The Army Painter Speedpaint Starter Set - 10x18ml Speed Model Paint Kit Pre Loaded with Mixing Balls and 1 Brush- Base, Shadow and Highlight in One Miniature and Model Paint Set for Plastic Models…

I have used washes and inks and other semi-transparent paints for miniatures and had mixed results with those. I am not an expert painter, but paint a LOT of figures. I was was pleasantly surprised at how easy these were to use in a single pass to get nice results without a lot of fussing. IMO the semi-transparent paint seems to stay relatively where you put it and tends not to overly-'pool' up in crevasses of a model as some of the other brands do. For board gaming, it saves a lot of time and tedium in getting nice looking minis to the table vs having them sit half painted on a shelf.

These paints are absolutely great. Thing is that you really need to spend some time to understand how much paint is needed to get the right results. It is a balance from a regular type of paint to flooding the area like a wash. You need to be careful since if it goes on too thin, the effect of the highlights won't come through. If too much, it floods the area since it is so thin. Once you get the hang of it, they are really great. Awesome that it comes with a really nice brush also.

The amount of creativity you can make with these is just awesome. I waited too much for get this product. I use this speed paints in combination with other paints and the results are just awesome. I will continue adding more variants as the budget permits.

I tested it over an old mini I did way back and it brought out more details than before ( mind you this mold is probably 10plus years old ). Makes my shaky hand painting passable for somewhat of skill.

These speed paints are equal to the other “contrast” paints. Some are better than others and some are the same. I use these sparingly, but they help with getting the middle steps of my painting process. I would definitely recommend these to anyone that wants to up their game in a meaningful way when it comes to miniature painting.

They're a little hard to control and thus take a little getting used to, but they do exactly what they say they do. They produce great colors and dynamic shadows. Would recommend.

I'm not a great painter, but with this and a basic slap chop method, my painting has really improved. Attached is a miniature I painted as a color reference.

Its a decent set of paint. However, as a newcomer to painting minis, I struggled with a couple of things. One of them being that most of these colors are so incredibly dark. I tried making my primer lighter but I struggled to get the right shade of colors that I wanted. My next issue is this paint is very watery. Was difficult to spread the paint evenly and nicely. Again maybe Im just a newbie, but I bought a regular vellejo set and already feel a sense of relief with the painting process.

Ich habe mein Farbset schon am 7. Februar erhalten und seitdem für einige Minis benutzt und bin wirklich begeistert von den Farben. In Sachen Qualität können die Farben auf jeden Fall mit den Contrast Farben von Citadel mithalten. Es gibt allerdings auch Unterschiede. Die Speed Paints sind eher flüssiger ähnlich einem Wash aber eben deckend. Zudem sind einige Farbtöne wie rot schwer zu überdecken, man sollte also darauf achten genau zu arbeiten. Ansonsten lassen sich die Speed Paints hervorragend verarbeiten trocknen recht schnell und sind seltener fleckig als Contrast Farben. Im Vergleich zu Contrast Paints sind die Speedpaints auch absolut gleich was die Konsistenz angeht. Für mich kommt es jetzt wirklich darauf an welchen Farbton ich bevorzuge und mache darüber meine Entscheidung ob ich zu Speedpaint oder Contrast greife. Beide Marken sind qualitativ gleichwertig. Ich bevorzuge zum Beispiel Speedpaint Pallid Bone für Knochen aber Skeleton Horde sieht etwas besser aus für Pergament. Wer aber auf der Suche nach günstigen Alternativen zu Contrast Paints ist ohne Qualitätsverlust ist hier genau richtig. Ich finde die 40 Euro waren hier gut investiert.

Justo lo que necesitaba, y llegó antes de la fecha estimada.

The fact that these reactivate when painted over, even after they've dried for a few days, means I'll never buy any again. It sounds like something you can probably work with, until you get a little bit on the wrong part of the model. With other contrast-style paints you'd wait for it to dry, paint over it with your white or other prep colour, then retouch with the right contrast colour. Unfortunately these fail at the "paint over it" step, as they reactivate and tint your white. It's particularly bad where you get a lot over the base doing the model's feet, and want to touch up around them. The new paint just repeatedly gets stained with all the speed paint that splashed around, even after repeated attempts to layer on new base coats of white.

Encantado con el resultado

Just started up again, got the entire Talisman set painted.