Reply To: Opinions on Artis Opus brushes

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I’ve just got back into painting (over the last few months, after a massive hiatus) so treat with a pinch of salt, but here’s what I found:

Thin paints are much nicer, easier to use and look better.  Seriously, Duncan is all over this one. Which means brushes with a “bigger belly” are nicer to work with (yeah, I know, but “nice” just about sums up “easier and more enjoyable to use”). I found W&N brushes great for detail work, but their shape is more like a traditional cone – they start wide and go to a point.

The “standard” GW brushes from a few years ago (the ones with the orange tipped handles) and the Army Painter “character” brushes hold more paint, which – I find – makes painting all but the tiniest details much easier. It’s almost counter intuitive but, unless you’re painting eyes and tiny details, a bigger brush with a good strong point can be much “nicer” to work with than a range of different sized “high end” brushes.

That’s a lot of quotation marks in one post, but I hope you get the idea 😉