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1. The Army Painter Miniature Painting Kit with Bonus Wargamer Regiment Miniature Paint Brush - Acrylic Model Paint Set with 50 Bottles of Non Toxic Model Paints - Mega Paint Set 3

    Features:
  • COMPLETE SET OF 50 WARGAMER MINIATURE PAINTS + 1 DETAIL PAINT BRUSH - An exceptional model paint set that includes 50 Warpaints: 39 nontoxic acrylic miniatures paints, 5 metallics, 4 Quickshade Washes and 2 Effects paints; 1 triangular-handled Regiment detail paint brush and a detail-rich painting guide
  • GREAT DEAL SAVINGS - The Army Painter Mega Paint Set 3 offers excellent value for your money. You can save about 20% if you get this terrific warhammer paint set rather than buy the bottles and the detail brush individually
  • FANTASTIC CONSISTENCY AND COLOR PIGMENT - Each bottle of The Army Painter warhammer paint is 0.6 oz/18 ml. They are not too thick and not too watery; offers great quality coverage and usability with just the right viscosity, making it easy to manipulate and work with
  • EASY-TO-SQUEEZE DROPPER BOTTLE - Bottles are designed with a dropper cap system, enabling you to administer the exact amounts of paint you need without having to open the lid all the time. This ergonomic design prevents wastage and drying out the paint
  • FOR BEGINNERS AND VETERANS ALIKE - This superb and popular miniatures paint set for warhammer 40k figures and other wargame models and miniatures includes the best possible quality paints, metallics and washes available today. It caters perfectly to both experienced and novice wargame painters
The Army Painter Miniature Painting Kit with Bonus Wargamer Regiment Miniature Paint Brush - Acrylic Model Paint Set with 50 Bottles of Non Toxic Model Paints - Mega Paint Set 3
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6. 1.25" Stainless Steel Mini Funnels for Miniature Bottles, Essential Oils, DIY Lipbalms, Cooking Spices Liquids, Homemade Make-Up Fillers (6 Pack) by Super Z Outlet

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  • Stainless steel mini funnels are the perfect tool for filling up any small portable travel bottle with all of your necessities. Whether you're traveling or putting together a gift bag or gift basket, these silver stainless steel funnels will help you fill up all your bottles with the essentials.
  • Perfect for filling up mini bottles with essential oils, homemade lip balms or lipstick solutions, and great for cooking spices and liquids! Goes great with our Super Z Outlet Amber and Cobalt Blue essential oil bottles.
  • Also must-haves for arts and crafts projects. No need to make a mess when transfering glitter or other small pieces, simply refill your bottles with the help of these mini stainless steel bottle filling funnels to make preparation and clean-up a simple and easy task! Easy for children and adults alike!
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  • Each stainless steel mini funnel measures 1.25" tall and the opening for top of funnel measures 1.5" inches in diameter. Comes in a pack of 6 miniature funnels for mini bottle fillings!
1.25" Stainless Steel Mini Funnels for Miniature Bottles, Essential Oils, DIY Lipbalms, Cooking Spices Liquids, Homemade Make-Up Fillers (6 Pack) by Super Z Outlet
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12. The Army Painter Miniatures Paint Set, 10 Model Paints with Free Highlighting Brush, 18ml/Bottle, Miniature Painting Kit, Non Toxic Acrylic Paint Set, Wargames Hobby Starter Paint Set (New Version)

    Features:
  • AFFORDABLE YET SUPERIOR QUALITY — Our price is more affordable than other known wargame paint brands. You’ll only pay about a couple of dollars for each 0.6oz/18 ml bottle yet get premium quality paints from The Army Painter miniature starter set, a fantastic deal you shouldn’t miss
  • GREAT GIFT FOR NOVICE ARTISTS AND VETERAN PAINTERS — This model paint set is a great birthday present or gift for any occasions for beginners who just got into the hobby of miniature painting and for advanced painters who need to replenish the basic colors for their already existing paints set
  • FREE HOBBY HIGHLIGHTING BRUSH — Made from the finest quality synthetic hair, this highlight detailing brush is a great all-around brush for making detailed highlights on your warhammer figures and other military models; has a sharp tip for hard-to-get areas on a miniature
  • SUPERB CONSISTENCY FOR EASY APPLICATION — The Army Painter’s range of primary color acrylic paints, metallic paint and miniature wash is lauded because of their perfect consistency; neither too thick nor too thin, which makes them easy to apply and manipulate
  • DROPPER CAP TO PREVENT DRYING — Get the exact amount you need with the ergonomically designed dropper bottle, so you won’t be wasting any paint. The colors are highly pigmented; give the bottle a good shake before you squeeze
The Army Painter Miniatures Paint Set, 10 Model Paints with Free Highlighting Brush, 18ml/Bottle, Miniature Painting Kit, Non Toxic Acrylic Paint Set, Wargames Hobby Starter Paint Set (New Version)
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u/enterdragon91 · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

Having been painting for almost a year and still getting slightly better each week, I'd strongly recommend that if you want a 'collector's set' that you get some painting practice first.

It's a great hobby, but your first models will be messy. Heck, my last models have been messy. There is ample tutorials online, some official warhammer ones to, by Warhammer TV on youtube, but it would be unlikely that you will be a perfect painting right from the get-go.

Might be worth booking some painting sessions with your local GW, as that is something they can do. But if you want one brilliant army in battle against a few others, then maybe you could practice on one of its enemies. Stormcast and Blades of Khorne have the most (i think) official tutorials online, so you could get some of them to practice on.

Cost wise, excluding miniatures themselves, you would be looking at 3 or 4 brushes at minimum. The cost can vary greatly, Citadel (GW brand) tend to be sub-par. This isn't me GW bashing, I genuinely have tried a couple options and found them to be this way. I would highly highly recommend these though:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0013E68T4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. I got the size 00 and size 1, and although the size 1 is big enough, it keeps a great point that you can use it as a detail brush. My 00 hasn't kept it's point, but still very good. Also, if you are doing Seraphon, you will need a drybrush. Normal brushes get wrecked after a few dry brushes. If you haven't heard, drybrushing is really good at bringing out raised detail in your models, particularly good with scales.

Wet palette is very useful, it will minimise your paint loss. Again, here is one I bought, but you can DIY one for yourself pretty easily with some kitchen towels and baking paper or something like that: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J0CN8ZS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

Pretty optional, but a good LED lamp with a flexible head would be a god send. You won't realise how yellow your lights are until you see a good LED lamp.

For working with plastics, you need some cutters, a file, a mouldline remover is pretty good too. GW does all of these, but again, premium price. You can probably get equally good versions elsewhere for less if you look around.

Also will need super glue and plastic glue. Superglue won't ruin paint, plastic glue will melt it but gives a better hold in the long run. Usually for trickier models, you might paint it first before assembling some of the more awkward bits. Bad explanation, but for example I left my shields off my models so that I can paint their arms. Then I superglue them on to not ruin the paint.

u/Quarrels · 4 pointsr/ageofsigmar

The other 2 comments address most of what you are asking but I thought I could add a bit.
Shades are probably the best product that GW sell. Buy at least Nuln oil and probably Agrax Earthshade to start but you will likely find you want them all eventually. As far as the different types of paint, they have different properties and the other post cover this well. Vallejo is a great brand, their paint is of a similar quality to Citadel(GW) but they are a little cheaper, come in better bottles and I think they have more colours. I use a mixture of Citadel, Vallejo, and Tamiya for all my painting and each have ups and downs but Vallejo is best overall I think. I also have an Army Painter green, and I hate it, but some people really like their line. The last thing is the dry paints, I don't like them. They are hard to use compared to regular paint for dry brushing and that's their whole purpose so I don't use them. I bought the elf flesh one and ruined a model with it, now I thin it with water and use it as highlight just to not waste it.


Brushes can be really important too. I suggest the GW M Base, S Dry then you can fill in the rest with better or cheaper brushes depending on what they are for. I don't think there is any reason to spend money on some generic medium detail brushes. I went to Micheal's (A hobby store in Canada) and bought a cheap 4 brush set of Golden Taklon synthetic brushes for like $10. These are not great brushes, don't get me wrong, but they work great because their fibers aren't very flexible compared to natural and when they are no good, throw them out and get another set for cheap. I use them for highlighting and metallics, because metallics can really ruin your good brushes. The next is shade brushes, you want something moppy, same store has a similar brush made from synthetic Camel Hair and these are just as good as the GW shade brushes. If you can afford it, it is worth picking up a #0 and a #1 or #2 in the Windsor and Newton series 7 brushes, these are great brushes and much better than GW but 2 will run you $50 - $70 so save up, get them when you can, and take care of them. This is the best product for cleaning brushes... just buy it, you will need it.


I've been painting for about 2 years now and I have several posts on here if your interested in any of my work. Hopefully my small amount of experience can help you get started.

u/DIVE-BUOY · 4 pointsr/ageofsigmar

Honestly really great work for a first model. Almost can't believe it.

You asked for critique and comments/suggstions though so here's my best shot.

  1. Mold lines! - I use the back of an Xacto knife and lightly scrape away the flashing trying to avoid taking away enough material to make any flat spots. Then I kind of blend out any flat spots that I do happen to create using the same process.

  2. Thin your paints! Thin your paints! Thin your paints! It will help a TON with how smooth the paint comes out. Yes, you'll need to keep adding water along the way to keep it the same consistency. A wet palette can really help here. I use this one which is less than $11. There are plenty of tutorials for a do it yourself wet palette too. Especially thin your highlight paints. Thinner paints will allow your highlights to look more like a gradient from extra light without having to actually blend to the original color. When you want it brighter, just go over with another really thin coat. I can see where it kind of globbed up on some of the highlighting. Thin coats will help keep that from happening too by making the paint easier to control.

  3. Check out some washes. You'll absolutely love how easy it makes flesh. Most of the flesh coloring for elves I do anymore is just scar white + reikland fleshshade. Added bonus that it gives you really clean gradients of darkness/light so you don't have to be so exact highlighting fingers and faces and what-not. Really great work on the flesh portions of your mini by the way. That is not easy to do the way you did it and you 100% pulled it off.

    Overall, it looks very nice. I just finished a glade guard model myself for skirmish. When I get home I'll post a picture of it if you're interested in seeing.

u/neverdeadned22 · 6 pointsr/ageofsigmar
  1. If both of you are interested in either army then yes, it's a good value and starting point especially with the rulebook

  2. Yes there are cheaper alternatives like Army Painter that could get you started or even this set just to get you started with some paints. All you need is some cheap brushes to get started tbh

  3. You get a lot of use from them, I started almost 11 months ago and I still have a lot of the paint I first bought and I try to paint daily

  4. Get started and read the rules a bit, ask questions, have fun. It's easier to get in the swing by playing it and asking questions to clarify things for future games
u/global_tornado · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

Well, depending on the level of newbness the following might be helpful:

Use Tamiya Extra Thin Plastic Cement (green cap) instead of super glue for the grey plastic stuff. It won't work on Resin though. Buy it at a Hobbytown USA or off Amazon.

Use wire cutters to remove stuff from the sprues, don't twist. Even a cheap $4 pair of Hakko cutters works fine. I use a small Gerber pocket knife to scrape off mold lines.

Don't get caught caught up into magnetizing stuff. Just glue it and be done. Nobody is going to care if you say a Carnosaur counts as a Troglodon for a game, or if your Saurus Knights are not really using the lances they are modeled with.

Apparently massive amounts of Skinks are a good investment for current Seraphon. I'd not buy more than 2 boxes while waiting for a new battletome though.

If you REALLY screw up a model, you can fix it with green stuff 99% of the time.

Army Painter sells a 50 paint set that I fully endorse. Drip bottles that won't dry out quickly like GW paints.

Ebay is a good resource. You'll have to click worldwide on the left.

Sometimes you can get stuff you can't find on Amazon at your local independent hobbystores or official GW stores that keep old stock, like unsold copies of Carrion Empire. One example, Chaos Lord on foot is a website exclusive, but you can have it shipped to a store for free instead of $10 to your home. You have to place the order in person with the store staff for that specific shop to get credit for the sale though.

u/Greellx · 1 pointr/ageofsigmar

So I'll give my two cents on dental plaster ---it's brittle (not terribly so, but, it can chip and/or shatter if dropped) -- that said, it's perfect for use with terrain, especially stone / rocks.

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Pros:

Easy to mix

Easy to use

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Cons:

More fragile

Heavy compared to resin.

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Personally, I prefer resin, but it takes a little more practice to get decent at pouring it---but it's pretty exact, follow the measurements, and pour!

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Also, use a mold release product

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https://www.amazon.com/Smooth-Universal-Mold-Release-fl/dp/B004BNHLOK/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=mold+release&qid=1556573115&s=gateway&sr=8-3

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And before spraying that, I often will also use talcum powder (baby powder) and a brush to brush it out---this helps the flow of resin into those hard-to-reach places.

u/GodCIoud · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

Precision will come with practice and having fine detail brushes. You can by the GW ones, but there are other sets that give you more bang for your buck. Below are two links for some brushes, I have both and use a mix of the brushes. You want a nice range of larger brushes for the (eventual) larger models, and the smaller ones obviously for finer details.

For help with precision, there are youtube videos to help teach techniques, but again, comes with practice.

https://www.amazon.com/Transon-Detail-Weasel-Triangular-Painting/dp/B06XWPDMSR/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=transon+brushes&qid=1562736152&s=gateway&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Paint-Brushes-Detailing-Watercolor/dp/B07JL9X2ZV/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=fire+in+me+brushes&qid=1562736082&s=gateway&sr=8-4

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That is a great first model though, next step would be picking out some of the smaller details.

u/Hutobega · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

Why yes I did except for a few technical paints. I took a solid day to do and it's not that hard though in my case many of my paints were harder and needed severe watering down so right now they are not in the best of shape BUT if you'rs are in good shape should be no problem!

Here is what I used:

https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Dropper-dropping-Bottles-Removable/dp/B00V479TVE/ref=sr_1_20?crid=3AH1GI9Q6GALS&keywords=dropper%2Bbottle&qid=1555967511&s=gateway&sprefix=dropper%2B%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-20&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Miniature-Essential-Super-Outlet/dp/B078Z9LWDW/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1PK6V6O4TN4HG&keywords=small+funnel&qid=1555967555&s=gateway&sprefix=small+funel%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-6

And you can throw in stainless steel ball bearings as a mixer as well but I got a bad batch that ended up rusting cause it was a lie lmao. But the bottles and the funnel are the only items you really need. For getting paint out you could get nice metal scrapping tools to help with the process.

Like I said it takes time but was worth it when I did it.

u/PressurePlate · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

You'll want to use a primer! Don't worry, it took me forever to figure that out. Basically acrylic paint isn't made to stick on plastic, and it'll come off super easy. Primers are paints made to stick on things like plastic. That means that you're coating your model in a material that accepts your acrylic paint better than plastic. You can get primer from any home improvement store, but here's some links to some on amazon. They all work just fine, you just need to make sure it says "primer" somewhere on the can.

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https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-249846-Painters-Purpose-12-Ounce/dp/B002BWOS94/

https://www.amazon.com/Army-Painter-CP3001-Base-Primer/dp/B005WH3LVG/

https://www.amazon.com/Citadel-Colour-Chaos-Primer-Undercoat/dp/B000A5CHHE/

u/SirWittyName · 5 pointsr/ageofsigmar

I bought them off Amazon at $3.250 for two. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K2JPFH3/


You're right that they're pretty much only usable on flat surfaces, but that's all we play on in my area so it works well for me! Any terrain like buildings or trees we'll just place on top of the disk if they overlap.

u/elescapo · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

I use this stuff. A bit pricey, but can be found at lower prices than Amazon if you look around. Works great. Nice flat finish. (If you want certain parts to be shiny you will need to go over them afterward with 'Ard Coat or some other gloss medium.)

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Top-Coat-Flat-Spray/dp/B0000WS12C

u/1D13 · 9 pointsr/ageofsigmar

>Hey guys noob here trying to get into the hobby. I've just been adding up some prices and it's getting ridiculous... am I doing something wrong or is this the entry fee we're talking about? Here is my math.
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>TOTAL
>$29 - Chaos Black Spray
>$11 - Agrax Earthshade
>$6 - Lamenters Yellow
>$6 - Flash Gitz Yellow
>$6 - Yriel Yellow
>$6 - Ardcoat
>$11 - Agrellan Earth (x3)
>SUBTOTAL $97
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>$6 - Kantor Blue
>$11 - Coelia Greenshade
>$6 - Lothern Blue
>$6 - Sotek Green
>$6 - Temple Guard Blue
>$6 - Ushabti Bone
>$6 - Screaming Skull
>$6 - Balthasar Gold
>$6 - Gehenna's Gold
>$6 - Khorne Red
>$11 - Carroburg Crimson
>$6 - Wazdakka Red
>SUBTOTAL $82
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>Paints $179
>Start Collecting! Seraphon $140
>Essential Citadel Brush Selection $87
>Mouldline Remover $19
>TOTAL: $425
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>^ This paint is for bases and Saurus Warriors only, haven't even calculated the cost of paints for the Cold One Knights and the Carnosaur yet because it was already getting out of control and this is supposed to be my intro into the hobby...

It hurts my pocket book to see people pay $11 for black primer and clear coat when you can buy the same quality of spray for ~$3-4 each.

And $6 for single colors is ridiculous. But then I don't use GW paints. I prefer army painter shade washes, and Vallejo model color or game color for regular colors. I use Rustoleum black, grey, and white primer and always have great experiences with it as long as you follow the use instructions (like don't spray when too hot or too cold or rainy). And I thought my Testors Dull clear coat was expensive at ~$8.

[Vallejo basic model color] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009162PWU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_7xLcAbSVVT1V1) 16 basic colors for $42, which is a ton better than $6 per color.

Army Painter Quickshades 11 washes for $27.50

And if you like army painter paints which they are great paints there is the starter set: Mega Paint Set by Army Painter 50 paints includingbasic colors, shade washes, and a few metallics for $90.

Don't buy into GW's propaganda, their regular paints aren't any better than other common brands like Army Painter and Vallejo, and they are a fraction of the price, usually about half the cost.

Personally I used to use exclusively GW paints and wish someone would have told me this stuff early, I would have saved a lot of money. When I started using other products I realized I didn't even like the GW method for most things. Base paints are too thick, and layer paints are the exact same as army painter or model color paints. Then you get things like acrylic medium, airbrush medium, and glaze medium which you can buy in big bottles from other companies, like Golden, which is the same gunk that GW sells for $6 per pot that you can buy from Liquitex or Golden 8 oz bottlrs for ~$10-$15.

If you're worried about getting studio colors without using GW paints then the community has you covered with the paint conversion chart.

Save yourself some money if you're worried about cost and don't overpay for GW materials when it's the same stuff across the board.

u/Ahlruin · 3 pointsr/ageofsigmar

i use retarder, specificaly createx airbrush colors retarder. https://www.amazon.com/Createx-Med-Retarder-Airbrush-Paint/dp/B001DNZHK6/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=createx+retarder&qid=1568693573&s=gateway&sr=8-2

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its great and lasts forever xD i also use it to fix dried/aged paints

u/Cleave · 1 pointr/ageofsigmar

Vallejo Dark Earth with a bit of grit scattered over the top. It's great stuff, you can pile it up so it's not all flat and you get nice little ridges and a fine sand texture once it dries.

u/AFKennedy · 3 pointsr/ageofsigmar

If you’re planning on painting becoming something you do, I think the best value is this set of 50 paints for $94: https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Painting-Bonus-Wargamer-Regiment/dp/B01MTXRUUT . The paint quality is similar to GW’s paints but you get a LOT more for your money (the dropper bottles hold almost twice as much paint as a GW paint pot, and cost about 1/3 as much). And it’s half the price of Vallejo’s mega paint set.

For a cheaper option, https://www.amazon.com/Miniatures-Highlighting-Miniature-Army-Painter/dp/B01MTXRU2L is less than $30, but you only get 10 paints. But again, a better deal than GW’s paints - GW has a deal for $40 for 11 small paint pots versus $28 for 10 larger dropper bottles from army painter.

But if you can afford to get the 50 paint set from Army Painter, I’d spring for that - the paints cover a wide variety of colors and options (including washes and metallics) and will last you for years.

u/Minion_X · 1 pointr/ageofsigmar

I would recommend getting some of this special soap for your brushes, it's great for getting the paint out and preserving them: https://www.amazon.de/Masters-Cleaner-Preserver-Ounces-Carded/dp/B0027AEANE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493333649&sr=8-1&keywords=brush+cleaner+masters


It's cheap and one jar lasts a long time.

u/Rickypeps · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

Sooooo I use cardboard boxes. Usually vegetable boxes from the grocery store as they have handles but this works with any size box. Then I go to the dollar store and get a roll of drawer grip liner (like this stuff https://www.amazon.com/Liner-Non-Adhesive-Shelf-Anti-Slip-Drawer/dp/B079Y7TZMN ) I then cut the liner to fit the bottom of the box and boom mini carrier. You can't tip it upside down but the mini's actually stick to the liner a bit and so are very secure for carrying and car trips. This doesn't work for longer travel (air etc..) but for storage or local-ish events its perfect and stupid cheap!!

u/tyringo · 4 pointsr/ageofsigmar

It was pretty simple. Started with aquarium plants from Petsmart, just cut off pieces and hot glued down. Also hot glued some cork and some rocks. Then I used https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044L8J2C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 vallejo gel texture paint, its just really thick brown paint with sand mixed in - slathered that around super thick and varied the surface, then let it dry. Reikland fleshshade, then dry brush with tan, stuck some army painter jungle and tufts down, then some watered down white glue for the moss and flocking. It sounds a lot more involved than it is, a whole squad of bases is maybe an hour of work.

u/blackbearjt · 2 pointsr/ageofsigmar

The Army Painter Miniature Painting Kit with Bonus Wargamer Regiment Miniature Paint Brush - Acrylic Model Paint Set with 50 Bottles of Non Toxic Model Paints - Mega Paint Set 3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTXRUUT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-mEwCb9WT1C4E
I also used a few citadel paints

u/TWWfanboy · 3 pointsr/ageofsigmar

If you’re looking to get a lot of quality paints quickly at a good price, I cannot recommend Army Painter’s Mega Bundle enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Painting-Wargamer-Regiment-Miniatures/dp/B01MTXRUUT