I like GW paints except their watery yellow-orange colors.

The new ones are good.

The pigment in miniature paints have smaller particulates and tend to spread better when thinned out.

This.

Im no master painter but have been painting for 30 years anyway. I like valejo, coat d' arms, and most recently P3. I still have a few GW pots remaining but when they are gone I will never replace them.

Have you tried the new range? They're really nice, lots of new foundation colors and washes but the dry paints are complete crap.

Radarman5: In theory any acrylic paint can be made into a wash but pre-formulated washes are usually much better as they are designed to dry with a smoother colour transition and pool in the proper areas. Much of this has to do with differences in surface tension, that is, washes has less of it.

Thanks. I've had decent success with the paints as long as they're thinned and layered, but the wash rarely turns out how I'd like it to.

thin paint also works much better in an airbrush...

Swedge: That's a given. In fact I'd say that paint that has not been thinned out properly, barely, if ever, works in an airbrush.