Foundry (and others) Paint quality

[revford]

My local craft shop stocks the normal range of Anita's colours, but not the metallics.

For metallics they carry the DecoArt range, which are okay, but a bit thick and gritty.

[capthugeca]

I'd agree with you about the Art Deco stuff. I tried a gun metal but wasn't impressed.
In case you want to try Anita's Metallics, I've found a shop on the web that stocks them all:-
http://www.clarkcraft.co.uk/index.php?cPath=4_5

[revford]

Cheers for that, I'll give them a try when I'm shopping for metallics again.

[khartoum2]

I have a number of foundry paints as well as GW, Vellejo and a selection of other makes.

The foundry on the whol;e are my favourite on the whole.  The quality of the paint is top class and pot for pot they are better tvalue than GW.  Especially dislike the latest variation of GW pot design - lid keeps popping back.

I have found some of the 3 colour pots do not have the colour difference that is required to set them apart.  This seems to be more so in later colur schemes that have been introduced.  I have used 3 of the napolionic range (british red, french blue and chevalier green) and there is so little betweent he three tones that it is difficult to tell them apart.  I also have some of the earlier numbers as well and these have very good colour definition and paint up nicely.  I like to paint with faily thick colour so the high pigment suits me down to a tee

To answer some of the points raised above - you can now purchase individual pots of colour and if you want a good yellow use the Orchre it has a very nice effect.  It start with an orangy base coat and builds to a bright yellow.

[Centaur_Seducer]

I think that the thread starter have had some time trying the foundry range as he posted the question 2 years ago...

[Malebolgia]

Well, knowing brax in person I know he doesn't have Foundry yet and he's still contemplating buying them (I think he will always do so until he buys them one day ).