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Highly recommend at least one Kolinsky hair brush. Really helps early on to have at least one brush that cooperates. Kolinsky hair brushes snap back to a point well and allow a consistent flow of water thinned paint. Makes them ideal for base coating, shading with ink washes, details and highlighting. With proper care and cleaning highend Kolinsky brushes can last years.

You'll also want some cheap synthetic brushes. Use them for drybrushing, varnishing, or working with basing texures. The nature of these steps tends to wear out natural fiber brushes quickly, so you don't want to spend alot. Just grab a cheap set of "Gold Taklon" from your local wally world, craft store or similar. Gold Taklon isn't a brand name of brush, it's the type of synthetic fibers. You'll want a set with some small, flat brushes for dry-brushing.

Went a little crazy and bought my other half a collection of brushes from around the world in a variety of sizes for her birthday. https://i.imgur.com/1jmHpxX.jpg

• England - Windsor and Newton Cotman - Synthetic
  
• England - Windsor and Newton Series 7 - Kolinsky
  
• Germany - Da Vinci Series 10 - Kolinsky
  
• Ohio - ZEM - Kolinsky
  
• Japan - Connoisseur - Kolinsky
  
• France - Raphael - Kolinsky
  
• Spain - Escoda - Kolinsky
  
• New Jersey - Princeton - Synthetic
  
  We also have and have used quite a few:
  
  
• Army Painter - Synthetics and Natural non-Kolinsky Sable
  
• Lots of walmart and craft store cheap brushes
  
  What we've learned ... ANY good brand Kolinsky is night and day better for miniature painting with water thinned acrylics than synthetics. That's not to say a great and experienced painter can't do well with a bag full of 20 brushes for $2. But as relatively inexperienced painter a good brush helped both of up out tremendously.
  
  
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  Actually I'm just going to copy/paste a supply list I sent a friend a few weeks ago if you want more details/links on some useful amazon/ebay supplies.
  
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  TL;DR Brush options - Prices seem to fluctuate on brushes on amazon, alot. The nice Kolinsky brushes range from a bit above $10 each to a little under $30 each.
  
  
• Budget Kolinsky Set - Size 4, 2, 0, and 10/0 - $20-$25 -
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kolinsky-Pure-Sable-Acrylic-Nail-Brush-Detail-Set-AS-84-Sizes-10-0-0-2-4-/182798505865
  
• Quality English Traditional Kolinsky Round - Series 7 - Size 2 and Optionally Size 0 - $12-$20 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YQG9ZK
  
• Quality German Slim Kolinsky Round - Size 2 and Optionally Size 1 - $15-$25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PHBDFE/
  
• Quality German Travel Kolinsky Round - Size 2 and Optionally Size 1 - Around $25 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00409HA6O/
  
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  Brush Rinsing - Every Time you go back for paint, you rinse first, ensuring paint doesn't fully dry in the brush. Rinsing regularly goes a long way to letting your Kolinsky brushes last years. Choose the size rinsing container that best fits your work area. Not much reason for both.
  
  
• Large Tub with 3 sections and cleaning ridges. - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0019IKYU8/
  
• Small Container with 2 sections and lid. - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009VJ6LWM/
  
• Alternatively, use 2 old mugs. One for rinsing the brush, one for fresh to thinning your paints.
  
  
  Brush Cleaning - Just takes a minute or two at the end of the painting session. Ensures no paint cures on the brush and misshapes the hairs.
  
  
• The Masters Brush Cleaner - https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Cleaner-Preserver-Ounces-Carded/dp/B0027AEANE/
  
  Palettes
  
  
• Wet Palette - Keeps paint color mixes fresh and consistent. Helps keep paint at a nice thin consistency so it doesn't blob on. - https://www.amazon.com/Sta-Wet-Palette-Keeps-Paints-Airtight/dp/B000C18GTE/
  
• Plastic Palette - For washes - https://www.amazon.com/Fun-Express-Paint-Plastic-Palettes/dp/B005DS6N9Q/ Just search Amazon for "Plastic Palette" or go into a craft store or Walmart. They have a large variety of these things for super cheap.
  
• Palette paper - If you aren't into the extra steps involved in maintaining a wet palette, you can use a pad of throw away palette paper. https://www.amazon.com/Citadel-Palette-Pad-Games-Workshop/dp/B00Q0GXEO2/
  
• Alternatively, use some thin cardboard stock... like a cut box of cereal.
  
  Brushes -
  You want/need some Pure Kolinsky Sable Hair brushes for most base coating, details and washes. They not only keep a sharper point than synthetics, they paint also flows out of the brush at a much more controlled rate. Doing things over again, I would have bought one or two quality Kolinsky brushes much, much sooner. It would have really saved a lot of much frustration.
  
  Brush Details....
  Disposable - Simple Nylon
  
  
• Plaid (Makers of Mod Podge) - Fine Detail Set - $3 for a set of 10 - https://www.walmart.com/ip/Plaid-10-Piece-Detail-Round-Brush-Set/22086220
  
• No need to worry about cleaning them. Eventually toss them or use them for basing grit/mud.
  
• This kit is worth it for the flat dry brushes alone as they can be really hard to clean.
  
• Good for things like finishing paint on gloss or matte varnishes that otherwise destroy brushes.
  
• Also nice for throw away loaners.
  
  Utility - Complex Mix of Synthetic Fibers intended to mimic Sable hair
  
  
• Winsor & Newton Cotman Quality Synthetics - Set - https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Handle-Stroke/dp/B000OVVJ6O/
  
• Nice little kit that includes a decent range of 3 synthetic round brushes for base coating and detail work. Along with a big drybrush.
  
• Reusable zipper case helps as well when starting out. and has room for a few more brushes.
  
• Best Synthetic I've used, but it's still no match for the real thing.
  
• Good for specialty paints that might damage natural brushes with too much use or durable loaners for friends.
  
  Hobby Grade - Natural Sable Hair (But not Kolinsky Sable)
  
  
• Army Painter Wargamer Series - Made in Europe
  
• Regiment - Best non-kolinsky base coating and ink washing brush I've found. - https://www.miniaturemarket.com/amybr7007.html
  
• Character - Detail work - https://www.miniaturemarket.com/amybr7006.html
  
• These are the white ones with triangular handle.
  
• Durable, useful, decent paint flow, but no where near as fine and strong a point as the Kolinsky hair.
  
• Might even be able to get them at a local gaming store.
  
  Kolinsky - Budget
  
  
• ZEM - Made in Campbell, Ohio - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kolinsky-Pure-Sable-Acrylic-Nail-Brush-Rounds-Series-3200/171320405673
  
• These are as cheap as decent Kolinsky brushes come. Not as sharp a point as the Winsor & Newton or Da Vinci below, but noticeably better than any synthetic I've tried.
  
• Sizes 4 or 3 for Base Coating and washing. For details a size 1 or 0.
  
• At these prices, you get a whole set of 3 or 4 for the cost one of the imports below.
  - Update: These have been my goto brushes for more than a couple weeks now. Leaving the higher end brushes for my better half, as she's the better painter. I still grab a W&N7 or Da Vinci if I'm doing an extremely tiny detail, like eyes, or attempts at freehand. Really loving the Size 3-1. Size 0... I'd rather use a small W&N7/DV if I have that much detail to hit.
  
• Unlike the W&N/Da Vinci though. It's showing some signs of wear after around 2 dozen models and at least as many fancy plastic bases. With the non-Kolinsky brushes, I would have gone through half a dozen brushes in the same workload. The W&N/DV aren't showing any wear with my other half's similar workload.
  
  Kolinsky - English Traditional
  
  
• Winsor & Newton Series 7 - Round - Made in England - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YQG9ZK/
  
• These are used by so many youtube painters far better than myself.
  
• Get a Size 2 and/or 1. Because the point stays very sharp. It works for everything from base coating and detail work alike. Optionally, a size 0 or a "Miniature" Size 1, 2 or 3 for extreme details.
  
• According to many with more experience than us in miniature painting.... A single size 2 could be all you need for many years with good care.
  
  Kolinsky - German Travel
  
  
• da Vinci - Maestro Travel - Kolinsky Round (Series 1503) - Made in Germany - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00409HA6O/
  
• Travel style to protect your brushes while in storage or in your pocket headed to a friend's place or shop to paint.
  
• Doesn't hold as much paint as the W&N7 above. Another way to look at it is they run about a size smaller than the W&N. Just as sharp a point. Some say sharper.
  
• Get a Size 2 and/or Size 3. Optionally Size 1 for extreme details. (Remember, they run a little smaller than the W&N Series 7)