We’re looking at painting some Tactics miniatures. It’s been a while since I painted any models of any kind - gosh, over a decade, really. Then, I just used the standard Testor’s paints.
My local game store carries only a huge assortment of Citadel paints, and no other kinds. They are all labeled by the type of thing in the Citadel universe they are supposed to go on, along with what layer paint they are (base coat, detail, etc). Strikes me as simultaneously helpful, and a sneaky razor-and-blades marketing scheme.
My question is, how do those paints correspond to the generic model paints I’m familiar with? I’ve no compunction against spraying my miniatures with a primer and then doing Testor’s paints over that, but for colors I find it annoying to mix or special metallic effects and the like, it might be more convenient to grab a Citadel…what? “Layer” paint?
I also know that these are different kinds of paint (clearly…the Citadel paints don’t have flammability warnings!), but I don’t know what kind the Citadel paint is. I’m wondering if I’ll run into any trouble trying to layer both on the same miniature.
Thanks!