RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits a global obsession

Re:RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits ... by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @08:47PM (#44729915)

If you don't have anything near you, I would look for acrylics designed for models online. Games Workshop sells them, but there are other brands (Vallejo, Reaper, etc) which are also quite good and generally cheaper. And they will, as a rule, be more pleasant to work with than the acrylics you get at Michael's/Hobby Lobby.

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Re:RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits ... by secdeal on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @02:38AM (#44731435)

Generally I would recommend Vallejo or Army Painter paints over GW ones. They are cheaper, better quality coming with a much better bottle.

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Re:RIP Shunsaku Tamiya, the man who made plastic model kits ... by kergonath on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @09:11AM (#44733746)

It’s an eternal war and I agree with your points. However, I found that for people without much experience with acrylics Citadel paints are much more consistent and forgiving, and are generally of very good quality (there are problematic colours, but then Vallejo or Army Painter are not immune either). They are also easy to source. And honestly if all you paint is a couple of models, the price difference is not that much (not all of us are painting several different armies).

I use personally a mix of Citadel, AK and Vallejo, but for newbies or light uses I still generally recommend GW, or Army Painter for the rattle cans.

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