I've been wanting to get into painting my X-wing ships but the thing that keeps me out is not knowing what colors of paint I need, what thinning agents, etc. If you're already into the hobby you might have all kinds of paints sitting around but as a complete beginner it's hard to know where to start

jpwithfo: Grey colours are good, m'kay?

Effenhog: Waterbased acrylic paints are the easiest to use and for the cheapest of the cheap look no further than Army Painter's Warpaints range. While small, it has just about every basic colour that you might need and is of good quality despite being cheap. To give you an example, their basic starter set cost 22 euro (Can't find the dollar price for it) while Games Workshop's equivalent cost 61 euro. Yes, GW's set contains 13 pots to Army Painter's 10 and contains some extras but the pots are smaller. GWs colours cost 3.20 euro per pot and contains 12 ml paint which gives us a price 0.267 euro/ml while Army Painter's pots contain 18 ml and cost 2.50 euro so the price is 0.139 euro/ml. That's dangerously close to half the price!

That's one nice paint job there.

That's one nice paint job there.

I agree. :-)