The BEST Miniature Paints In The Hobby?

[@jaceks1962]

great selection of paints

[@brianv769]

Another vote for Vallejo Metal Colors. They are absolutely great for silverish ranges (also love their single copper...gold, eh).

[@PocketPigments]

Awesome definitely going to pick some of those up then, appreciate the recommendation. Have you tried their liquid gold rather than the metal gold? I’ve heard a lot of good things about that one.

[@brianv769]

@@PocketPigments I have not tried it, but I have heard some good things about it. The two things I do for golds and coppers are use the Scale75 line when I want more variation. Also, I have been playing with the Green Stuff World metal pigments using the VMC paints as the medium to mix some different colors...but I have to be in a less lazy mode for that!!

[@PocketPigments]

@@brianv769 hahahaha I know that feeling. I need to play with Scale75s alchemy stuff some more. The metallic tints seem to be tricky to use but could have some cool results.

[@brianv769]

@@PocketPigments I have not played with the tints as much as the actual metals. However I do use Pro Acryl transparent over metal frequently (similar to a candy). That is how I did my HH Alpha Legion.

[@PocketPigments]

@@brianv769 nice! I actually painted up Iron Man for Marvel Crisis Protocol a while back and did something similar, but the other way around. I painted him up in yellow and red and then glazed Scale75 metallics over top :) Worked quite well! So many ways to approach painting, it's always interesting to hear how others are doing things.

[@kris220b]

didnt expect to see a battletech mini, nice surprise

[@PocketPigments]

I love me some Battletech! One of the first PC games I was enthralled by was Mechwarrior 2 - it was so detailed compared to anything I had seen before. Hopefully once the Battletech Mercenaries Kickstarter ships out there will be a nice surge of interest! The game has picked up a lot in popularity over the last few years, but it 100% needs some more attention :)

[@kris220b]

@@PocketPigments im very much looking forward to my big madcat figurine, and my thumber artillery never played MW2, i got into BT trough MW5 and BT18

[@hammerheadgames9794]

Great vid, great recs. loved seeing the paints in action. will definitely add a couple to my collection

[@PocketPigments]

Glad you liked it - thanks for watching!

[@andrewdavies6355]

Really nicely done. There are lots of “9 best ….” Videos out there, this one is particularly good. I think it’s particukarly clever how you used each paint on the same model demonstrating exactly what they do - very well thought out. Thanks.

[@PocketPigments]

Thank you, really appreciate that! You have no idea how long it took me to find a mini I could use all of those paints on without it looking super wonky...lol.

[@peem]

That's a good looking King Crab!

[@PocketPigments]

Thank you! Battletech minis are a lot of fun to churn out :)

[@michaelmastriano7566]

I haven't watched this but the answer is always Pro Acrylic by monument hobbies. Best paint line I've used

[@PocketPigments]

I'm a bit addicted to Pro Acryl as well - so good! My only qualm is how thin they are out of the bottle which has them going runny after a while on a wet palette, but that same quality makes them great for glazing, airbrushing, etc :)

[@michaelmastriano7566]

@@PocketPigments I was actually getting annoyed by that last night. I just assumed that my pallette was too damp

[@PocketPigments]

Yeah they really don’t last super long on a wet palette, hour or two I’d say. When using them I try to make sure my palette isn’t soaked. Otherwise though they’re definitely my favourite line of paints.

[@aaronwindham6065]

I initially thought this was a hobby review, I'm glad it wasn't. Thank you for the condensed video. I bounce around a whole lot between brands, which im guessing you do, and im willinng to try all the suggestions that i havent. I am also glad to agree with you on the other half that i have tried.

[@PocketPigments]

Thanks! Yeah I really just like trying new stuff all the time, see what sticks. I don’t think one brand will ever be the best at everything. So I enjoy spending time experimenting and trying to find what each brand does best - for me at least :)

[@mindlasher]

I love Instar Alpha paint for airbrushing

[@PocketPigments]

Instar Alpha? Haven’t heard of that line to be honest. Looking them up, seems the bottles come in different sizes? What would you say is the best thing about them?

[@mindlasher]

@PocketPigments they are super thin and heavily pigmented. I got a bunch of them when Model Box was still around. They mix well with Reaper MSP, Pro Acryl, Citadel, and Huge Miniatures paint. And they can be used to thin all of those brands. The downside is that they are UK based and hard to find elsewhere.

[@PocketPigments]

Ah right on nice! That sounds somewhat similar to proacryl. I’ll have to give them a shot if I ever come across them. Thanks for the heads up :)

[@Marcellovesyou]

These are excellent suggestions! I'd just add, don't sleep on oils! Specifically, Cadmium Red, Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre and Titanium White. My all time favourite GW legend John Blanche virtually created the early grimdark aesthetic mixing these 4 colours (reminiscent of the colours of swedish painter Anders Zorn).

[@PocketPigments]

Absolutely! Zorn palette is really cool and interesting, I want to try it soon. Agreed on oils in general for sure, I picked up a bunch of the Abteilung 52 line last year and love them :)

[@Aisaaax]

Vallejo premium air metallics are great. I use them with a brush mostly. They are very liquid, but cover extremely well. Speedpaint 2.0 metallics are also surprisingly good

[@PocketPigments]

I’m surprised to hear that about the speedpaint metallics, I had heard a lot of mixed things. What do you like about those? Do they actually work well as a contrast?

[@Aisaaax]

@@PocketPigments they cover very well. But you get an effect of a metallic + wash kind of. They work well for some things and not well for others. It's a bit hard to describe. There are testing videos out there. I recommend a video where all speedpaints are tested on crystal bottle caps

[@DaMunsta99]

I love Vallejo model bronze. Use it on all my ork vehicles.

[@PocketPigments]

I really need to try out the Vallejo metals, they’re so much harder to source here it seems. Definitely some shops that have them but haven’t found any locally. For sure on my list though after all the recommendations! Thanks for watching!

[@napalmmachete]

Second the vallejo bronze, such a good colour with high coverage, and more interesting than bolt gun metal

[@PocketPigments]

@@napalmmachete after all of the recommendations on this video, I'm going to be broke lol. Thanks!

[@FallenTreeBridge]

New-ish to the hobby and this is really helpful! Wellspoken too! Good stuff!

[@PocketPigments]

Thank you I’m glad you liked it and that it was helpful! still a new channel and trying to figure out the best ways to present information :-) thanks a lot for watching!

[@OrakelofDeath]

ca. 8:54 : Nope: Thats the problem with all fluorescent paints: They are more of a dye, than a pigment, what makes them what they are. If you want to give them coverage, you will have to layer them up, until there are enough Layers, which give the paint the chance to prove some coverage. (As you might have registered with the rest of the Fluorescent Paints: They come as translucent out of the bottle as the contrasty paints.)

[@PocketPigments]

Not sure what you mean? The timestamp referenced points to the Brilli White segment? But yes I know translucency is an inherent property of fluors. AFAIK most fluor paints in our hobby actually use pigments. The main difference between pigments and dyes being that pigments are non-soluble while dyes are soluble. I know for sure Scale75's paints use pigments, based on what I have found online. If you know of any dye-based fluors though I'd definitely be interested in giving them a shot! :)

[@OrakelofDeath]

@@PocketPigments Jep: Your Brilly-White is part of Scales Fluo-Paint-Set. Your where thinking about couverage whith the Airbrush. All I gave you was a little bit of context to the Pigmentation of Fluo-Qualitys. (I'm not that much into the chemistry of paints, but could learn a lot through following Ten01-Labs before their Kickstarter went life. The Pigments itself with Fluo-Paints have Qualities, which are chemically nearer to a dye, than to classical Pigments. This has on the downside, that they are very translucent. But it gives them this interesting effect under Blacklite.)

[@PocketPigments]

@@OrakelofDeath ahhh gotcha :) I find Brilli White really interesting, I haven't seen any metallic fluos like that before. Do you know of any others? The airbrush comment was moreso RE: if good coverage could be built up more easily since the airbrush would allow for some thinner and more even layers. I've found it tricky to build up a lot of layers with fluo by brush as they're quite thick (at least the ones I've used) and it can be hard to tell sometimes what you've covered due to that high transparency. I wonder what kinds of fluo-tricks are out there - they're definitely very unique and I imagine some cool stuff can be done with them that I haven't thought of :) The blacklight-play is always fun and cool to show people - but mostly it's always "Finish the mini, shine a blacklight on it, say 'oh wow cool' and then never use a blacklight on it again" lol.

[@OrakelofDeath]

@@PocketPigments I can only speculate, but I think that Brilly White is more ment to be as a medium, so that you can mix it up with any other colour you like and try to see, if you can get a little bit of the Fluo-Efect. (I used the Fluo-Colours of the old Game Range and bought the Scale Set afterwards, because it was recommendet. And since I use this Paints only as Object-Source-Lightning most of the time, I haven't got any use to look around for other Paints of that Category.)

[@marshall453]

Snake bite leather and skagg brown highlights works amazing. reason why i cant do leather the classic way

[@peppermintshore]

Snake bite is also brilliant for woodgrain if you spray the wood black the dry brush it white or zenithal the wood so it catches the grains. Then just paint the wood with snake bite. Its just looks amazing.

[@PocketPigments]

I'll have to give that a shot! I've done it with Wyldwood but it seemed a bit too dark for my taste. Thanks!

[@Yo7p]

Subscribed, I like what you're putting out

[@PocketPigments]

Thank you, really appreciate it - have a stellar weekend!

[@arinthel]

Good list. I know because these are ones I lean on heavily as well. My list looks very similar except I also include the fairy flesh set and the new scale75 artist inks.

[@PocketPigments]

I really enjoy the scale75 inks as well. Quite densely pigmented that’s for sure!

[@christopherbroga4700]

useful video, thank you - subbed

[@beetle5000]

Another incredibly vibrant red is pyrol red from pro acryl which I think is also a single pigment paint, I also strongly agree on the pro acryl white 🤌

[@PocketPigments]

Oh man I love Pyrol red. I avoided it for a while due to the orangey quality but wow does it really do work. 100% agree that it’s a great option especially for glazing!

[@beetle5000]

@@PocketPigments yes I use it for that reason 😎👌 great video too btw

[@PocketPigments]

@@beetle5000 hey thank you I really appreciate that. Started the channel a year ago and really enjoy sharing the hobby with others (I live in a small town, don't have many hobby friends near me sadly). Has been a lot of fun making these videos and am happy to hear they're not always terrible! :P

[@bldos5362]

zenithal with tamiya white. nothing can beat it when thinned with tamiya x-20a thinner.

[@PocketPigments]

You’d say it’s better than zenithal with an ink like FW or Liquitex? They’re quite nice and super smooth, trying to imagine something smoother than that is tricky for my small brain haha.

[@tomkilger9854]

I found it to be much better than ink, a little more cleaning of the airbrush, but worth it...just make sure you get the matte white :)@@PocketPigments

[@PocketPigments]

@@tomkilger9854 awesome I'll give it a shot and see how it holds up then! Thanks for the rec!

[@unf0ld]

Vallejo Metal are very good, also have you tried pro acryl’s metallics, they’re my particular favourite

[@PocketPigments]

Actually surprisingly (as I am a big Pro Acryl fan) I haven't tried their metallics yet. I heard some mixed things so hadn't picked up that set. Any particular hits that they have? Anything in particular you like about them? Thanks!

[@unf0ld]

They work well as long as you use a little thinner, I particularly like the dark silver, rich gold and all the bronzes (i think one of the bronzes comes in an artist signature pack) There's also a metallic medium which is decent, its like a very white silver thats easy to shade using contrast paints or inks. @@PocketPigments

[@komma8203]

The ak 3gen fluorecents are great, i like them a lot better than the scalecolor fx once

[@OrakelofDeath]

ca. 10:42 : Different Quality. The "Bloodreds" out there are known to have a high few into the yellow side of things. And this means this is good to some degree, but has other problems with itself, because it is mixed with a differend colour circle in mind.

[@dr.christopherjvloughlin3313]

This is a kickass video. I have some proacryl (jusyt the washes) and they are ace. Have some scale75. But none of the specific paints mentioned here, I will be getting all these paints as soon as I can afford to. Very, very useful video. Thank you!

[@PocketPigments]

Thanks for saying that, really glad you found it useful! Happy to hear that :) Have a great one!

[@grandis_]

HI, great video and very underrated channel, keep it up. My favourite paint you suggested is "use whatever paints you want, honestly" I really like how saturated it is

[@PocketPigments]

Haha thanks! That’s my favourite paint too :) I think sometimes people take advice from “experienced painters” as gospel too often, so I felt it was a good reminder that the best paint is whatever works best for you. Appreciate the comment RE: my channel as well - I do put in a lot of effort, and I hope that comes across at least once in a while. I’m no Miniac, but I’m trying over here :P

[@grandis_]

@PocketPigments yup ^^ I think you'll get far, just gotta get a grasp on how to make videos so the viewer wants to watch it

[@PocketPigments]

Yeah absolutely - I think things will ramp up a bit later this year. I am deep prepping for my first Golden Demon right now and planning a large yearly painting convention for April. Once that’s done I have some plans :)

[@OrakelofDeath]

ca. 2:53 : "Titanium White" is a pigment based on Titaniumdioxide. And that is nothing special, because it's used pretty much out there. It might be one of the best White-Pigment when it comes down to opacity, but even this has to be used whith a grain of salt. It is more likely, that the pigment-ration inside of your bold-titanium is a little bit higher than normally used. Oh, and since you mentioned Kimera: They are one of a few Producers of paints, that informs you about the pigments they use: On the Bottle of "The White" it is written, that the pigment used is "PW 6" and guess what this pigment is?

[@PocketPigments]

Pigment density is definitely very high in Titanium White that's for sure, can be thinned down quite a lot. Did some digging and it does look like a lot of whites contain titaniumdioxide which is cool - maybe there's more of it in this paint? Trying to find information online but has been tricky. Seems that a lot of the most highly regarded whites out there appear to be identified as "titanium white" which makes me think it has something to do with the titaniumdioxide density/usage in some way, but not certain. More research needed there for sure :)

[@TheRonHockman]

Excellent job on showing and not just telling. Subbed. The example with different highlight results was super interesting. Kimera "The White" uses Titanium Dioxide aka PW6, which is almost certainly what ProAcryl is using. PW6 is ubiquitous anywhere you need white, from food additives to automotive. I was curious, so I just looked it up: In 2021 9.5 million tons of it were made worldwide.

[@PocketPigments]

Nice thanks for the info there! Part of what had me wondering about the Titanium Dioxide was that I've heard mention of a lot of different popular artist whites that also have "Titanium" in the name, wasn't sure if there was a correlation there or not. Note for next time - research the paint makeup first :P Hardest part about showing and not just telling was finding a model to use all of these paints on without it looking too terrible haha. Thanks for watching!

[@dances4980]

I would not use the scale 75 flour through the airbrush unless you love cleaning out clogged airbrushes. For Fluorescent airbrushing you want Golden High Flow Acrylic. Check those out they are fantastic.

[@PocketPigments]

Sweet I’ll give them a go - I’ve run the Scale75 yellow fluor through my airbrush with mostly minimal clogging but the hard part was telling once a full layer was applied in order to stop and let it dry - would often get spidering from overdoing it. Will definitely try the Golden ones, I want to try the ProAcryl fluors as well, have heard good things.

[@dances4980]

@@PocketPigments Pro Acryl paints are my go to for nearly everything, but in the Flour airbrush specific scenario Trust me the Golden is the way.

[@dances4980]

That being said, Pro Acryl Flour are different hues, and fantastic paints in their own right so they are worth getting into also

[@PocketPigments]

@@dances4980 why you gotta do this to me? My wallet can only take so much of a beating haha.

[@imagifyer]

I've had really good experience with Darkstar Molten Metals, the lustre you get from them is imho second to none, for TMM its practically cheating. They also have several tones of gold that I've never seen anywhere else, for instance their pale and fine gold colours are much closer to a champagne gold with a slight reddish tint and their copper is exceptionally vibrant

[@PocketPigments]

Oh nice I’ve heard about them a couple times now. I’ve never actually seen their paints for sale anywhere though. Do they only sell through their website?

[@imagifyer]

@@PocketPigments I purchased mine off their website because it has the most reliable stocking and the shipping worked out the same if I'd ordered from someone else. But irrc gamestate and impendingduff have stocked them

[@howardcoates6985]

I would recommend Cuttlefish Colors metallics, nice coverage if a bit thinner than the scale 75 paints. Their overall paint line is fantastic in my opinion.

[@PocketPigments]

I’ve actually really been wanting to try them, Creature Caster is based out of Canada (where I am) which is pretty cool! Any particular colors you like more than others?

[@howardcoates6985]

Canadian here too.. Maple Airbrush supply in Edmonton has the line. As far as particular colors go there is nothing that I couldnt live without but I use a wide variety of them regularly. Metallics, Level 99 platinum and Bullet Betty are common choices here. Bullet Betty and Scale 75 Black metal are quite similar. I basically do a speed paint style then use the Cuttlefish colors to enhance highlights and shadows to get really high quality table top looks. They are great for that style of painting. (refer to Don Suratos' channel for more detail, I kind of stole / copied from him.)

[@PocketPigments]

Awesome I'm going to pick up a couple and see how they do. Maybe eventually I'll do a review on the Cuttlefish line, only makes sense to highlight some Canadian brands that may be under-exposed :) If you haven't seen it yet I did a video on Sword & Brush a few months back (Canada's biggest minipainting convention) - had a blast, wish there were more events in Canada. I'm also currently organizing a large yearly painting competition for April 20th called Maple Palette that will take place in London, Ontario if you're anywhere near there! www.maplepalette.com

[@howardcoates6985]

Yeah, I wont make that one.. northern Alberta here. Thanks for the invite though 8^)

[@PocketPigments]

@@howardcoates6985 sure thing! Hope you have some cool hobby holes out there. Canuck, out!

[@aaronwindham6065]

Small, diffireing opinion that you may not agree eith if you think pro acry is watery, but vallejo metal color, big fat pot, airbrush, are by far and away the best ive seen. The scale 75 I had a problem with they show brush strokes really easy and you had to be very careful with him they're also really thick.

[@PocketPigments]

Yeah honestly Scale75 just requires some practice I think. It rides the line of being in its own arena due to the gel medium and the way it changes how the paint functions. I have heard a ton of good things about Vallejo metal though and it looks great :)

[@brandondollar]

Vallejo metal color and Duncan Rhodes metallics are good. VMC aren't just acrylic, so careful airbrushing.

[@PocketPigments]

Thanks! They’re enamel based with alcohol for flow correct?

[@brandondollar]

@@PocketPigments They are definitely acrylic but with some extra spice. It may just be the metal flakes are extra fine, and you should wear a good mask.

[@highlordalcadizakyr1479]

did u used pro acryl metallic medium? its made for mixing your own colored metallic , but on its own its a mtallic white. i didnt have tested the scale75 brilli white, so i dont know which one is more white. and also vincy has a pritty good tmm gold recepy

[@PocketPigments]

I haven’t used that metallic medium actually, can it be used straight out of the bottle? I would definitely be curious to see how it compares to Brilli White. I actually wonder if Brilli White contains fluor or not, it has a quality about it that feels very bright but not 100% white of course.

[@highlordalcadizakyr1479]

yeah u can use it straigt out of the bottle, i intentionaly bought it to make my own red metallic but now i use it to extreme highlight metallics or tint them

[@heathandkentyvapevarietysh1402]

Titanium White gets its nsme from Titanium Dioxide. This is the white pigment in paint and you need a lot of it for white coverage in paint. Useless tid bot of informative, it's also used in food coloring. I used to use it with white chocolate to turn the cream colour to white. Also Scale 75 Metal and Alchemy "White Alchemy" is a bright iridescent white like brilli white. Heres an experiment for you ... use brilli white or white Alchemy with black paint and see what silvers you can come up with. Also for great silver Vallejo Air Black Metallic, steel, aluminium and silver.

[@PocketPigments]

Awesome tips thank you, will absolutely try some of that!

[@TheCypher19]

I very much dislike most of the acrylic metallics, only the Vallejo metal color series gives me a smooth finish with a brush. I tried Sand Golem speed paint over it one day, and it changed the way I do metallics. Everything is a contrast - style paint overtop of Steel and Silver now.

[@PocketPigments]

That sounds amazing. Lots of Vallejo metal color recommendations here - my arm has been fully twisted haha.

[@TheCypher19]

@@PocketPigments They are "The Metallics", at least the white and black metals. The gold, copper, ect are fine but no where near as good

[@Primogen1988]

great info. I have not tried Kimera yet. I certainly need to. As far as metalics, I have used the Scale75 and for me it seems to be color specific. As a general rule, I tend to prefer the Vallejo Metal Color line. If you havent tried those, give em a peek. Good vid!

[@PocketPigments]

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve been meaning to try out Vallejos Metal Colors, I’ll definitely give them a shot now. I really love Kimera, such a high quality paint line but it’s definitely trickier when needing very specific colours as it requires that mixing knowledge. Absolutely worth it though, really reliable and quality paints :)

[@MoxAmber26]

Scale75 has better golds and coppers overall, but I absolutely love Vallejo Metal Color series paints. They cover in just one or two coats and just always get the job done. worth a check out IMO

[@PocketPigments]

Looks like I have no choice, a few people have recommended them now :) Have you tried their liquid metals at all? If so how would you say they compare to the metal color line? Vallejo is a less popular brand where I’m at it seems, not many shops stock it, but I know of a couple I could order online from and give their metallics a go!

[@MoxAmber26]

​@@PocketPigments i havent tried the liquid metal colors, but have heard they are quite good. The one downside is that the Liquid Metal ones arent acrylic paint, but alcohol based, so cleaning is a little different. The names are also a little confusing, but thankfully the bottles are quite different. I mostly get my vallejo at a local model train store, so if you have a non-game hobby shop in the area, that may be a place to get vallejo stuff

[@PocketPigments]

Cool I'll have to hunt some down then! I've heard really good things about AK's "True Metal" line as well. Apparently they are "wax-based" and cleaned up with white spirits and such as well. However once they've dried you can polish them like real metal, which sounds pretty intriguing. So many cool products out there, and only so many dollars :P

[@stellakels]

I love #10

[@noct_urnal]

Some very nice paint suggestions! Would love to see you cover some ProAcryl stuff, but I am a sucker for their violets and magentas so may be a bit biased 😅

[@PocketPigments]

Haha thanks! I love me some ProAcryl - Scalecolor was my go-to paint line for quite a while but once I picked up ProAcryl it kind of became my staple. But I honestly use a bit of everything these days, lots of options and not every company/paint line has everything covered :) I'll keep a ProAcryl video in the back of my mind though for sure!

[@danbrown2473]

I prefer Citadel. Maybe as I have had the most exposure to them. Tried Army painter. Didn't get on with them. Different bottles with the same name on them would be different consistencies and even different shades. Was a fair while back though Got TTCombat at moment. Very thick or very runny. Don't like to be thinned. Need lots of shaking. Going to try bearing in bottles. See if that will help. Not getting on with them. Vallejo, loved them. Just could not fined the right colours I needed often. Stock issues normally. Liked and subbed.

[@PocketPigments]

I hear you for sure - legit some things just work better for others, or just being comfortable with a product is enough to stick with it. Honestly no one needs 1,000+ bottles of paint. But hey…gotta burn that income somehow I suppose lol.

[@sweatilaa5325]

Regarding the whites, Vallejo Game Color white is actually pretty good. I never use it over black since I usually start from a grey primer but it has nice coverage and works really well, I have the Kimera white as well but I find myself using the Vallejo white more often since it works so well and is easier to dilute. I'd switch out Apothecary White for Soulblight Grey wash, though I guess it more depends on the tone of white you want rather than how good both products are. When it comes to metallics I tend to go for AK 3rd Gen, they work very well as your standard metal colors, maybe Scale 75 is technically better but AK gives a really nice metallic look for an affordable price. Natural Steel is my go to for metallics these days. But the Vallejo Metal Color line is better but less nice to work with, but the Chrome there is AMAZING for highlights. Some other recommendations of paints that aren't the hypest colors but I use almost all the time: Vallejo Model Color: Cavalry Brown, German Grey, German Camouflage Black Brown, Refractive Green, and Smoke (very niches but once you learn to use it it can give some cool effects for little effort.) AK 3rd Gen: Buff, German Field Grey, Olive Green. And last but not least Citadel: Corax White. I know, Corax White, but it is actually nice as a base for white, both for adding shadows, throwing on a wash, and for adding highlights.

[@PocketPigments]

Lots of awesome call outs there for sure! RE: Soulblight Grey vs Apothecary White, definitely a preference thing for sure. As Soulblight Grey is a wash/shade it rests in the recesses more, tinting the surface less than Apothecary White. Though I do find the tinting from Apothecary White can help the transition of the shading a bit which can be quite helpful. It also allows you to add further highlights afterwards since the surface is no longer 100% white. But they give very similar results and it's more of a "what kind of result do I want" thing for sure, as you said :) Thanks for watching - much appreciated!

[@stellakels]

Is this the red you got all over your sleeve? lol. Awesome video!

[@PocketPigments]

That is absolutely "The Red" I got all over me lol... For context, my wife came down into my studio to hang out. Started packing up my painting and of course dipped the sleeve of my favourite shirt into "The Red"...the most saturated paint I own. Then proceeded to accidentally rub that sleeve against my favourite pajama pants. And boy does it show up. So...be careful with The Red folks...it's not fun to get it everywhere lol.

[@cameronyager9221]

Ak interactice intense colors white is my go to

[@PocketPigments]

Nice I haven’t tried their Intense line yet. Have you tried ProAcryls Bright Titanium White or Kimera’s The White? If so how do they compare?

[@cameronyager9221]

@PocketPigments haven't tried kimera so I couldn't say but it's a least on par with the pro-acryl. Maybe a little thicker out of the bottle. I'm just not a fan of the twist top bottles pro-acryl uses so my main workhorse paints are vallejo and ak interactive.

[@PocketPigments]

@@cameronyager9221 right on makes sense! I'll have to give it a shot. Thick paint can be nice for longer working times on a wet palette that's for sure!

[@poulsentyler]

Golden Highflow fluorescents

[@PocketPigments]

I’ve only come across them a couple times but haven’t pulled the trigger. Anything in particular that makes them stand out? Thanks!

[@poulsentyler]

@@PocketPigments the green and the pink are just insane in their coverage and flow. I enjoy their whole line but will admit there are a couple of the 5 or 6 that are s bit lackluster but no one is perfect. Just got the new Monument Hobbies fluorescents and they are supposedly pretty damn good too.

[@PocketPigments]

Sweeeet I’ll be snagging those ProAcryl ones soon, I have most of their stuff already - really big fan of their paints.

[@naomimunoz134]

#Battletech #KingCrab

[@PocketPigments]

King Crab is Best Crab.

[@Moonlighter_TV]

Watched the video all the way through and I hope this comes off as constructive criticism and not being a jerk. I think your audio is fine, your video is fine and your information is good. You need to work on your delivery and that just comes with practice. There is a lot of times where you will stop on a word in the middle of a sentence. Its like the opposite of the problem a lot of new video makers have where they run a mile a minute and dont stop to take a breath. But there are. Times. When. It feels. Like you are pausing in the middle of a sentence to try and keep up with your thoughts. A lot of people struggle with "umms" or "so" or "anyway" at the start or end of their sentences which can be edited out easily enough, but practice getting through the full sentences a bit more smoothly and evenly. I think that one nit picky thing will help the overall flownol of the dialogue and give you bigger pieces to work with in editing

[@PocketPigments]

Hey there - I appreciate the feedback for sure, no offense taken! The cadence of my speech is something I’ve actually worked on a lot (check out some of my earlier stuff). I went back through this video just now and I honestly think what you’re hearing is just how I naturally talk. I write scripts for my videos, read over them multiple times, etc. But due to who I am as a person I just cannot memorize a script word for word - my brain doesn’t work that way. So I do practice runs after reading everything and then I do my shots and just let it flow the way I would normally have a conversation with someone. Of course I reshoot things sometimes to try and get a better flow, and I do edit around things here/there to clean it up. But maybe I just naturally sound slow and dumb or something…that’s just me I guess! I’ll definitely try to improve it some more, I’ve made a lot of progress already I think. But I also do believe a lot of what you may be referring to is just how I talk. Legitimately though I do super appreciate the feedback - most of what I get is positive or neutral and I’ve been trying to figure out what areas I can improve in, so I’ll definitely try to pay more attention to my general speech patterns.

[@biscuiteatersjr2312]

Yeah would say I didn’t find this to be the case personally. I enjoyed the video and your delivery. Have subbed for the next one.

[@PocketPigments]

Thanks I appreciate it! Always open to some constructive criticism though for sure, I’m certain I have many rough spots haha.

[@jc7997aj]

​@@PocketPigmentsjust remember we love Christopher Walken because of the he talks lol. I dont find your speech off putting. It's deliberate and exact which is exaclty what I want in this type of video. As far as memorization just do what actors do and concentrate just on the lines you're recording atm. They don't memorize 100s of script pages. Also instead of memorization. Reread over your script till you know it well enough to then put it into your own words (again lol. Funny considering the script was your words to begin with). Anyway I'm subbing because you gave scale 75 high marks. 😂. Idk I just don't find others who dig it. I'm very close to having the range and I just don't see what people don't like about it.

[@PocketPigments]

@@jc7997aj thank you for saying that haha. I’ll continue to work on it for sure but yeah half of it is probably just how I talk. And 100% agreed Scale75 is rockin! I think it sometimes gets a bad rap because it’s just so different, so it needs time to adjust to. But once given some time, it’s an incredible paint range!

[@gunpriestlove223]

sorry, normally extremely forgiving and community alike positive, but, thumps down for doing such klickbait. First Real sentence ...these are not my favorite..... an then this title.

[@PocketPigments]

Welcome to the internet! Video titles change, often multiple times - a very high number of KZbinrs do it and it’s not exclusive to KZbin, or even exclusive to titles. The algorithm is fickle, it’s the way things are. Sorry to ruin your day, I’ll do my best not to step on your toes in the future.