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As for Army Painter brushes specifically. It's what we started with before moving to Kolinsky Hair brushes. Still use a number of their small dry brushes for small detail drybrushing. If you are set on Army Painter... The Wargamer series, specifically the Regiment, Character, and Detail brushes are pretty solid. As well as the Wargamer Small Drybrush. Certainly better than Walmart synthetics. Have held up well cleaning with Masters Brush Soap linked below. They just have never had the same type of fine tip you get on a Kolinsky.

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Here's some of the things I've written on brushes before... we have a large collection.

Essentially you'll want a Natural Kolinsky fiber brush in round shape for miniature base coating, shading, layering, edging and detail work. They will last you quite a while if you take care of them. Most people find they can do everything with a #2 and #0. A workhorse and a detail brush. Good natural Kolinsky hair helps thinned paint flow properly out of the brush, and holds an excellent point. There are a number of options to get a good Kolinsky brush:

As for brands, you have options:

• Winsor and Newton Series 7. Well known for quality and value among miniature painters. This is the gauge by which other high end brushes are judged. - #2, #0
  
• da Vinci. A little more but you can get a nice Travel Series for similar money to their traditional handled brushes. Helps protect the tip while in storage or traveling to the store to paint. They run a little smaller/thinner than W&N Series 7. - #2, #1
  
• On the cheaper side is ZEM. Had very good luck with them. Good companion for the W&N7 as we use ZEMs when painting metallics as they can be a bit rougher on brushes. They do have some ware to them after dozens of models compared to the more expensive W&N or da Vinci. But don't need to be thrown in the trash like the cheap synthetics. Brush soap does wonders. Set of size #10/0, #0, #2, & #4. Or Individually
  
• Other Brands of Kolinsky fiber brushes we own but don't have as much experience with... Raphael, Escoda, Connoisseur.
  
• There's also Citadel's own Artificer line... They are also Kolinsky fiber brushes so need to be cleaned regularly. We have not tried them but many suggest they are similar quality as the W&N Series 7. Just far more expensive.
  
• When friends come over to learn how to paint up thier board game or DnD minis... We hand them a pouch an assortment of Army Painter Wargamer Brushes or Winsor and Newton synthetic Cotman so they don't need to learn on walmart brushes, but don't risk our Kolinskys.
  
  Then you'll want to keep it all clean with "The Masters" Brush Soap and Conditioner. Cleaning regularly will make a big difference brush life. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009RRT9Y/ ... Keeping brushes freshly rinsed in a basin can help prevent the bad buildup of dried paint to begin with.
  
  NOTE - You'll want to use cheaper brushes for Drybrushing, it can just murder brushes. Either walmart/craft store brushes you can toss, or just cheaper quality brushes made for it, like Army Painter or Citadels drybrush lines.
  
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  As for paint... We use Army Painter and Citadel. Citadel primarily for anything warhammer to get color matches. Army painter for some washes, and anything else we paint (boardgame and DnD minis). Rither now we are only using Vallejo for Airbrush paints and a few premium metallics.

It’s all from the army painter, they’re pretty nice and are available on Amazon.

Link

https://www.amazon.com/Army-Painter-Skeleton-Spray-Primer/dp/B005C3CYV8/ref=mp_s_a_1_31_sspa?crid=2WHXKM2XDP6BW&keywords=army+painter&qid=1550518189&s=gateway&sprefix=army+pa&sr=8-31-spons&psc=1&smid=AU2FNATHSFHNB

Just be sure to use it lightly, it sprays pretty thick

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