Vallejo Paint Sets

screamindaemon

New member
Hi there.
I\'m setting up a new paint station and I am looking at a vallejo set as I\'m a fan of the droppers.
What is the difference between game colours and model colours?

Thanks for your time.
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
as i understand it, game colours contain less pigmentation but are tougher for gaming minis. they have a nice colour naming system that easily identifies them and their equivalent games workshop colour (in fact i\'m sure half of them are borderline copyright infringement!!)

they are both great sets. i have the model one. it has lots of realistic, earthy colours. the case that i bought comes with some brushes which some people don;t like but i personally love

hope this helps and welcome to the boards
 

DaRat

New member
The Game Colour line is a duplicate of the Games Workshop line, so the line is a bit limited in range. The colours tend to be brighter than those in the Model Colour line (which tends more towards muted colours).

If you are painting historicals, the Model Colour will have colours that are very well suited for what you need.

Both lines will require quite a bit of shaking to mix, and you will probably want to drop bits of metal mini sprue into the bottle to help with agitation.

If you like dropper bottles, you also might want to consider the Reaper Master Series Paint line (or at least some colours from the line). The paints are organized into triads (usually a highlight, a midtone, and a shadow colour). The skin tones, the off whites, the bone/ivory triads, the browns, and the liners are particularly good colours to get. The Reaper MSPs require less shaking than the Vallejos (partly because they include an agitator already).

Derivan MiNiS paints are also very good dropper bottle paints. Much bigger bottle for about the same price as the Games Workshop paints. A smaller line, much like the Game Colours. Very matte paints, but they require considerable shaking (and benefit from an agitator). The Reds and Payne\'s Grey are particularly good.

In all likelihood, you will probably want to buy some paints from each line/set. I suggest avoiding a big purchase of any entire line.
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
Originally posted by DaRat

Both lines will require quite a bit of shaking to mix, and you will probably want to drop bits of metal mini sprue into the bottle to help with agitation.

damn, forgot about that one. that is a must really, theyreally do need a good, hard shake. they are worth it though

Originally posted by DaRat

In all likelihood, you will probably want to buy some paints from each line/set. I suggest avoiding a big purchase of any entire line.

aye that is a good point. i don\'t use all of mine (although partly because i am afraid to use random colours being colour blind and partly because i only pain about once a month!). there are some gw paints i use, some foundations, some p3, some game and some w+n. find out what works best if money is a problem. personally, i bought the whole set because it\'s cool and i had money to burn at the time
 
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