Reply To: [unofficial weekender] my edition is better than yours

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So I finally pulled the trigger on a pre-order and am now excitedly awaiting my Army Painter Fanatic Mega Set (I really wanted to, but couldn’t justify dropping about £500 on the complete set of 216 colours).

I thought about getting some for a while, but thought it seemed pointless, given I have the original Mega Set and a load of Citadel paints to compliment those colours. But last night, while trying to quickly finish off a couple of printed cyberpunk dudes, it made my mind up for me.

My current painting style is black prime, white zenith, speed paint block colour, edge highlight (and details).
It leads to relatively cartoony looking minis, but I’ve learned to embrace that. Though I’m finding that in recent months, my “successful” minis have all tended towards the blue/green range and last night I worked out way – reds and yellows and oranges and purples – the edge highlights are just not “pop-py” enough. Blue and green paints have a strong pigment to them – reds and oranges look pale and washed out.

So I figured since Fanatic paints have almost universally had good coverage of their…. well…. good coverage, I’d given them a go. No more painting an edge highlight two or three (or even four) times just to get a decent bright edge!

Roll on March 16th!