Worlds biggest paint test! - pt. 1

_____________________

This week we start our journey to testing out all the acrylic paints in the world to find which one is the absolute best for miniature painting and Warhammer miniatures. Did we miss any paint brands? Let us know in the comment section.
_____________________

Amazon Affiliate Links to stuff i use(As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases you do after following this link - at no cost to you):

Canon M50 (the cameras i use)

Anycubic i3 Mega (the FDM printer i use)

HARDER STEENBECK EVOLUTION SILVERLINE (the Airbrush I use)

Phrozen Sonic Mini (the Resin printer I use):

Phrozen Sonic Mini 4k

_____________________

Emil On

_____________________

Painting miniatures for your warhammer & d&d games. Age of sigmar and warhammer 40k. Blood angels, Slaanesh, Death Guard, Space Marines, Space Wolves, Stormcast Eternals, painting scale models, miniature busts! How to paint NMM. How to paint warhammer, how to paint d&D figures.

[lehannaallen]

Really enjoyed this video!
Two things I wish you would have done:
1) Used the same miniature for painting with similar colors available from the different paint types to better show the visual difference.
2) Painter does not know what paint they are using at the time of painting to eliminate any internal bias. We all have bias. For example, we already know you strongly enjoy Vallejo, so it would be interesting to see how you would have scored them differently if you had not known it was Vallejo that was being used.
Thank you for making this fun and informative video!

[INSTARPAINT]

Nice to see our paints here, though we will say that our paint was designed to be adaptable to the individual user very easily, something you touched upon when you said "Adding a medium would change the nature of the paint". We just provide a base and allow the user to adjust it as they see fit. Some people like glossy paint, others prefer more matte. In some cases, there's advantages to adjusting it depending on what area is being painted on the model.

It's also based on building layers of paint rather than outright coverage from the first pass. However, each brand is different and each has advantages and disadvantages depending on who's using it. At least that has been our take away from the community over the past seven years where people love a certain line compared to others.

Some amazing work from Lukas however, the model looked amazing!

[forehandrainbow]

Paint point time stamps

Monuments Paints 2:41
Green Stuff World 3:40
P3 4:26
Nocturna 5:20
Army Painter 7:32
Vallejo 8:20
Reaper 10:19
Coat D'arms 11:28
Scale 75 13:25
Warcolor 14:54
Citadel 17:43
AppleBarrel 19:00
AK Interactive 20:16
Instar 21:39
Kimera 23:35
Golden 25:30
Secret Weapon 26:54

[KabinMiniatures]

I have mostly used Citadel and Vallejo, so it's cool to see all these other brands, some of which I've never even heard of!

[glenmurie]

And yet no matter how much they dislike the paints they still create excellent results. Skill and practice and time investment > tools and paints. Great work guys. :)

[bretmkal]

You should have done a blind test without knowing which brand was which to remove bias in your very scientific testing method.

[aaronpendragran]

US based so Reapers are easy to get and are my favorite paints I have used hands down. Glad to see they got some love. As a new painter I like their cost and colors, the way they are sold in triads on the main webpage, they are just very friendly to beginners I think.

[thehorizonchaser]

Lukas is just way too talented, he makes it all look effortless...
You're good too Emil ;)

[biggunsnevertire]

As Coat D’Arms follow the old 90s Citadel formula almost to the letter, they are designed to be painted over white and cover a lot better over it.

[Domstar]

Absolutely fantastic job on the blonde hair with the scale 75 paints! It looked absolutely awesome!!!

[FanOfKOTOKO]

I think the testing should've been done with a single army instead of a unique model for each brand, that way it's much easier for the audience to discern the differences between the paint ranges.

[coreymorse]

For Golden you should have been using the Fluid Matte line instead of the High Flow. A big brand that you missed was Liquitex. They are way more used than some of the ones you tested by a huge degree. Their acrylic gouache line is their version of Golden Soflat.

[KITPUNK]

Would love to see how Duncan's new Two Thin Coats paint holds up

[lutz]

Would love for you to show the golden high flow paints through an airbrush! Great video looking forward to the next part.

[juliehamel]

I'm getting flashbacks from that one time Jazza tested all the markers he could get delivered to Australia 😝

[johnnytizz]

You can get alternate paint caps for the pro acryl bottles, btw. That's what I did and it's so much better with the flip-caps.

[yfzrider]

My favorite I've used soo far is the new AK paints, been loving them lately!

[Meuduso]

Might I add here how cool it is to see how Lucas got and is still getting more and more comfortable with video making, talking and recording. It's great to see

[urialgwydian]

As a newer painter/still developing my skills, I’m super excited that apple barrel did so well. I need to pick up some of your brushes and I think that will help as well. Would you be willing to post the final scores in an overall ranking, maybe averaging the scores of paints that got tested more then once?

[CraigThomasBoyle]

Bright neutral grey by Pro Acryl has changed my life. It's SO good for coverage. Goes down totally flat without streaking and lets me layer white perfect.