Originally posted by Greg Ellis
I\'m not sure if you\'re stuck on GW or not, but I\'ve been looking at this
Reaper Learn to Paint Kit #1 and thinking it was a nice selection. I\'ve never used the Reaper Pro paints, but I\'ve heard they\'re on a par with the Citadel stuff.
There are a couple of minis and a brush and instructions in there too - seems like it would make a great gift for a new painter.
If you purchase the the Reaper Learn to Paint Kits directly from Reaper or find one that has a sticker that says \"Now with Master Series Paints\", you\'ll get bottles of the Master Series Paints rather than pots of the Pro Paints. The first three Learn to Paint kits are a hell of a deal given that 10 MSPs are normally $30 (US) while the kits retail for $26 (US) and include 2 minis and brushes.
As far as orc skin goes, I paint my orcs with the Olive Greens triad from the Reaper MSP line. If I had to pick just 10 paints from the MSP line to paint orcs, I\'d pick:
Olive Green
Pale Olive
Walnut Brown
Brown Liner
Linen White
Oiled Leather
Ruddy Leather
Clotted Red
Antique Gold
Honed Steel
The Walnut Brown is a lovely very, very, very dark brown that I use instead of black. The Brown Liner is essential for doing brown magic wash.
Here is a list of Master Series Paints in the first 3 Learn to Paint kits:
LPTK-1 Armor and Fur
-9003 Blood Red
-9014 Grass Green
-9017 True Blue
-9136 Walnut Brown
-9029 Earth Brown
-9047 Fair Skin
-9039 Pure White
-9037 Pure Black
-9054 Polished Silver
LTPK-2 Skin and Cloth
-9135 Carnage Red
-9008 Sun Yellow
-9011 Leaf Green
-9055 Breonne Blue
-9110 Oiled Leather
-9044 Tanned Skin
-9049 Ancient Bronze
-9037 Pure Black
-9061 Linen White
LTPK-3 Non-Metallic Metal
-9070 Mahogany Brown
-9074 Palomino Gold
-9083 Highlands Moss
-9057 Ashen Blue
-9110 Oiled Leather
-9038 Rainy Grey
-9139 Blackened Brown
-9037 Pure Black
-9039 Pure White
