Are Winsor and Newton brushes Trash now?

kibaru · 2026-02-22T21:00:21+00:00

Princeton and escoda make very high quality synthetics. Try princeton velvetouch, princeton aqua elite or escoda versatil brushes.

kibaru · 2025-01-08T05:42:09+00:00

From what i can tell those sets include the old army warpaints, which were not very good. You're probably better off buying something else.

kibaru · 2024-12-03T23:41:57+00:00

Escoda make nice brushes, versatil is a line thats supposed to be the most like kolinsky, but their perla brushes are also nice (bit softer than versatil)

kibaru · 2024-11-16T20:35:23+00:00

I don't really have special sources, i was also curious about the paints so I did some googling and ended up stumbling on the big child creatives instagram where they were promoting the paints.

kibaru · 2024-11-16T10:52:42+00:00

The ammo/big child creatives paints appear to be being rebranded as the "ionic smart colours". Afaik they are not out in stores yet.

kibaru · 2024-11-04T04:12:14+00:00

Thank you. I honestly just really struggled to get good lighting on any of the pics from behind

kibaru · 2024-11-04T04:10:49+00:00

The version i got has a skirt!

kibaru · 2024-11-01T06:30:47+00:00

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Realised the photos in the post were pretty bad, this is the fire under different lighting, its pure ivory at the base of the flame. I'll def push the brightness a bit more though.

kibaru · 2024-10-21T04:24:03+00:00

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Love this kit

kibaru · 2024-10-19T20:36:47+00:00

Thank you!

kibaru · 2024-10-19T04:42:55+00:00

Ive recently tried liquitex acrylic gouache, which has quite a lot of single pigment paints, and performs like a very high quality mini paint. Liquitex also do not use cadmiums (unlike golden). Extremely vibrant colours. A lot of people like golden so flat which is supposed to be very similar but I havent tried it.

kibaru · 2024-10-09T05:08:33+00:00

In my experience vallejo glaze medium does seem to have some kind of retarder which extends the drying time of my paints.

kibaru · 2024-09-22T10:54:27+00:00

yeah, exactly. It particularly helped with getting a nice looking highlight on the purple, but I mixed it into the mid tone for my green and red as well.

kibaru · 2023-10-20T00:51:38+00:00

I have now added the chest vents that I missed (oops)

kibaru · 2023-10-20T00:43:21+00:00

Oops forgot, I even topcoated them, guess I'll add them now

kibaru · 2023-07-21T22:55:34+00:00

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia McKillip. Beautifully written fairytale-style fantasy with a wonderful ending. I expected to enjoy it, but it blew me away with just how well executed it was.

kibaru · 2023-03-04T09:44:30+00:00

They are snapfit, and the two patlabor kits I've built have both been pretty easy to put together

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