Brushes

When I got back into painting miniatures several months ago, I did my best to make the financial leap with as much wisdom as possible. I am a master painter of 28mm historical minis. I did a not-so-wise thing by going to local craft hobby stores and purchasing synthetic brushes. Cheap, fast and good in the beginning, I found myself just waiting for these brushes to give out. I even washed them with a popular cleaner. Didn't make a difference. Around 5 or 6 uses, separation and curling inevitably occurred. While not useless, they were not enjoyable to use after a very short time. Despite spending $4 for a brush, I took a step up and invested in a well-known set of Kolinsky sables for around $22 ($3/brush). Much better but I noticed a paucity of actual hairs to their brushes and so, I found myself loading paint in the brush constantly. They did hold up well but, the paint did not go on smoothly. I finally stepped onto the luxury car lot of brushes and invested $12 in a Windsor Newton. There's no going back. They are perfectly shaped and thick. They seem to be impervious to loosing their original quality, especially since I take good care of them. A loaded brush holds so much paint, I find myself making smooth strokes with exceptional results, and reloading about 1/4th the time. I am slowly replacing my brushes with all Windsor Newtons. You will need less brushes overall since a #3 is more than sufficient to paint large areas AND all but the finest of details. An initial investment in 3 or 4 brushes is more than enough. By all means keep your old brushes for priming, washing, dry brushing, etc; but the real painting will be covered by your 3 Windsors. One thing to keep in mind is that you need to under estimate the size of the brushes you'll need. Explanation...while I used to be a big proponent of buying 5/0, 10/0 and even 20/0, all that is out-the-window now. You'll feel silly that you ever did that as a #2 (not 2/0) Windsor is a good place to start. This might seem large compared to what you're used to but, try it first and you'll see. I easily paint pupils with a #2. I purchased a 000 and found it to be minimally useful because the #1, 2 and 3's form a perfect point. This will SAVE you $$$. If you paint 10-15 hrs a week like many of us, you won't be looking for a new brush for at least a year, compared to buying new synthetics every month. Most importantly, painting will become more of a pleasure and your minis will look better. You'll paint faster and you'll dare to become better and try more feats of detail. So take a "$12 chance" on one brush. Start with a #2. You'll be able to do 98% of your painting with it. Then a 0, 1, and 3. I promise you'll wish you made the switch long ago.

these brushes are amazing. You don’t use them with contrast or speed paint just so you know, but the amount of control you have with it is amazing. How it held paint in the bristles and with the even flow with every brushstroke, it was just amazing to work with with them.The synthetic brushes are still good but everything I tried doing with the Windsor and Newton brushes was so much easier and came out way better

After 2–3 years, I can say these are the best brushes I have ever owned. I know they can be a bit expensive, but they are worth the price. I’ve used all kinds of paint with them, even metallics (not recommended), and they still perform great. I want to make sure I have a backup set.

Junk. Brush arrived without a point out of the packaging. Shaped it up with water and gave it a shot anyway. Used it once in acrylic thinned with water. Brush tip split within 30 minutes and even using brush soap I cannot get it to form a proper tip. Brush shape also leaves a lot to be desired. Stumpy and fat; hard to get clean lines even with a weak point. Will not be buying Windsor & Newton products again. I've heard some people say good things about this brush, so maybe I got a bad one. Even still bad brushes seem to be way to common for a 25 buck brush. Very disappointed.

I reviewed this brush for the Night Phoenix Press Youtube channel and love it. I do badgirl and urban fantasy comics and the Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes, are a staple for inking in the comic book industry. I was using mainly an ink brush and liners and I can honestly say it's the best brush I use. My Silver Black Velvet is the runner up and of course my brush pens, but I love working with this brush. I'm using the 3 round mini now, but I do plan to get a standard 1 or 2 round. I use these with sumi ink, but they work best with Carbon Black, Karkos and Ultradraw. The Zig sumi is decent as it's a little thinner than Yasutomo in my experience. I haven't tried it with watercolor yet as I bought it for inking. -Nathyn Brendan Masters Night Phoenix Press Youtube Channel

Maravilhoso

This was the first time I tested these brushes and now they are my new favourites. Really like the fine point on them

Reeds bekend met deze penselen weet ik dat ze goed zijn, nemen goed de verf op en punt blijft mooi (let op) bij het juiste gebruik en onderhoud dus laat niet zomaar iedereen het gebruiken 😉🫣. Ja ze zijn wel duurder maar bij Amazon een zeer goede prijs. Ze worden geleverd in een plastic kokertje en werd netjes door amazon bezorgd in een kartonnen envelop.

Perfecte kwast

Podia ser um pouco mais barato, mas a qualidade da cerda é muito boa e permite um uso com ajustes finos na espessura.