Reddit reviews Winsor & Newton University Series 233 Round Short Handle Brush, 2
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I would recommend you check out Sorastro's painting guides on YouTube. His method is probably the easiest way to get good a good quality paint job with minimal effort.
The steps are basically:
It's not the absolute best paint job possible, but it's a pretty good one for the effort and skill required.
As for paints and brushes and primers - there are a lot of options.
You'll want a primer that is meant for plastics. Most people go black or white, but if you're painting a lot of minis and want to save some time, get one in the primary color the models will be. This will make the base coating step much faster.
You could go with good paints, like Vallejo, P3, or Citadel. I prefer Vallejo personally, but any of them would do well. You could also go with cheaper craft paints. They'll probably be a bit granier but will be significantly cheaper. For example, a set of 18 Apple Barrel Acrylics will run you $18. This is about the equivalent of 62 Vallejo paints (in terms of quantity) but those are usually closer to $3 each (or ~$180 or 10x as expensive - get these at a local game or hobby store, they are like $6-7 on Amazon). Whichever one you choose - make sure to thin down the paints by adding water to get a good consistency - you don't want it to be too thick and obscure details.
In regards to how many - well, that depends on what you want to paint. It might help to plan out how you want to go about it and then just get the paints you'll need. I'd start with one project, see how it goes, and then plan to get any other paints you need for additional projects, especially if you go with the more expensive art quality acrylics.
For brushes, I recommend a size 2 brush. Most mini painters can do pretty much everything with a size 2. You can get an expensive Kolinsky sable one which will run you about $20 or you can get some cheaper ones that might be more like $7-8 or you can get really cheap ones which might have a pack of 5 or more brushes for like $5. I'd probably start with a $7 one see if this is something you really want to do or not. For the method I linked to above, they will work just fine. For finer detail you may need something smaller, but you could probably still get away with just the size 2.