IMO, you are the best miniature painting instructor on the internet! Thank you so much for your time. Priceless.

Your ending comments: "None of these paints are bad; they each have a purpose or style". Probably the best probably the best and most informative part of the review. That being said, Warcolours & Scale75 have been on my to-try list for a long time!

An update to this pre Christmas would be amazing! 😉 thanks for all your hard work!!

I've just started moving into Scale 75 from GW and Vallejo. You're not kidding about the pigment density. So nice. And Phwoah, the mica in the metallics is gorgeous.

Very helpful review, this is what I've been looking for some time now. Someone who isn't sponsored by a paint brand giving a genuine opinion on performance. Thank you for this video.

Fantastic but please turn down the inbetween music!

Man...I have watched sooooo many other KZfaq painters. And I always heard them mention you but never really checked it out.....and I must say....it has helped me 10x more than any others. You are so direct and concise. But you also go VERY detailed in your explanations of everything. And i am not speaking about this video specifically. I mean, on every video...i have learned so much. Even when i have already watched videos on the same things from other painters. I cannot thank you enough. And you will be the first person I mention when anyone asks about painting. Please never stop doing what you do. I cannot thank you enough. P.S. I am assuming you do classes?

Thanks so much for all your videos, they really are very helpful. I'm a fan of Army Painter - their range has got MUCH larger since you made this video, so that's one of their cons to cross off the list!

I've got the whole P3 range and i can say that they are very good. They've got a very nice consistency, they take well to thinning, apply well when thinned and blend really easily. They do not use powdered pigment and as such all the paints are more translucent than other paints. This makes them very good for blending and making glazes. However they tend to become tacky and stay tacky for longer than other paint ranges this can have the unfortunate issue of peeling uncured paint off when blending quickly and causing globs of paint to get stuck in the bristles of your brush. The paint seems to take longer to dry fully but dose seem to dry more uniformly. This takes a bit of getting used to. I would describe the paint as gel like. This can make wet-blending slightly more difficult than i have experienced with GW paints. The pots are great, the seal is great and the liquid pigment also helps prevent paint clogging in the bottle.

Ive actually been slowly switching over to army painter since my FLGS placed a rack of them next to the citadel one. I agree that their washes are amazing. In my opinion price vs quality army painter cant be beat.

This is one of the best comparison videos on this subject. Thank you so much for all the in depth info here. You have earned yourself a new subscriber good sir.

Thank you Vince, this was very educational. As an intermediate painter, looking to advance to the next level, this has provided me with invaluable information, without spending the $$ to find out the hard way!

This is nice, you have so much video that I can just watch them and never paint again. Seriously, I am just started and the diversity and quality of your content is amazing. Your video on red gave me the courage to go out of my confort zone when painting my hellboy mini. Thank you!

Great video- I wish this was available when I started painting. Excellent info!

I'm new here, so I apologize if my comments are repetitive. As a new painter, these videos are super helpful. I've been thinking of Vallejo for my first set of paint, but Warcolours looks great too. Because hobbies are about experimentation my shopping list isn't going all in on anything. My first 100 minis are in a bright cartoon style (Mechs vs Minions board game). My next 300 minis are in a grim graphic novel style (Darkest Dungeon Boaard game). To achieve the look I'm gonna try out the following: -A large set of Vallejo paints to use as my foundation -A few Warcolours for experimenting -A few Scale 75 Inks, as I wanted inks anyway to enhance the inky comic look Might go with an airbrush even for just Zenithal highlighting.

Just found this video, made a watch list thanks, yes it's old now for me, I added a vortex mixer recently and bought glass balls to add to my bottles. Glad your still making videos for us newbies to watch and learn.

This channel has hands down the best general information regarding miniature painting

I'm with Mickey on this one. Just bought some Vallajo Golds, now I wish I had seen the Dark Star first!

Hey Mr. Venturella, How do you feel about this video 3 years later? About the same? Thank you kindly for making this!

This is a great video. My cousin got me started in painting minis and has consistently pushed me towards GW/Citadel paints (I think because he used to work for GW) and any time I mentioned using something else, he's argued against it. So it's great to see somebody of higher caliber than he, say "No! Use other company's paints. It's ok. Find what works for you." I bought the basic set from Vallejo but never really invested time in using them because I've always been told "GW paints are better." but now I think I'll start branching out and seeing what I like more. I need to send him this video so he can see there's options out there. :) Thanx again.

Well i did it.... I ended up buying the minitaire ghost tint set of 12... And the warcolour 20 colors set one coat, this video is a blessing, thank you Vince!!

I actually find Army Painter's metallics really solid, or at least the silvers. The colours and consistency are so similar to the old GW metals that I suspect they're the same formula. Miles ahead of the newer GW metals, which have mostly garbage coverage and consistency (except for some of the newer ones like Retributor Armour, which apparently use more pigment). Scale75 and Vallejo have the best metals by far though.

Great review. I bought inktensity a while back on your individual review, and I've been so pleased with it. I might have to branch into Warcolor and give that a shot next.

Great info and comparisons. The pros & cons lists are very helpful, as is actually being able to see how the paints look at different densities. You give a lot of information that most other reviewers leave out, as well as brands no one else mentions. As someone comparing brands before buying any paints, I almost didn't watch due to the video length, but I'm glad I did. Great video, thanks!

Anytime you give something a good review, it's always sold out at my local store. I'm convinced you're the reason

This has been the most comprehensive guide I've come across on miniature specific paints and their purposes, but I may be biased because I love your work and what you do. THANK YOU! I'm a sucker for a variety of color and my local game shops are fairly well stocked in vallejo and GW paints, so of course they've been my go-to's as I've been getting into the hobby. I've recently become frustrated with the limitations of the aforementioned paints, especially now that I'm dabbling in higher intensity colors and glazes, but they are great for my nooby painter friends when they come over and throw together quick DND models. You've offered a lot of insight on where I want to take my collection next, especially as I try my hand at new and different techniques, which of course are guided by your other tutorials haha. P.S. The music was a LOT louder than you

Just picked up a selection of the scale 75 paints I love the metallic especially the alchemy set the coloured metallic looks awesome. really feel myself developing as I use them after decades of just Citadel

Amazing review Vince, equally useful to new painters taking their first steps as well as veterans who would like to expand to some new (particularly the less well known) paint line. Just to point out a little mistake however, Warcolours are made in Cyprus a country in the mediterranean, whereas Crete is a neighboring greek island!

Finally! Got an answer for newbies and the "process" using GW paint! Thanks you Vince!

Great Video! For me the best paints depends on your current level. if you are a beginner I would recommend using the paints from the models that you are painting. This is because they usually have a paint / color guide, which you hinted at in your review on the GW range. Once you are a little seasoned you can then break out more, experiment, find the paint brand / range an color that you like the best. Questions: 1. Do you transfer your GW paint pods to droppers? (I am thinking about doing it) 2. do you add an agitator to your paints? (I put in a mettle BB made for nail polish in all mine,)

Only just breaking into the hobby i have had my eye on the warcolour range for a few weeks. Being someone on the lower income end of the scale these might be the goto paints for me. Great video and content. You have gained a new subscriber. Keep up the great work

Just stumbled across this video as I was looking to branch out from GW. Very informative. Been painting a little over a year. Leaning towards reaper and then branching out towards scale 75.

GW Base colours are great as long as you accept you'll need 2 proper coats over a grey primer - sometimes a third - they flow really nicely and the results are consistently excellent. If they weren't so expensive per ml, they'd be very easy to recommend (and not just for beginners). But I wouldn't personally consider them with a black undercoat unless you really know what you're doing. It just becomes an exercise in pulling your hair out. Macragge/Calgar Blue over a grey primer are still the best looking Ultramarines I've ever painted though! Could never get my Vallejo ones to pop as easily. Red/Green based miniatures I tend to go down the Vallejo route. Plus black/grey casings and metal areas are always Vallejo.

I would like to add one thing about the Minitaire ghost tints. For some reason, as beautiful as they are, some people (myself included) have had issues with them coming off after they've had a long time to dry with nothing more than water. So make sure you varnish!

After watching this video for a second time, I mustered the courage to buy a scale 75 set. I’m excited!

Your channel is def my fave and my go to channel for anything related to painting, amazing channel so much good advice.

The difference between Scale75 base colors and the game color, is the game color also has an agent in them that helps put a shell on the paint so it wont rub off so easy. Base color is designed for display miniatures, where the other is for play. Spraying a hard coat aka a matte finish over the model is not done in all countries, so that is why its built in to the game color paints. At least that was how it was explained to me, when I ran the American Scale Games and 75 a few years back. Warcolours are FANTASTIC, dare I say they put Scale to shame.. even though I still love my Scale paints. I have not tried the Darkstar yet, plan to now thanks to your review. There is a Metallic Paint that is made in San Antonio TX they only make metallic and they are fantastic, but the name escapes me at the moment.. I will update this when I figure it out. UPDATE: TURBO DORK, is an awesome paint line you must check out!

Thanks for the Great Review Vince! *goes and orders some Warcolours* : )))

No privateer press or coat d'arms. Really like those lines.

What a fabulous review. Thank you. If you do an updated version, it would be interesting to see a comparison of how the different paints look on miniatures. Still, I learned a lot from you today, Vince.

Holy comments! :) Upon your initial review of War Colours some time ago I went ahead and grabbed a few of his sets to try out. First and foremost his range of hues is beyond amazing! And not just extensive, they are an incredible quality of color across the entire range; they are a joy to simply have sitting on your paint table to look at. But they are not your average grab off the shelf and get stuck in with because of the gel medium. It almost paints with a gauche like quality at times; the coverage is definitely something to get used to. And they don’t necessarily play nicely with other brands because of the pigment binder/medium. I haven’t done a tremendous amount of experimenting with them as much as I should have, but am thinking they may respond better with straight medium as opposed to straight water. I’ve noticed too that if you let them sit on a wet pallet for a few days the paint seems to start to dissociate and breakdown. Have you tried the new inks yet? They are quite potent and definitely trend towards a glossy finish as opposed to the rest of the line with the reliable matte finish.

I got the Army Painter 50 paints set for Christmas and so far, I’ve really been enjoying them. I’ve been using them to paint a lot of my unpainted WizKids miniatures for my gaming table and just having fun with them.

Hey Vince, thanks for the video! I'm getting back into the hobby after nearly 15 years out and I want to be a better painter this time around. Your videos sharing your breadth of experience has been a great source of knowledge for me, but it's been bad for my wallet as I snap up 800 different types of paint. I'm trying to paint Bad Moon orks, so hooray for yellow! Your videos have been immensely helpful though in preparing me for the challenge ahead. Thank you very much and keep up the great work!

Funny thing is that I ordered the entire Scale75 range including their metallics (all of them) direct from Spain (20% off sale) the day before I saw this video. And now I've ordered the entire Warcolours line (except their metallics) thanks to you.

Great post. I’ve been painting for approximately 25 years; and I wish I had the resources that are available now. (Started with Polly-S and Partha paint! On 15mm napoleonics from minifigs/battle honours/Essex) Great explanations. Really enjoying your channel

Mr. Venturella Man I wish I would have came across this video before I bought my Vallejo paint!!! I wouldn't have. Thanks for all the info. And yes please keep updating this video with more of what you learn of the paints coming out. so when I get another 300+ saved up I can make a more updated purchase of top shelf paint. Thank.

Tip for a future hobby cheats video and an addition to agitation of bottles. Vortex mixers, they are gods gift to painters, save wrists from long term damage and keep paints alive much longer (because regardless of what someone things, by hand they will NEVER mix a liquid as well as a vortex mixer will. Mine cost me $80aud from ebay and it takes up next to no desk space)

Very interesting video; a lot of food for thought here. I tend more towards Vallejo (because it suits my style) but I'm also known to tell people to experiment and try things out rather than try to lock it down to one type/brand of paint exclusively. Its also interesting that the two cons you listed for Citadel are my main sticking points; they have some great colors, *love* the technical stuff, but I just don't like the higher cost for less paint and the design of the bottles. However I will still tell people who are interested to try them. I guess I've had good luck with Army Painter, but then to date I've only ordered 3 of their paints; Crystal Blue (because its an amazing shade of blue to me and will be used on at least some of my Stormcast miniatures), Necrotic Flesh and Weapon Bronze. The bronze paint has worked out pretty well for me, even with thinning and I just like the particular shade they went with more than the other options out there, but I also fully recognize that my experiences are not indicative of everyone's experiences, with any paint line. I mean, to go off topic just a little, I can't count the number of videos I've seen of people who just had horrible, hot messes with Fine Cast and the worst I've run into was one warped spear on Valkia the Bloodied; however, having seen those videos I also count myself *very* lucky. At the end of the day, this hobby is all about personal preference and the best way to figure out yours is to play around, experiment and don't be afraid to make mistakes because very rarely is anything permanently "ruined" when you're using products that can be stripped with a mild cleaner like Simple Green or Purple Power.

An excellent and honest comparison, many thanks. I still have all my Reaper Pro Paints from the 1990s, and I still use them :) Never had anything else that would last that long :).

Vince last question till the new year, much love and Merry Christmas and thanks for all the content and answers to questions I’ve asked over the years. Here it is: I can essentially pick 1-2 (if I subsidize it slightly) of the Warcolour bundle packages for Christmas. I find I like the bright rich Warcolours you use (quite regularly) but gun to your head, which set would be your one and two respectively (outside of the big boy sets)

Games workshop cons Paint Pots or Paint bottles as I call em. Your so right on this. Starting to think they made there pots crap so it opens easyer and drys thus you buy more. Iv had to toss 1 before I swear I never left it open wasent much left but the paint was just to clumpy and would not "bite" at all. Not stick at all. I do love there paint. Just not there bottles or pots as you say. Thanks for sharing this man.

Damn you Vincent R Venturella! This is such a great video because it sets the lines against each other so you can suggest better or worse for particular things rather than good vs bad which is never constructive. I've been thinking about Scale 75 for a long time and this video was enough to make me pull the trigger. But then you had to mention Warcolor. I'm just enjoying Warcolor so much, so my careful Scale 75 purchase went in the trash and I just impulse bought most of the Warcolor range. Oh well, who needs money.

Really enjoyed this and learned about some very interesting brands I haven't tried ... yet!

Thanks for this video. I have a clear understanding now what paints I should invest in and finally really start painting.

A very helpful video, certainly lots of paints I hope to try out at some point, I'm really interested in the Warcolours paint range. Thanks for another wonderful bit of content :)

Also for people reading this comment in the future, Vallejo model colour uses a different binding medium than game colour. This causes it to be very fragile to touch, so use a painters handle and varnish if it is going to be touched at any point in time. (I believe it is a polyvinyl rather than polyresin base, it does however self level a bit better in my experience)

Very nice video! I'll have a look at some of the other brands as well instead of only GW. Small hint, try using marine grade stainless steel nuts in the droplet bottles for shaking. This way the opening will never be blocked because of the shape of the nut. Using steel or glass beads will block the opening. Cheers! Laurens

Army Painter paints are fairly notorious for settling at the bottom of the tube and diving a weak colour. You really need a stainless ballbearing or nut in the tube to get a proper mix. Their colour match refers to their paints being matched to their spray undercoats (and not the Citadel range). They also have a fairly large range (think it's 140 colours) but most places don't stick their military range. Their inks never disappoint though their ink thinning medium improves an already good product. BTW I only have a few of their colours so I'm not a fanboy, though I'm planning on trying some Scale 75 products.

Thank you for putting your time in this excellent explanation. You help us a lot man 🙏🏻

Would love another take on this, new opinions, maybe new lines. It's very entertaining and there are plenty of take aways

I actually love P3. They are my go to and reasonable in price. But as a daily painter, or at least try to be P3 has the best metallics, you hit the nail on the head with Citadel Washes though...great tool.

Thank youis so very much Vince for this comparison. Very useful. I use some GW and predominantly Vallejo and most recently the Scale75 paints. Bigger learning curve with the latter, but once I got the nack (particularly how to mix them up properly before every use), would not miss them. I was lacking a good purple and brown set. After watching your vid, I thought I'd give warcolours ago. At that price, I could get just one set for Scale 75. So I got both. Let's see how they are.

Subbed really enjoyed your review and as a new person to the hobby I was going to jump in to Scale75 but think after your guidance I will still with GW and Vallejo until my skills improve...great content!

Love your video, I m ditching all GW. Currently, using Vallejo paint, and still learning how to use scale 75 paint.

This is the best paint review. Thank you ..... now looking at Warcolours

I’ve gotten very used to Citadel paints, I need to change my paint style, in which case I will dip into my paint collection and experiment with other brands I have many other ranges in my collection, time to try different things.

Never heard of war colours, and just beginning to dip my toe into scale75.

Cheers for the video, inspiring me to burn a little more cash on paints on my next payday. I've been painting for years with standard gw acrylics paint(but was feeling a litte restrained by them so I'd just ordered two reaper paint sets although won't be here soon(coming with reaper bones 5, due april)and I'd just ordered some vallejo brown's to see comparisons and I'm already happier with just the different consistency and with your further insight I'll now buy a bit more wisely, thanks.

Love this review. Really like the comparison between the ranges. Just splurged and got the ghost tint range, and planning to get some scale 75 since I'm deliberately practicing my blending (not quite ready to go for the warcolours since shipping to aus makes my wallet cry, and I've only just begun to branch outside citadel).

i love vallejo, the biggest problem i have with them, is if your not buying them off the internet, they're difficult to find (in my region at least) i have to drive to pittsbugh (1 hour and 20 minutes) or columbus (about 2 hours) to find a store that actually has them.

44:32 - Can someone check the tape??....I'm pretty sure Vince said, "You'll, basically, get wood." That's some pretty good paint, I reckon.

Haha yep. Got my first scale 75 paints in the other day and boy howdy did I make a mess with the first one.

You can usually get the entire Minitaire line at conventions for around $100, at that price it's essentially them giving it away. Honestly, it's cheap enough that I just suggest going that route to people that want to check them out.

Hey just found your channel & finding it very useful. Mahalo!

Excellent video! Thanks for giving each of these a fair shot. Lots of people tend to love one brand, and loath everything else. I pretty much use P3 paints that i transferred over to droppers and put in a glass bead as an agitator. I also use some Vallejo and Citadel paints. I'm not really partial to any one brand, its mostly that I paint alot of Hordes miniatures, and I like using the studio colors. But i'd really love to see what you think of P3 sometime. Mostly because I don't have alot of experience with other paints would be interested to see how you think they compare. Also they supposedly use "Liquid pigment" which i think is just using ink and medium, instead of powdered pigment.

This is exactly what I was looking for

This was extremely helpful, Vince, since I'm taking a trip down to Game Kastle tomorrow to get a few of the Scalecolors because I am an avid wet blender and would like to see if a gel-based paint would make my life slightly easier!

Gonna subscribe just because of the Arrakis poster. Quality video also.

Army Painter is kind of weird for me, where I live, per pot, they’re the same price as Vallejo and at that price it makes 0 sense to pick them over the best paints in Vallejo. But their 72 colour paint set is also the best beginner paint set for only like $120 in my opinion. It has pretty much every colour you would need for a very long time until you’re ready to upgrade. And I still believe their shades/tones are the best, they’re one of the few things I still use from Army Painter. Some of their colours though are hit and miss, like some are just god awful and unusable and then some are absolutely amazing like Mummy Robes and their Barbarian Flesh.

Citadel paint pots around 60% of which ive bought were half full and i live in the uk and the model shop i got them from tell me it is a common occurence for it so i stopped buying them and use foundry paints that come in 20ml pots and come 3 colours up in a set for 10 bucks as you dudes say,each colour has its own shade and high light are really creamy and they go a very long way and you can thin them down to a wash with no pigment break up

Thank you for all of the content! The Badger Minitaire seems great

Great review! I am using primarily Vallejo, War Colours (from Cyprus, by the way, not Crete) and Scale 75. I will be getting some of the Badger Minitaire Ghost Tints on your recommendation.

I think I have intense wood over those scale 75 paints!

Best video on miniatures paints ever

Excellent video. I loved your warnings. I will second the music issue. Amazon has scale 75 Dang, amazon us doesn't carry warcolour. Guess it's one to watch for at the big cons.

Thanks for the 40% hobby lobby tip

Warcolours uses this video as a reference on their website

Just a comment that Warcolours is from the island of Cyprus a country on its own right in the EU (I was born and grew up there). Crete is a Greek island (ie belongs to the country of Greece). Anyway cool find, I didn't know there was a model paint brand out of Cyprus.

Great video, but you need to remake with the same color to better compare! Thank you very much!

Well I was kinda surprised when you said you don't like Warcolor metalics. I have bought some of them soon after they released them and they have very smooth pigment and they look very nice (I don't know if they changed color recipe or not tho...). But I sure appreciate your opinion, great review. :)

Fantastic review. I'd like to point out re:warcolours' white that I've been using heavy body acrylics titanium white (notably Golden Heavy Body Titanium white) and as far as I'm concerned it's fantastic. Value for money is out there too, provided you can get through those enormous tubes before they dry out!

The true is, skill is what makes the greatest difference, a truly skilled artist could make watered down dog turd look fantastic!

I thin my strong tone for a good wash I also use it out of the bottle to line models to bring out detail also.

So Vince, sorry to constantly bug you on all of your videos but your channel is my new favorite, and I'm kinda new to the hobby (returning from a long time). You convinced me to get an airbrush kit, I ordered it tonight, and now I really want to get some paints. Thanks so much for the in depth comparison by the way, and the one that really sticks out to me is the scale75 brand (although you say that it's not great for beginners). I'm just wondering if you have any tips for a newb on using them, other than what's mentioned in the tutorial? Should I just try it out, start with some watering down? I'm still getting all of my hobby stuff together, even a spot for doing it, right now I'm just using my computer desk to paint. I only have a few citadel paints, not even everything I need for the army I'm painting. I'm currently working on Slaanesh with some Khorne mortals waiting for me to get more paints. The Scale75 just seems like something that speaks to me, especially because I tend to hate citadel for not covering well. I also want to try the gel based white acrylic from WarColours, because I feel like I ruined a daemon prince and a few daemonettes trying to get them white-ish highlights.

Would love to see you revisit this, pro acryl needs some talkin up

Excellent video and so comprehensive! Thanks very much again.

Think you need to do a updated version of this video, Just because of all the paints that has come to marked in the 4 years since this video

Maybe it's time for an update on miniature paint brands

Hi vince will defo be watching all the way through when I get home. Quick question I'm having trouble with citadel metallics which mettalic paints do you recommend

I’ll be interested to see what your opinion is of the Army Painter Fanatic line when it releases. I got three bottles in a giveaway and I think they are a big improvement over the current Warpaint line.