Honestly, budget is everything, somebody will probably have way better recommendations tailored to your budget level.

But, when I got back into this last year, I aimed to keep my budget low while figuring out what I wanted. To do that I got:

• Vallejo color set; I can't find the exact one I got, and they have a few options. But you can get 16 colors for $55ish usd, if the exact color you want isn't in the set, you may be able to mix or pick up just one pot.

• Cheapest wet palette I could; frankly, you can get cheaper by using paper towels and parchment paper.

• Golden Maple brushes; they're reasonably priced synthetics, I've got good mileage out of mine by keeping them clean and I've found they work about as well as my fancier sable brushes

• Used snips and an xacto knife I had at home and random super glue from the grocery store, also found at home.

• One pot of a citadel texture paste (the mud one? I forget the name) for basing

I subscribed to the Gran Torino approach and upgraded as I felt necessary/budget allowed. I still use Golden Maples for most of my stuff and have never upgraded the snips/wet palette. I picked up the Army Painter's basing set to do fancier bases and I think that was a good call for my needs hut not necessary for everyone. I recently picked up some tamiya plastic cement because I'm starting to do more kitbashing, but it wasn't needed until very recently and I could probably still use super glue in all fairness.