it depending on how thin/thick I go with it.
My wife and I have been painting together, and are looking to stock up on some new paints. Pro acryl’s boxed sets seem to be well regarded, cover a lot of the TYPES of colors you mention here and even appear in a lot of your choices... I think I’m pulling the trigger thanks to this. Love the new channel, keep it up!
I think this is one of the best miniature painting videos I've watched since I got into the hobby. I've seen a lot of people use techniques, but this is the first one where I really got a sense for the satisfaction, and making wet blending feel actually achievable. Favorite colours are also *so* relatable.
Even if I don't have any of YOUR favorite colours, I know which ones appeal to my own painting palette and it gets me thinking about other ways to use them in conjunction with each other. I've been having a lot of thoughts about over-reliance on certain shades, so it's nice to see familiarity with a colour recontextualized as a good thing.
Thank you so much for the kind words and insight into your takeaways!
Such a good idea to show the colors and actually use them with other painting techniques. Keep up the good work! Your videos are rad!
I dont think I have ever seen Jon so calm in any other video . Talking about pigments and paints really give him some Zen.
Now After this we need to make it a series.
What is your pigment list?
What is your ink list?
Other stuffs you can't live without. Like Mediums, flow improvers, varnishes, etc
What other stuff do you find yourself to use on a day by day basis
The Reaper paints I bought 10+ years ago have fantastic matte that contrast well from shiny armor. I really like their purple and their dark elves green (bluish side of dark dark hunter green). For dark cloaks, it's amazing, especially when paired with colors to make the green pop, while still staying super dark. Love the effect.
I really don't like modern citadel paints in general, after having their much better stuff from several generation switches ago.
Loving your content Jon. I am just starting to paint and you help make it approachable with good info for everyone.
Also I really appreciate the way you approached you hobby of hunting. You really approached the topic with a lot maturity and respect. I have been in the firearms industry since 2005 and enjoying hunting myself.
Thanks for the kind words, Cory! And good to meet a fellow outdoorsman mini painter!
Ninjon I knew I liked you from Day One of the podcast!
P3 Blighted Gold, I love that color and if I come across a part that could be a brass, copper, or gold that is my go to as it looks like a well used realistic golden color.
Thanks for another great video, I'm just starting out, it was great to see your technique as well as colours you go for.
Man, this video is amazing! Great inspiration for awesome paints and a very nice tutorial on wet blending to boot :)
Thanks for the video man, helps a lot to actually see them in action
Dayum what a fabulous channel! What I love: 1) You use P3 paints. P3 does not get enough love on TH-cam so kudos! 2) You give permission to use a colour you simply like or have a nostalgic attachment to. Awesome. 3) Creature Caster, a company based in my mother country-Canada! OK, that was in another of your videos. Kudos, anyhow. Overall, seven thumbs UP!
Fave paints: GW's Snakebite Leather, Charadon Granite, Khorne Red, Rhinox Hide. P3: (the ones you mentioned), Hammerfall Khaki, Cryx Bane Base, Blighted Gold, Jack Bone, Mage Green, and Trollblood Base
MSP Maggot White and Vallejo Periscopes are some of my favorites. The MSP Maggot White has this nice pale teal hint to it that I love using on bone or as a highlight for colder whites and the Periscopes is my absolute favorite for black leather. It has this beautiful deep blue color that just brings out leather so nicely.
I’ve got nothing to add just commenting for the TH-cam analects 👍
Oh loving the content so far
I have been watching videos on wet blending for years, I have tried doing wet blending with no real success. You video is amazing and I am now excited to try it again! Thanks Jon! 😊
You got this Walter!
Very helpful, thank you.
For pinks, Vallejo fluo magenta is exquisite. I like painting vaporwave crap and it is extremely vibrant. I think it's my favourite paint!
Great content! As a beginner it is great to get a good idea of what paints are best to pick up early.
Very informative video, not only on paints but also in wet blending. Great work!
When you wet-blended the hood, the edge highlights made it stand out and look really realistic. Good Job!
I use Incubi Darkness a lot, and I found it is a perfect colour to mix with a red for shading that red. Plus you can use just incubi and white to get a nice (very) cold nmm silver.
Darren Latham used Incubi Darkness to shade red too in his Blood Angels armor video.
I bought some of the "fantasy pro" Noctirna paints that they did with Vallejo. I have to say that I really enjoy the Crimson from that set. It is a nice burgundy color and it works well for shadows. Great video, learned a lot.
Another solid one, keep up the good work Jon.
I'm liking your stuff. Keep doing it.
I revisit this a lot, just as a way to kick-start pondering color palettes. The section on highlight colors made me view color theory differently. 10/10 content
Please start a patreon. I want to give you money. You're my new painter crush. Sorry, Scott. We had good times, but you're just not Jon.
Saved for later use. This video inspired me, makes me want to get better at wet blending and made me question why I never used feathering before.
i found and really like Dark Star metallic they go on so nicely love there triad set as they are done as a base, shadow and highlight. plus you can add colours to them with no problem
Just what I didn't need. MORE PAINTS! lol. Great vid Jon. Loved the fig.
Thank you for finally putting the exact steps of wet blending into words. I was never sure if I'm doing it right because everyone just shows it but doesn't explain it. :)
It’s about time another video come out! Gosh 😎
Jon Ninas is my hero.
That's it. That's the comment. #Tendies4Life
Great stuff Jon , loving the Chanel. I am a paint ahocalic so I get full ranges. Now I have another with Nocturna thanks bud 👍
As a huge fan of Trapped Under Plastic I am stoked to see your personality coming through in your videos! And the explanation of wet blending was phenomenal!
Thanks so much for checking out the videos, and the kind words!
I love Midnight blue, it works great for muted blue cloth
im so glad you told me how to wet blend cuz i have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to do it or what you mean when you say "wet blending" so im happy to finally get an answer to that. maybe a video that breaks down all the different techniques for dummies like me who don't really get the terminology.
Vallejo model colour Deep Sky Blue is just so god damn vibrant, I love it. Highight with Sky Blue, beautiful.
Scale75 Mojave White and AK Tenebrous Grey make it onto literally every single model I paint. They are just the perfect, muted, allround off-white and off-black I've ever come across, and they translate into literally everything.
Watching you wet-blend really helps the technique stick for some reason. Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow!
Broken Anvil Miniatures - one of my favourite and longest-running Patreons...love their minis!
I really enjoyed this video!
Honestly, think this is your best video yet, production wise. Also very high on the quality of the content, but really, you had excellent focus on that camera as you showed us the techniques you were using the paints for. Thank you.
This is one of my favourite mini painting videos ever.
dude your paint selection is on point!
Wow, I have to say, this is low-key one of the best videos on wet blending I have ever watched. Never tried the technique yet, since it is always treated as extremely technical and so I have perceived it as too difficult for me, but you dispelled all that. I think using the word swishing helped a lot to ground this technique in reality for me haha. So thank you! I will give this a shot on an upcoming daemon prince project :D
Hell yah, try it out! You’ll be creating smooth blends in no time with a little practice.
I cant stress how good kimera kolors yellows are. It was the first time iv ever been happy with a yellow. what a night and day difference from EVERY other brand
Thanks for your recommendations some interesting choices here and I noticed a lot of P3, time to pick some more up..
The vallejo metallics are on amazon regularly, I picked up 5 of them no back order problems earlier this summer.
I enjoyed this colorful video. Solid explanations too, noice.
Another great video!
Enjoyed that a lot. Got to know some new paints and had a good time watching you paint. I really need to try shading with a different color (like you did with brown and blue).
I really enjoy linen white from reaper minis. It's a warmer white that I've started using for highlights and whatnot. I've only been actively painting for a couple months, and I find myself going back to it a bunch for all sorts of situations.
Earned a sub with this video! Appreciate all the tips, thinking about just buying the Duncan's paint set but may just buy a bunch on this list!
I see with this A, 2 and D reference you are a true Home Alone fan. I doff my hat to you Sir!
Thank you for taking the time to paint a miniature on a miniature painting channel. Great vid, awesome paint job. If enough people keep prodding about wet blending I will be forced to try it.
Iron Hull Grey by P3. I think I end up with that on almost every mini I do. So glad to see you talking about P3 paints. They are where I started, and I'm surprised that so few people talk about them, probably my favorite line of paints. I always thought it was me being "wrong" like they were frowned upon or something, akin to Apple Barrel, but they were so creamy and cover so well. I've been using them for years though and they never fail to impress.
Cannot deny the cream
Awesome vid!
steggadon scale green, and temple guard blue. one of my favorite darker tones especially for super dark blues, as well as the opposite for something super vibrant and great for highlighting.