Scale 75 Miniature Paints Good Or Not?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2019
- so everyone is raving about the contrast paints and im trying some paints from a few years ago. i was put of by what the pro painters were saying i tried them and was amazed
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Thanks for the shout out dude. Wait till you try out their inks, they are unreal
I have used the full paint set for more then 6 years and I will probably never use another. Glad to see that other people starting to catch on. Thanks for the video and enjoy your paints they are awesome!
First time hearing of these paints. Thanks for the review!
I've been using Scale 75 paints for two years now. The metallics are my favourite. Especially Decayed Metal. I'm not a good painter, but I highly recommend them.
Great review Luke, as always! Thanks for your great informative videos!👍👍
They have been phenomenal for me from the first drop on a wet palette. They blend so well, leave a nice finish, they also water down very well for my airbrush and leave great layers.
Once again - thanks for the head's up. I'd never...NEVER...heard of these paints. After watching your review just now I went to my friendly Amazon site and low and behold there they are - and what a seemingly amazing range they have. I'm afraid I'll have to invest in a few to check them out. Thanks again!
Ive been looking to replace my Army Painter set for a while and had a chance to get the scale75 line in their instant color pledge manager, and this video really put my mind at ease with all the things Ive heard from people on line, awesome video and will definitely be watching more of your channel!
I love these paints. Ive purchased several of their paint sets that come with 8 or so paints. The green, blue, flesh, and yellow/red sets. Fantastic stuff. If I had to reset my paint collection, I’d buy their whole line and their fantasy line too. Great products.
I love their metallics and alchemy paints, Black Metal is easily one of the best metallic paint on the market. Can't wait to use their white alchemy paint as a basecoat for Contrast paints, should produce pretty decent results.
Szabo Daniel I agree. I have the entire metals range.
Appreciate the honest review mate. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Cheers
I use these from time to time, was going to do a vid comparing the contrast paints to them and the fw inks by daler Rowney. Hope you enjoy your new paints! They've got so many great uses
I have been a Scale 75 fanatic when I got their velvet skin tones. They are fantastically amazing, work good in an airbrush wit thinner. I am glad to see you review with all the crazy GW contrast kitch right now. My goto is vallejo and scale 75. There is a kickstarter from Scale 75 for creme based acryllics for miniatures, waiting for my shipment.
What thinner do you use for them in an airbrush? I use tamiya and valejo both acrylics to spray and their 2 separate thinners ruin the paint if you use the wrong thinner.
scale75usa.com/products/acrylic-thinner-250ml
@@Cloudman572 Distilled water for brush and Scale 75 airbrush thinner. Do NOT use anyone else's airbrush thinner. It causes them to coagulate. They are not compatible.
Thanks for making this video. I'm concerned about this line of paints from what I heard, but thought they sounded almost perfect for me. Now I'm convinced to give them a try. The bar is set crazy high right now with CreatureCaster/Monument Pro-Acryl range. I want to try the Scale Colour Artist heavy body acrylics too..
Cheers for doing this. I know I've seen it long after you posted it but I respect your comments on these paints.
Really helpful seeing this. I keep toying around with buying scale 75 but keep chickening out when the only people I see using them are amazing painters. Definitely give them a try. And thanks for the "buying in 3's" tip. Brilliant!
Good to hear and see some of the paints used a little. Wanted to get back into some model painting whilst I'm out abroad in China for a few years, so need to pick things up from scratch (paints, tools, everything), and Scale 75 kept appearing a fair bit when searching on the online retailers here. Was teetering, and now feel more confident picking some up and going with them, instead of the usual ones I've gone for in the past.
Funny I was looking for review of scale75 paint yesterday , and here you come out with a review the next day xD. Looks good might pick up a paint set :)
Wow, wasn't expecting that! Thanks man- might give them a shot... Also I know exactly what you mean about that Gotrek model!! I got the audiobook where Gotrek is voiced by Brian Blessed. It's amazing to paint by!
Im going to give these a try! Cheers
Your US and UK links to the full paint sets in the drop down are both for the fleshtone set. Don't fire anyone over it 🤣
Also, great video review of these paints. I don't own any, but I'll definitely consider them for the future!
Thanks for the review, Luke! Seen these in the hobby shop and wondered what they were like! So wishing I lived in the UK to attend that gaming weekend! :)
Luke you have to try Scale75's metallics. They are hands down the best I've used.
@Leo Nidas I obviously have tried their range, which I find the air metallics to be great as well. They are my second go to if I run out of scale75.
@Leo Nidas Color choices, better results for blending and coveage. But if you don't see the ifferece then continue to use what you like. No need to tell me what I prefer. You opining is just that and nothig more to me.
@Leo Nidas
Sometimes I feel like people confuse "Vallejo Metal Color" with "metal colours in the different Vallejo ranges."
Not sure if this is the case here... but it's a common thing I've seen around the internet.
I will say though that the Scalecolor Gold and Copper sets do help fill the gap that the single gold and copper tones in the Metal Color range leave.
I should probably try and use some ink with the Metal Color to get some more tones.
Ak 3rd gen metallic paint are absolutely amazing. Personally i found them the best so far.
Thanks for the review Lukes,on the US market there is "Garage kits colors"hightly appreciated by garage kit resin builders,like great painter asMr Vince vells...
I am an experienced painter and I have just started using Scale 75 with some of their metallics and have been very impressed. Now have a set of reds to try out.
I'm a beginner miniature painter and these look like something I could use. Thanks for the review buddy! I always enjoy your videos.
I have almost the entire range of scape 75, I love em they’re by far some of my favorite paints.
Hey mate nearly picked some of these paints up at the game expo a week or so back but like you big fan a Vallejo so didn't bother.so thanks for the review dude gunna check them out now. Really like the looks of the metallic sets.
I went the other way. Went to the Expo and decided to buy after all. :)
I love my Vallejo paints and some of my Reaper triads but really struggle painting flesh. Plumped for S75 flesh and metallic packs and holy cow am I impressed.
I'm just a try hard and these certainly improved the finish I was achieving with no adjustment in my technique. I highly recommend
I'd heard so many good things about these paints for a good couple of years and christmas just passed my other half bought me the full set.
Gotta say, I love them. It's not just the matte finish, the pigment strength and the way they "feel" when you're using them. It's hard to describe really, but they are really good paints.
Have I completely switched?
No.
I still have use for some of may citadel paints/shades. There's a few Vallejo I still love to use. But Scale75 are nice, I wouldn't be unhappy if they were the only paints I had access to.
Great review. Thanks for the honest opinion as I am going to get into something other than GW paints. I am really tired of the product for the price. I am looking at S75 and ProAcryl. Fancy a review of the ProAcryl so I can get more honest opinions to help me decide? You’re great, thanks for the wonderful vids.
Mad props making this video during the swarm of "OMG CONTRAST PAINT" shit that has been cluttering up my YT feed.
Scale 75 paints are the bomb, and need more attention.
Miniac has just done a very balanced review video of the GW contrast paints.
@@Cloudman572 yup. So much hype. 1st time I heard about contrast transparent tamiya and transparent Vallejo paints came to my mind and rolled eyes.
Best metallics I've ever used; honestly their gold and silvers are fantastic. Their NMM series and other boxed colour sets are fantastic. They're a little tricky here and there but once you get used to them they're super.
better than vallejo metal color?
I have 14 of their paint sets. They are a wonderful tool. If I want semi gloss I miss some medium into them I still use other brands but these are my favorite. They, like Vallejo, are from Spain.
Good comments...I'm relatively new to Scale 75 too but also love them. Haven't tried the wash with them so will give that a go but appreciate the recommendation for a varnish first.
Scale 75 has been my go to paint for a while. I really love them. A zenethall highlight of certain colors come out really well
I literally have my first two sets coming in the mail right now, so I'll have no idea until I've had some weeks to work with them.
Scale 75 paints are amazing I'm slowly replacing all my citadel paints with scale 75
Great info Luke. I bought both sets of these paints earlier this year. (Fantasy and games and scalecolor ranges) They have made me a different painter if not actually better. They are two additional weapons in a painter's arsenal as each range is slightly different. I also have army painter's complete range ( slightly different again) and Secret Weapon's three sets. All are good at some things but not others. Some are great layering paints and some make the best glazes. l'm still experimenting but l hardly ever touch my citadel range anymore. If you only use citadel paint at the moment, any of these paint ranges will change your game. Citadel paints are quite difficult to use to get good results l find and IMHO very expensive for the quality. Citadel's washes and technical stuff are great however and shouldn't be overlooked.
I recently bought a "Techno Green FX" scale 75 paint because the local hobby shop was out of the fluro green mecha colour. I love it, and I can't wait to buy some more.
I've used them for a long time now and I've just started to blend etc but I used scale 75 before this because of the range of colours and I wanted to start using more bright tone's and I use them because there matt but I still put wash's over them I get round it buy the way I mix them and what medium I use with them I find them very good and the sets you can buy and range they have I've dry brushed with them too not had a problem and the skin tone set is one I use the most it helped me paint skin amazingly for a average painter
Thanks for your honest opinion.
I painted some 1:35 figures with ak and mig paints. The skin set from AK it worked well. A few months ago i was lucky to win a pack of 88 bottles of scale75 paint and a bunch of figures. I recently made the 75mm us marshal and painted it with their paint. The skin set is wonderfull much more forgiving then the skin set from ak-interactive. The ink sets from them work great to enhance the colors and the metal alchemy is sure something to try. Best results i ever had.
Thanks for the insight. I would probably like them if I tried them.
Great video, I’d love to pick up some after hearing your review! Just to let you know though, all the links in the description are to the skin set ;)
I love these paints!
Never used it so was interesting thanks
You looked so happy about these. Cool
Luke these are brilliant paints! I have been using them since they came out. They're from Spain. I order them direct - ace service, fast posting. The metallics are amazing as well. They do a fantasy line, and a WWII line which is simply outstanding! Inks, primers, metal mixing balls to put in the pots. Higher quality than Vallejo and Andrea even believe it or not. You won't be disappointed.
i really would like which red you use in the video .Looks great :-D
Love Scale75 paints - only weakness in the range is the Purples, I find that these struggle to coat over any undercoat
I moved over to S75 couple years back, paints keep better than crappy GW pots as well all my old ones have pretty much gone off now!
I think the metallics are awesome, I'm just constantly knackered from shaking the buggers up!
Dude go and find some metal ball bearings leave them over night in degreaser and then scrub them absolutely clean and drop 1 in each pot of paint, you can thank me later lol
Or better yet, a glass ball
I own one S75 paint (the sky blue) and i found the total opposite. My ultramarine inceptors i did using volumes and glazing took 9 coats just to get the sky blue midtones down and I've not bought another one since.
I've been a subscriber of your channel for several months now and all I can say is this - why, oh why, can't I find someone like you in the US!! I absolutely love your videos and if the shipping fees weren't so high I would never buy from anyone else again!
@@GeekGamingScenics Thank you SO much!
The metallics have the most incredibly fine flakes, and they work excellently with an airbrush, without thinning.
I've had the exact opposite experience. Tried airbrushing Dwarf Gold straight through the brush with a 0.5 needle and even at 30 PSI I couldn't get anything to flow through. Completely plugged my brush. That's after shaking on a mechanical shaker for a good 30 seconds. Likewise, brushing on the same gold, it took me four coats to get a good solid base coat over a black primer. Yeah, they have fine grain, but the coverage is crap, and it feels like it wants to lift off the previous coats if you don't wait a good 10-15 minutes between coats.
@@michaeladams1557 Sounds like you didnt thin the paint, I use a 0.4 needle and have had no problems whatsoever but I dont use thinners, only water and flow improver, maybe your thinner is the culprit? Also most golds have an issue going over black, especially the bright colours.
@@avantasiaftw You are correct I didn't thin it. You'll notice that duckster313 claimed they worked excellently, without thinning. I was just pointing out that, in my experience, that wasn't a correct statement.
Once upon a time the expectation was that if you were going to paint metallics, you needed to prime black for best results. Now I'm using these on a 1/8 scale figure so I'm covering a LOT more area than usual. I suspect on a standard 28-32mm I wouldn't have the same coverage issues.
@@michaeladams1557 Oh right, yeah there is no chance they are going through an airbrush without thinning. There are a couple of ways to help with painting gold on a black primer, a coat of brown can help a lot, or painting a silver first or maybe building up from a darker gold colour.
I'll have to give these a try, my paint library is pretty small.
I've been picking up scale 75 purely for colour choice. They are real nice and I'm slowly building up my scale range.
thanks luke i vill try them out now :)
I use Scale 75 almost exclusively now. They are superb paints.
What about base coating? I'm reading online they are bad at that.
I've just ordered the black and white range after seeing a video on the matt black, which I hope is perfect for the Raven Guard. I hope I won't be disappointed. I usually use GW paints and they're white is terrible, so again I hope it's worth it.
Very interesting, always good to use a wide variety of paints
Have you ever tried Pro Acryl from Monument. They are so matt iv found that matt varnishs are usually shiny compaired to the actual paint
@@GeekGamingScenics The war color line is absolute flat. I have yet to use anything dead flat like the war colors.
True. True. Took me years to take the plunge. Now I can't stop using them. Definitely was a learning curve.
Been using scale 75 for a while now and love them
I've been sticking with Vallejo but now I"ll definitely check these out.
It's nice when you really like something a lot. It's kind of a rare thing for me, but it does happen. I may give these a go.
I love them, try the fantasy range too. I've been using the Metalics on my Ad Mech. I've heard good things about their ink intensity. I only have the wood & purple.
i missed the show, but i promise to buy a ticket for next year, (hope its closer to stoke) i will be the one watching every move you do lol, love your videos, and want to learn, i am not into gaming i want to make awesome diaramas
You should give wet blending a go with these mate, they should take a while to dry so they'd be good for it
Vince ventruella hax a new vid out on wet blending with base basecoats, real quick and I've found it works damn well.
Really great review
I've been on a quest for the last month trying to decide whether getting the regular scalecolor range or the fantasy & games one. Bought both red sets (fire & blood and the demonic flesh set). I've fallen in love with them.
Still can't decide which one I like better. Scalecolor are thicker, matte and color selection on sets look richer. Yet I've gotten better looking result just with less effort with the fantasy ones.
Any thoughts on the subject (both scale 75 ranges of paint) ?
@@GeekGamingScenics Each line is a different finish. The war colors are dead flat, scale colors matt and fantasy more along the satin lines.
whoever said "they're very transparent" meant "they're amazing for glazing because they separate well from the medium and take to thinning really really well, unlike most brands of paint that rely on larger chunks of pigment size within their paints" - S75; also has 2 "things" youll notice when you use them; 1; Some "reds" are better for base/layer colours 2; some "reds" are better for thinning down to glaze with. and that's one of the negatives of S75; however, if you are someone confident with experimenting and applying your paint/techniques; youll get a lot of reward with a little patience with S75s range.
Hi Luke, I'm no gamer but stumbled across your site on here when searching for tecnics , I build 1/35 scale armour WW2 mainly the Eastern Front, so why look at your site. Well it's done with skill and most importantly fun, we all like to aim for the best but having fun while we do it is important. Interesting points on the paints, I use both ab and brush working with Vallejo Colour and Air. When brush painting use a wet pallet. The description of the paints you showed makes me think the pigment could well be in a liquid form, a very fine ground dry pigment first then added with a gel carrier. The shot of the blue, wow , seeing the variations as you brushed has me seriously considering trying them out. At 71 I need to try as many modelling ideas as possible. Keep up the good work . 👍 Thanks
Maybe you have already seen some of Luke's video on scenery- ideal for dioramas.
Like you I am a 1/35 scale armour (guess you a Brit like me cause of armour spelling), but I am only a youngster at 58 ;)
Do you watch Andy's Hobby Headquarters video channel- 1/35 armour mainly.
@@Cloudman572 , Hi a yes,to all you post.Liked the one on using an adhesive for water.
I look at a lot of videos on here, there is always some little tip you can pick up, i've seen Andy's Hobby Headquarters as well, another great sites , esp like Scale War Machines.
Love scale75 and their metallics are god like you must try them.
Waoooh! I began with Citadel paints, then Vallejo. Haven't use Army Painter yet and now a juste pass a view or those Scale 75 paints on Amazon...and I've come here to see a review or a respectable Painter 😅
Yes, I think I'll gonna buy 3 bottles to see who they cover and who the color work with washes anyway.
Thank you a lot for this review. Let's face the Grey !!! 🤩🤩🤩
Hey Luke, saw your vid and love their ranges and will defo be buying some! Saw a comment reccomending to try Instar Paint, please do check em out as they look like a very promising brand and would love to hear your 2 cents on em! Keep up the good work mate 👍
I have used tamiya for years hated that they dried out I used ammo by mig colors and I absolutely love there colors since they come in the jars same with ak paints I just won these paints in a auction and never heard them before but seems like they are good quality
I love my Scale75 and I no longer really use the GW paints any more. I did not find them hard to use at all. Easier and more consistent than Vallejo and Army Painter for me.
Yes Luke but for someone who has bought and bought Vallejo paints so has stacks of replacement colours that I seem to use more on a regular basis and leave others alone, do I really need them?
Plus as my Optician states it's only a matter of time before I lose my eyesight due to my lifestyle - so think I'll pass on these but thanks for the update and I'm sure some will try these out. Cheers!
You'll get rid of the other lines once you do. I gave up oil and enamels too.
I really wish I could try these paint, but I have had a terrible experience dealing with this company. I ordered a set off their website and they shipped me an empty package and wont respond to my emails... very disappointing as I keep hearing they are amazing
I've bought directly from them multiple times and have never had an issue at all. Have you tried calling them?
817-329-4860 is their number just in case you don't have it. Hope you get this worked out.
@@thedoobiewizard thanks for the info.. I've tried calling the number on their website and it just goes straight to voicemail. I live in Canada so I need to go through the north American distributor I cant order direct. Not sure if this is the same number but I might as well try
@@ryanblanch1852 The U.S. warehouse is in Southlake Texas. Brian, the owner always returns calls in short order.
I'm at the shop several days a week. The paint sets are sealed. I can assure you it didn't leave Scale 75 empty.
I can only assume you're emailing the Spainish website. You'll need to contact scale 75 USA unless you ordered from Spain.
@@mustardstain504d6 I have actually been in contact with both. The Spanish distributor was much quicker to respond but they couldn't help because I ordered from the us. I still haven't got my money back months later so I've given up on scale 75 and will stick to other pair ranges
@@ryanblanch1852 Brian and I have been friends for years. I even go to Spain with him on occasion. I'll forward your name along to him. I know customer service is of extreme importance to him and is always done in a timely manner. With the popularity of the line here in the US has made keeping inventory levels a temporary issue, not to mention Scale 75 Spain keeping up with demand. I have been modeling for 45 years. I have painted several times with Julio Cabos as well. I have used about every paint out there. I had refused for years to change to acrylics because of their issues when used for figure painting until using this line of paints.Your case is certainly an isolated one. I'm in New York until 27 Dec. I'll shoot him a text with your name and a link to this thread.
To which of their ranges are you refering to? The fantasy colours or regular Scalecolour? I have a handful of their paints and I like them so far. How would you compare them to Warpaints?
War paints don't compare.
Glad you have done this on Scale 75. I feel like i'm on the same level as you Luke and these "pro" painters have been doing S75 an injustice- almost like this is their pancea to greatness and no one else shall achieve their results- rubbish! hands down these are the finest paints I have used in 30 thirty years and their Metallics are second to none. not a big company from Spain, but they have the honesty to make paint with proper pigment levels. Buy a set of inks and you will never need to buy anything else because again the pigmentation is off the scale and always need thinning. Only really backing up all the other comments, but Im glad you have found these amazing paints. Great job and keep up the good work.
I've heard of these paints and fancied getting a set, the metallics are supposed to be very good they are I think based in Spain like Vallejo. and I think their full set costs around £145 and a bit. I was waiting for someone I trust to review em so thanks for that
Q: for basic layering do these paints need to be thinned ? If so, what kind of ratio are you seeing ?
I was used to working with enamels. When I tried these paints it was like putting on a very old and comfortable pair of jeans again.
They're a smash hit at my local FLGS. One of the store painters switched up his entire range to scale color, and that guy's been painting minis for 20+ years, hes head over heels for em. I bought the blood and fire color set and haven't had a chance to try em out yet, only because I really haven't had time, I'm trying to work through a backlog before I give them a proper run myself.
I've been told they really don't do as well dry brushing as with other paints, but other than what you mentioned, that's about it.
I have scale 75 about 10 different colours I am like you fantastic paints its just trying to get hold of them
It's actually awesome how washes works on scale75. When You get to level, where You stop smashing whole piece into wash pot, and start to use it sparingly, it works AMAZING. Totally try nuln oil on some browns, You will be suprised, I guarantee ;)
Please do more of these - especially how much you thin, working on a wet palette, airbrushing and so on.
Oddly, despite so many saying how great they are there is amazingly little out there about them - I'd love to chip in having bought both lines (ScaleColor and Fantasy) and am struggling with how to use them on a wet palette - I'm beginning to think unless you're glazing don't thin which just seems odd.
If it helps at all there is very much a difference between the two lines, fantasy is more satin and thinner - I'd love to see how Scale75 write up the difference, which reminds me - I'll drop you a note with the various guides I found online which are freely available from Scale75 which you could link to as you're working through the sets.
To add - I've WeTransfered over the jpegs from (scale75.com/descargas/paintsets.html) and the PDF guide they sent.
Try Vince Venturella he has a bunch of videos about using Scale 75 and Warcolours. Both paints act the same way: th-cam.com/video/e-ICWnMpnAw/w-d-xo.html
Cheer Milo - that ones WarColours but thanks, there are a few on there and nice he does the different boxes - it'll be interesting to see what he uses in later videos.
@@Lumpsack No worries. The principles apply to using Scale 75 as they are both gel based.
Thanks for the honest review Luke, I was looking at investing in a set of these and I'm even more swayed now lol. Hope that the company sees this and sends you some mate, they're bloody expensive!
@@GeekGamingScenics The local arts and crafty shop has a set of 6 for like £45, can I ask where you got yours from?
@@GeekGamingScenics Hahahaha I didn't, got the memory of a dead fish though mate :P
Hey Luke,
When you say gloss a model, do you mean hit them with a gloss varnish before applying the wash? I feel silly, but i've never heard of that term before
@@GeekGamingScenics Thanks, Luke!
I love Scale 75. Their inktensity inks are also outstanding.
I also use them for a few weeks and im very happy. I couldnt use them a lot in the airbrush. Would like to hear your opinion.
Interesting- what was the problem in airbrushing? Also do you use another paint range in airbrushing without problems?
Thinking of trying some of thee paints but I mainly airbrush so looking for feedback, thanks.
Kneecapper Hello, normally im using Vallejo, recently i tried AK Real Color. They go true the airbrush very smothly, but you can not mix this with other paints. Also you should use their thinner. For Priming okay. On the other Hand, scale needed a lot of thinning. Only tried the skin color so far, but mixed in some Vallejo flow improver and thinner. Maybe its possibel by just using half water, half thinner
@@Perridac Ok thanks for the info.
Sadly I won't be making the weekender as armies on parade is normally over that weekend 😓, and I'll be leaving a comment on the website as you now how much I love the store and products
im going to try them for my next project but i hope i can buy them in store near me i hate shipping stuff, i think they will be wonderful for painting flesh, no washing just do layers and build up
Austraila victoria melbourne
As somebody has already mentioned all the links lead to the same flesh paint set UK and US.
Just purchased the full set of contrast paints, now more paints to buy :)
you can buy direct from their online store scale75.com/en/41-paint-sets a complete set according to the currency converter I use currently says their big full set is around £145 odd but with currency fluctuations that could change over night, you might find them a bit cheaper than UK US because of the tax etc they dump on top
I have the full set and agree with everyone here that the metalics are excellent. They act a little different than the usual ranges but they're the only paints I use now. The odd citadel base paints still have there place.
I have a handful of them and like them, but I backed their kickstarter for the paint tubes. Time will tell if I made an error lol
I prefer the scalecolor fantasy for brush painting, because they are like the regular scalecolor on easy mode. Pop a glob on your wet palette and you can paint quick and smooth immediately, not as totally matte as the regular scalecolor and it is a smaller range with less variation of colour, but it is still a great set for miniature painting.
Some of the cool features about scalecolor are: Retarder in the paint (This slows drying time and increases working time, you can always use a hairdryer to dry quicker or add a liquid acrylic retarder from AK interactive.) Highly pigmented (Will cover well and colour strongly, or can thin down to glazes with mediums and still keep a colour without fading saturation too strongly.) Matte Finish (Although as Luke says (Thanks Luke) they dry very matte, they advantage while painting is you can see where you have made a mistake or the paint hasn't covered an edge properly, before your finishing matte varnish coat goes down. If you are painting highlights by hand, you aren't getting spoofed by highlights left by your work lights and the satin finish of other paints.) Range (The range is huge, even bigger when you include the metallics, inks, war and fantasy ranges. But also because they sell their paints primarily in sets, you can build a paint collection quickly and often more affordably than alternative brands and since you buy in colour ranges, if you are painting a chapter or army with one or two central colours, you can buy a box and have variations on that colour right away.)
Downsides are: Washes wont work over them properly as they are too matte and there isn't a low enough surface tension for the wash to differentiate between detail on the model and fine texture created by the paint. Thicker paint means you really need to learn thinning your paints correctly, be it with water or with thinning agents, this can be intimidating to a new painter who hasn't gotten that feel for how thin the paint should be yet and a pre-thinned airbrush paint might be more appealing. Thicker more highly pigmented paints mean that the scalecolor paints are harder to shake up before usage, even a bead or bearing will get stuck in them at times and not move. An electric paint mixer either one of the cheap drinks mixer style ones you dip in, or a varnish shaker / vortex shaker can be your friend there, or else there is always sticking in a cocktail stick or similar to use as a paint stirrer.
Do you find the Fantasy Range is easier to use an all over wash on? I love ScaleColor for my special models, but I would like a range that I speed paint with and I love Scale 75s colors. If you can wash over them, is it like Vallejo/Citadel ease of use, or is it still tricky?
@@grantkrick6005 Tricky, I think you are okay with a pin wash, I think I did that on some test models with the fantasy range. Though I have to say that any paints without a gloss coat will not really fully work with a shade/wash as that literally forces them into recesses. But the joy of washes/shade's is that they are slow drying, so you can have time to mend a mistake with a damp (not wet) brush to move wash that has settled where you don't want it around. If you find you need more time, then just add a liquid acrylic retarder to your wash. Hope this helps!
@@lunahula Thanks for the quick response! So what I am gathering is the Fantasy Range takes washes just as bad as the Scalecolor range?
@@grantkrick6005 Not quite as badly, I would describe the fantasy range as matte-satin while the ordinary scalecolor range is like ultra-matte. But I think if you want an easier time of using washes then yeah you will still want to use a layer of gloss to take down surface tension.
Gel-based sounds like something similiar to P3's. Ppl talk about metalics im the comments - how they compare to Vallejo True Metal Colors line (those in big pots)?
Luke the Flesh Paint Set you link is £31 inc P&P on Amazon but only £22.88 inc P&P from Element Games m8ty.
I got all mine from Element Games, as far as I can tell the cheapest, but I do tend to get enough for free postage and use a voucher for double points
Is element games the companh that charges insane shipping costs of 20 euro to holland?
No idea, I can only comment on UK shipping
He probably doesn't get affiliate linkage from Element Games. :)