Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Been painting off-and-on for 15+ years now. I've used Citadel, Vallejo, P3, and Wal-Mart craft paint. Let's start with the pros: + Excellent value for your money. GW/Citadel charges $4.25+ for 12mL pots, while the paints in this package come to (roughly) $1.60 for 18 mL bottles. + The bottles are much better than painting pots. You can drop a precise amount of paint onto your palette and then cap it, saving paint in the long run. + The paints themselves are of high quality and tend to cover in one or two coats. Special mention must be made to the metallics, which avoid looking like 'glitter paint' and coat quite smoothly. + You get an excellent range of colors to get you started, as well as 4 washes/inks and 2 technical paints. + The brush is of good quality and the triangular shape fits well into your hand. + The holding trays make organizing your paints simple and easy. + The instruction manual gives good tips for beginners, in an easy-to-read format. And now the cons: - The bottles were not placed in any kind of order - reds were next to blues, metallics next to acrylics, etc. - Some of the bottle caps were askew, and one color had leaked into the package. - The holding trays don't work unless laying flat, so if you tip it over, your paints will drop out. - The biggest issue with Army Painter paints is that the acrylic medium and pigment tends to separate. This means you have to spend 30 seconds to several minutes shaking a pot before using it - if you don't, when you go to squirt your paint onto your palette, you'll get watery medium followed by thick pigment. All in all, this package is an immense value and I highly recommend it for anyone getting into the hobby. Or back into, in my case. :D