Hi,

Can Testors enamil paints be used on X-Wing minis?

Thanks

Yes, but not recommended. If you want to remove any enamel paint later, the solvents/thinners you'd be using would eat the plastic the ships are made from.

Generally, acrylics are better for theses ships. Besides, acrylics dry faster, and clean up with water, and are not strong smelling.

Rather than start a new thread, what brand(s) are good starting paints?

I bought an Army Painter starter set that seems pretty OK and I'm wondering what to buy next.

Rather than start a new thread, what brand(s) are good starting paints?

I bought an Army Painter starter set that seems pretty OK and I'm wondering what to buy next.

Army Painter and Vallejo are the best recs for me. Tamiya are also good but better for airbrushing.

I'm really enjoying Citadel paints. On average I find them not much more expensive, if at all depending on where I get them from, compared to Testors, Humbrol, or Valejo paints. I found a place that carries a really awesome selection for $4.85 Canadian for the regular cans and $11.00 for the large cans (except Nuln oil which is $15 for a can)

I highly recommend this guys youtube channel for learning how to mix colors, highlight, and just get general tips. I know he's not painting X-Wings, but the lessons I've learned from even just two of his videos have really made me approach the hobby differently and enjoy it a lot more!

I also recommend researching wet palate. I grabbed a plastic serving dish and cups from Walmart for $5 that I use to mix my colors and wet my brushes. very happy with it.

Getting back into the hobby, I've tried P3 and Vallejo so far (and the Citadel Nuln Oil and Agrax, of course). I thought I would dislike Vallejo's dropper bottles initially, I was wrong. It's so much easier to just get a few drops out rather than using an older brush to take some paint to my palette. Nuln oil is magic, as far as I'm concerned. You still need to learn to not completely botch using it, but it's amazing what it can do with very little work.

The Vallejo and P3 run about $3.50 CAD, the big Nuln and Agrax were a shade under $10CAD for the double height pots (my preferred FLGS is awesome and prices aggressively, so I buy more...).