What kind of paint should I get?

Tamiya is a little tricky to hand brush. You need to develop your technique for hand brushing Tamiya.

Polly Scale is another fine line of paints for hand brushing (and airbrushing).

Acrylics is definitely the way to go if you are starting from scratch. The only area where enamels have a definite advantage over acrylics is with metalic colors.

i use humbrol ,most of the time,they seem to flow nice and are self leveling .good paint.






gdarwin good luck.

I've decided to get Tamiya and Testors.

Once again thank you.

Tamiya and Vallejo acrilycs for me. Great results

Happy modeling

Thanks alot for the advice. Oh by the way I'm building armor models.

Enamels or acrylics will brush on just fine. Both acrylics and oils are good for painting figures. Keep in mind that thinning may be necessary to get good, even coverage with a minimum of brush strokes. Because you're brushing, exposures from organic vapors should be essentially a non-issue.

Brands would include:
Testor's enamal and acrylic line
Winsor and Newton for oils.
Tamiya acrylics are pretty fine pigment-wise and may be brushed with some success.

You didn't specify what you were painting, so color recommendations would be rather "iffy".

And welcome to the forum family!

Gip Winecoff