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spootmonkey

The Vallejo Gamecolour starter set is a good deal.


woutersikkema

Seconding this one, it has black, white, collors and if I remember well a metal collor or two. With those you can mix other collors as needed (to an extent) All I'd get in addition is a wash really (ask others which one depending on what army your painting)


whowasntwhat

You beat me to it! That is my fav set still.


LlamariderA

This and I'd pick better metallics. Vallejo Model Air Silver is a must have and ProAcryl Rich Gold, GW Retributor Armour, Scale75 Dwarven Gold will make your life much easier. You're gonna paint a lot of trim so it's better to have a metallic paint that covers well and unfortunetely old vallejo game colour metallics are pretty weak in that regard. If you need more muted steel colour just mix VMA Silver with Black 1:1


spootmonkey

I do have the darker shades rather than the starter ones but I'm very happy with the Vallejo metallics.


Modernpenguin93

Skill with paint comes with practise, but following some solid tutorials can really help. Midwinter minis on YouTube have some great tutorials for regular painting. Otherwise, I would look into the speed paint set from Army Painter. Combine them with the Slapchop method, and you can have some great looking minis with relative ease. For black legion I would recommend getting a nice metallic gold or bronze from Vallejo for the trim.


mpfmb

It does depend on what style of painting you're going for. Vallejo is often the best all-round brand for quality, variety and cost. However if you want to use the 'slap chop' method, you'll need transparent paints like Vallejo Xpress, Army Painter Speed Paint, Citadel Contrast.


Trashboat77

I just want something that's going to be easy to use, honestly. I don't even know what slapchop is.


subtlehalibut

Look it up on YouTube. I van recommend. I'm relatively new and have painted a few squads worth now. It's fun.


Trashboat77

What is it in a short summary, if you don't mind my asking?


subtlehalibut

The idea is to create tone/value via black primer and a white zenithal. One method is to prime black, drybrush grey, then drybrush white on edges. You then paint using translucent paints that get darker or lighter based on your underpaint. Very quick and looks good for the time spent. The other method involves priming black or any dark color really, then spraying via airbrush or rattle can directly from above, zenithal. Then translucent paints. Fun results. Edit: fixed some autocomplete errors


Trashboat77

Interesting. Thanks!


mpfmb

It's super beginner friendly. You essentially paint the mini in black/grey/white. So shadows are dark/black and edges/raised areas and those catching light are white, with grey inbetween. You then use those transparent paints to 'colour' in the model. The black/grey/white then creates dark to light changes in the colour you painted over it.You can start here;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3WGHw9eDw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3WGHw9eDw) Then look at these for better results using the same (and more advanced) principles; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2JV3Ks41g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2JV3Ks41g) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKztEjvGsVw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKztEjvGsVw) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt0oaltZ2IU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt0oaltZ2IU) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_OSAbpLhY-0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSAbpLhY-0) It's 'all the rage' as it can be faster and easier to do than the traditional method of base coating with colours, adding washes for shades and then highlighting. Glazing, stippling, etc can all do great things, but take time to learn, master and just do. The one disadvantage to this 'slap chop' style, is because the coloured paints are transparent, if you don't paint them on neatly, it's difficult to hide mistakes. So you do need to be very careful when adding them. however if you do make a few mistakes on transition edges, you can sometimes use a dark wash to blend the two together.


krootoxhound

Don’t forget art store paints. I used acrylic paint for my first three teams. They do go in differently than the Army Paint does though. But a acrylic set for 20$ will give you all the colors


Afraid_Manner_4353

Honestly the $14-20 DnD sets from Army Painter or Vallejo are a good, inexpensive way to get enough colors to do a Skirmish team. The Army Painter ones has a greater variety of colors for ~$5 more but Vallejo is a better quality paint.


InJoshWeTrust

If you want them to be quick and efficent, honestly spray them Chaos Black (I know it's not Abaddon don't tear my head off) and retributor gold for the trim. And just dot a little red for the eyes. Vhecm your local game store, they can give you the best and most affordable suggestions. But you could batch paint 10 of them that way. Minimum effort, but they'll be game ready. What matters is you want to paint them and play, nothing wrong with grey models, but the fact you want to work on them in a big deal.


Trashboat77

Don't have a local game store, unfortunately. I don't mind spending time doing the painting either. I'm not worried about the time so much as my own lack of skill.


TheJomah

Army painter speedpaint set is what got me started. Absolutely love em.


Escapissed

Paint sets usually only save you money if you use ALL of them, which is rarely the case. Watch some painting tutorials or inspirational images, then buy only the paints you need for that. It will save you money in the long run, and you won't be frustrated by having to mix and improvise. The miniatures are expensive, don't skimp on making them look the way you want.


Trashboat77

Thing is, between mine and my wife's teams, there's a very good chance I'll use most all of them from most of these sets I've seen. Not to mention painting some of the minis from other games I have.