Brushes?

Cain Tiberius · by **Cain Tiberius** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:46 pm

I don't know about everyone else, but I have been finding GW's brushes are getting poorer and poorer quality. The last set of Citadel brushes I bought, flayed as soon as I dipped them in paint.

Can anyone recomend a good brand/make of brush?

Nathanael

Talus · by **Talus** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:01 pm

im finding the army painter ones to be pretty hot

three sided handles, alot easier to handle than gw's

i stockpiled gw brushes months ago, so i cant speak for their quality lately, but i've always seemed to go through them rather quickly

i miss the old blue ones

Cain Tiberius · by **Cain Tiberius** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:15 pm

Talus wrote:i miss the old blue ones

Me too..

Stunty · by **Stunty** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:21 pm

Army Painter brushes are probably the most comfortable I've used and do a reasonable job but my favourite is a Winsor & Newton Series 7

Jay · by **Jay** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:35 pm

AP ones are quite nice, but I swear by Vajello brushes and paints.

KInG · by **KInG** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:32 pm

army painter is fast becomming our best seller here in the shop.

Talus · by **Talus** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:27 pm

and 90% of it was to me!

Cain Tiberius · by **Cain Tiberius** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:06 am

Lol
Well looks like ArmyPainter will be the direction I will go for now. That is what the majority seem to be going with.

Thanks for info folks.

Nathanael

timewizard · by **timewizard** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:14 am

I use Army Painter brushes for most work but I still have a number of Windsor and Newton.

I only ever bought 1 GW brush and TBH the quality did not impress me at that time.
I ended up using it for drybrushing! :lol:

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:39 am

I generally use a 2 foot roller.
Fine details are applied with a "jackson polloch" in the manner of a fast bowler.

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:59 am

I went from A to B for £6 at "the works" if there is one near you

mortiferum · by **mortiferum** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:05 pm

I've just started using these (available from HobbyCraft / WHSmiths and presumably other good art shops)

http://www.winsornewton.com/products/br ... r/galeria/

Herne · by **Herne** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:41 pm

Windsor and Newton Cotman for me. The difference to GW brushes are like the difference between fine silk and pig bristle.

Cain Tiberius · by **Cain Tiberius** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:42 am

I had the good fortune to be near a Hobbycraft the other day. Their Winsor & Newton range didn't seem to be well maintained (they were mixed up very few of the finer detailed brushes available).
But, I did pick up some ProArt's 'Minature' range. They seem to be working out alright so far. And they have the three sided grip like I think someone said the ArmyPainter brushes do.
Nathanael