Game Changer Alert: Army Painter Fanatic Paints - Will They Be Worth the Hype?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2023
- In this video, I share my thoughts on the upcoming Army Painter Fanatic paints and compare the previews with my experience with existing paints.
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Seeing their response with Speedpaint 2.0 and how quickly + well they addressed (Most) people's issues with re-activation (I still wish 1.0 medium was around for more artsy techniques like how Dana Howl used speedpaint 1.0) I have hopeful optimism at the resulting paint line
Yes, me too
The shop I get Armypainter paints from is still fully stocked with the 1.0s, so they're the only ones I know. All I can say is, I've never been able to purposefully reactivate them. Maybe it was an issue with water quality the whole time?
I really like the first batch black.. looks like really work metal when you scrub it with a wet brush after it has dried
A number people like the first batch of speed paints FOR the reactivation, interesting.
The dropper bottle flip cap for Pro Acryl is the way to go. Highly recommend upgrading to that.
Will have to try!
Flip cap? My ProAcryl bottles all have the twist cap shown here, and that's really horrible. Every time you close it, a drop of paint escapes and will dry and clog the tip unless you're vigilant about wiping it off.
@@DocEonChannel, exactly! that's why they sell their own flip-caps. I like it's like $8 for 10 of them...? totally worth it. They should come with the flipcaps by default though, honestly. anyway, highly highly recommend flip caps for all your Pro Acryl bottles, you won't regret it.
Nice, clear and concise review and thoughts. Thank you! 👍
Your Welcome!
I am loving this idea. Way back when P3 and a few other started they did this but they fell to the wayside. For people like me that hate mixing paints this is great. Having the steps takes a lot of the guesswork out for beginners and makes it easy to explain color recipies.
I agree. Some paints are hard to tell what color they are. Should be exciting!
Thanks for this video, I haven’t seen anything to actually explain what the new paints from Army Painter were.
Your welcome! It has been fun looking into these.
I've had a chance to try them hands on, just a short test but I was very impressed.
I tried yellow, white, and greys, both on a base and used them for NMM. They performed very well, on par or better than Vallejo MC or AK 3rd Gen. I think what stood out is that they all handled very similary and that the consistency was so...consistent :D.
I think this is gonna be good.
Very nice to hear, this is exciting, thanks for letting me know!
@@TooMiniModelsfor sure! I attended a workshop with Erik Swinson this weekend and Thomas (responsible for the new paints together with Bo) from army painter was there too. That’s how I came to test the paints. Very interesting to talk shop and go into detail about the paints, geeking out 😅.
I didn't mind the older Warpaints, except for the horrible separation issues they have. This issue wasn't exclusive to warpaints, i had to drop game color (not their extra opaque or air lines) cause I had some paints separate so bad that I'd have to open the bottle and mix with a toothpick to get some use, at least once a week.
Really love the army painter washes, and am seriously looking at using their rough iron on my marine project coming up soon.
The three bottles of fanatic paint that I got have all been really good from what I've been able to tell so far, but the main issue will be for me is if all the paints in the line have the same properties and when they come out. I won't be able to order them till the next spring due to how cold the weather is going to get here soon.
I've played around with MetalColor, GameColor, GameAir, ModelAir, ProAcryl, GW, Warpaints, Reaper, and even a few craft paints...I'm still looking for the paint that will be for my needs.
Aren't we all. Did the fanatic paint live up to the hype?
@@TooMiniModels not sure yet. Too small a sample size. But so far that sample works really well.
@@greydeathangel Is the coverage as good as advertised?
@@Leofilmpersonthe three bottles that I have been sent cover pretty good. Don't get me wrong if your thinning them you'll need a couple of thinned coats to get the best result. This included the orange that I was sent. Still experimenting on them to see how they behave on various color primers and even going to try them on some metallics to see how they cover those. The real test will be to see how the range as a whole behaves.
I got some of the old warpaints and they're okay. The white I found surprisingly good (though Pro Acryl's white is still the best). I definitely agree with you on separation though - found you have to shake the ever loving hell out of the warpaints. I put them like legit 1 full minute on a vortex mixer.
I think the best thing for AP with the fanatic range is it will really round out their offerings. I really like their Airbrush line (which I notice is made in Spain not in Denmark making me think they outsourced the line), their new speed paints are largely good (though some of them seem to have very low contrast like "poppy red"), and I also love their shades. If the updates to warpaints are really that good paints they'll be a great choice as just a go-to, all rounder brand that does most things well enough that you won't need to worry if you're picking some dud.
The best thing about AP is they're in like every damn store. Eg the store near me I'm lucky enough carries Pro Acryl but they're the only place in like 80km that does. But I see AP racks everywhere.
For me this is also great because of Army Painter's great distribution. It's the easiest paint for me to get beyond maybe Citadel. I live in France, next door to the home of Vallejo in Spain (my current go to acrylic range), and I often have a hard time finding specific colors online or at shops.
That is a good point. Hopefully most stores will carry the new line, even if it's huge. I have been using the new Game Color recently, they are nice. Thank you for the comment.
That's the big positive I can see IF these paints turn out to be good quality. I wanted to pick up a lot of the new Game Color paints but they're impossible to get in the UK
@@mattnottm8363 True, I want to believe, but probably best to try several before getting a bunch.
@@TooMiniModels hopefully they come out with a small box of the core colours
Totally agree. It sucks running out of or running low on a colour you're using for an army then it's out of stock everywhere. Vallejo has this problem more just cause their paint line is massive. They must have like 10,000 paints. For example I was experimenting with possibly using some of Vallejo's colour shifting paints for the main colour of an army but you can't buy them individually - you can only get them in 6 packs. I'm not buying three 6 packs just cause I want to use one paint from it as a base colour lol.
I’m hopeful this set will be a great companion to my Speedpaint 2.0 set. Also hopeful Santa puts it under the tree this year
I hope it comes out this year.
i realy hope they use the new tops on the bottles like vallejo does. they do not spill into the cap and dose more precise than the old tops. if they release in spring next year thats ok for me, i still have a lot of paint to use up first.
That would be nice
Check out the Foundry paint range. It’s got good coverage, a wide range of colours, including their triad system (dark, mid and lighter tone variant of each colour). Sensible names too.
Thank you for the tip!
Horrible old school pots tho. ;)
Warcolour does similar Paint Sets with Olive 1,2,3,4,5 for example. I like this system of categorizing colors very much.
We'll, sounds like there are a few paint lines I haven't tried yet.
I would recommend trying them. I also tried a lot of brands and they are my favorite colors for layering. Even if the reviews are mixed, at least they are very different from everything else. They are made with gel medium which feels unique when painting. You can "push the color around" to control coverage and they dry without texture or visible brushstrokes. As they are very transparent basecoting can be tough. But what you get after layering 5 tones of the color, are amazing deep and vibrant colors with very smooth transitions from dark to bright.
@@Dedrael81 interesting to hear, will have to try sometime!
So far pro acryl is the best ive tried. my biggest complaint is actually what people seem to like the most about it. They are super matte. So you dont know what your really gonna get until they dry.
So for someone getting back into miniatures and having to buy paint again what should I do ??
Buy a big complete set or get the colors that work from different companies as I did before ..I like the idea of the fanatic set it cover’s basically everything…
Of course, the mega set should have pretty much all the colors you need if the price is ok with you. Some people may want to try them before committing to such a large purchase, but they have been getting good press. I know I want to get them, I will probably get the mega set.
I never had a single issue using army painter paints. They've all been rather excellent.
Good to hear. Do you have the newer ones with the mixing balls?
Yea. I also find the airbrush paints go on well with a brush.@@TooMiniModels
Xv-88 for color blind or keven?
I have a 20 years of GW paints that will be traded out for army painter 2.0.
Hopefully they send u a marketing sample and we find out 😮
I wish!
I'm quite hopeful. I'm definitely not much of a fan of their normal warpaint range and only have a few specific colors I'll use from it. Pro Acryl is my standard go-to and if it comes anywhere close to that sort of coverage and quality then they've just amped up their game quite a bit.
I agree, although I think it's kind of strange that they would preview so far in advance. A product that they tout is being superior to their current product so that no one will want to buy their current product right now until the new one comes out.
@@TooMiniModelsthink about how long your bottles last, it makes sense to keep potential customers from buying other brands and "being stuck" with them for a while. Better to transfer the money making to the future, than losing a potental sale at all, no ?
I find it really amusing that Cuttlefish Colors has chosen to enter the CMYK code for the color 0,27,39,60. Because there are so many people who work with CMYK in particular, and Kevin also gives so much to go on 👌
Interesting, that's CMYK
@@TooMiniModels Yes I work at a print shop and got a feeling it was CMYK so I entered the code into a converter and got a brown color that matched Kevin pretty well
@@henriksorensen82 That's good that they give the CMYK, I wish they would give the hsv too.
@@TooMiniModels I wish everyone could give the color a simple name that actually describes what's in it, one of my colors that I have has a completely hopeless name, Wizard blue or something, not even sure it has blue in it the name.
My first question, do all wizards have blue clothes and especially in the same shade? If so how do you know who is who?
My second question, who decided that?
My third question, wouldn't it have been easier to name the color dark sky blue or similar, because that's what I and my friends associate it with.
What I see that Army Painter has done with this new series, where they have a scale on the page, gives me hope for the future.
I was wondering what those numbers are. I was trying to organize them based on a skew.
I got into their paint with the airbrush range. I have to say its pretty good. Not the best but most are a bit more gloss and their is very matte. Which isn’t a problem at all. Its easy to add a gloss medium. Going from matte to gloss is so much easier than the other way.
Very recently I got the complete set of speed paint 2.0 and so far I’ve they are great. I’ve only used 20-25 of them so far though. They spray and wash pretty good to. And the price is about right for what they are.
One thing I’d love for the miniature community to stop doing is adding water. Only use a medium, please.
Adding water to giant amounts of paint for canvases and the like is needed to save a lot of money. But come on you guys use next to nothing. Please use a medium.
Good to hear, I have started using medium more often now. Really helps with some colors especially.
Think Broken Anvil is trying to use sane names for their paints too. These new Army Painter paints looks quite good..
Hopefully Broken Anvil can deliver. They do look good, thanks for the comment!
@@TooMiniModels yeah.. Wish I had not gone for that.. Will see 😅
Isn't broken anvil a scam?
I think they are just having money issues right now.
I use army painter because of the price. Some colors are useless and others are amazing. I'm ecstatic to check out fanatic if the price is reasonable like the rest of their paint line is.
For sure, can't wait to try it
is the shake problem solved?
I am not sure what you mean. They have mixing balls.
Maybe.... I already have a lifetime supply of paint.
Yes, there are already alot of paint brands to choose from, and even more on the way, which is good for us.
Please use practical paint names. Don't name paint after me.
-A Guy Named Joe
Yes, for sure 💯💯💯
My first set of paints was from Army Painter, after which I stopped painting for two years. I couldn't draw anything with it. The paint was very thick. And it’s impossible to mix it in a bottle. Then I bought paints from gw, no matter how much their bottles were criticized. I learned to draw using their triad system. And now I have more than 300 cans of paint from different manufacturers. I will never open cans of Army Painter if there is any other alternative. To paint with Army Paint, you have to fucking hate yourself.
That seems to be many people's experience
i was told the same about army painter. but i was to curious about the speedpaint 2.0 and i got myself the big box. i do not regret it so far, the paints are awesome and the metal colors are fenomenal. if the new warpaint can keep up with the speedpaint and the bottles have the new tops that vallejo uses now im all in.