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[Faber]

Hello guys.
Time to buy a serious brushes set. What brand do you guys suggest me to buy? I need a european reseller with a fair price for set + shipping.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Da Vinci at Miniaturicum:

http://www.miniaturicum.de/index.php?cPath=860_861

[Meier_Elf_Fanatic]

Save yer money...

I use Rosemary & Co - Series 401 round, Series 769 Flat Brights and for the really small stuff  Series 92 red micro sable

https://www.rosemaryandco.com/index.php?cPath=278_392

https://www.rosemaryandco.com/index.php?cPath=278_394&osCsid=56v6os82rua616ggs09e0b36j6

https://www.rosemaryandco.com/index.php?cPath=257_382&osCsid=56v6os82rua616ggs09e0b36j6



Handmade in the UK

Sable blend so that they hold shape and charge.

All I have used for the past three years, and I wish I'd used them for the 27 years before that. I use these 50 hours per week and I have worn out 2 brushes in 3 years.

Check the thread I started on the Warhammer Forum last year and you'll see how many people were VERY happy with their own purchases. Superfast delivery too.

[Captain Blood]

Yep. Rosemary for me too. Just as good as the much vaunted Winsor & Newton 7 series, but at one third of the price.

[Meier_Elf_Fanatic]

Well I only use the best...

Was drilled in to me when I studied art, and on top of that I owe it to my clients to maintain that attitude.

These brushes are GOOD

I wouldn't use a Winsor & Newton if I was given one.

[infelix]

Rosemary all the way for me. I gave them a try about a month ago and I'm not looking back. The quality is very good and the price even better. I also have some W&N Series 7 and I can't really feel a difference in quality between them. I use Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Pointed.

[Meier_Elf_Fanatic]

With the series 401, because they are a blend, they hold a better point and paint charge.

When they lose shape, you dip them in boiling water for 5 seconds and re-shape them. Works a treat and that's why mine have lasted so long!

Fantastic control and durability.

[Meier_Elf_Fanatic]

http://warhammer.org.uk/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=89516

Plenty of views there... Hope it helps


Mark

[Faber]

Thanks guys
It seems Rosemary is the way to go by popular approvement. Shame on me but I'm not sure about wich individual brush to buy. I think I need some from 401 series and some from 92. Which corresponds to the shittie GW "standard" brush and "detail/fine detail" brush?
I'll buy a lot of brushes to test different sizes but I'd like to be sure to have a couple of "standard" and a couple of "detail".

[Meier_Elf_Fanatic]

Reproduced here:



'If you want the best combination of paint load and spring back. then I suggest that you look at the series 401 range of red sable blend. You can have a selection of 10 brushes between sizes 4/0 and 2 including postage for under £20. This is more than enough brushes for anyone.

Add to this a size 2,4 and 6 flat from the series 768 range

And for painting eyes with ease add a size 10/0 series 92 and you will have spent well under £30 and have a SERIOUS set of high quality brushes.'

[Faber]

Thanks Mark. Useful thread!
quoting from there:
Series 401: 4/0, 3/0, 2/0, 0, 1, 2

Series 92: 10/0 and 7/0

Series 768: 2, 4 and 6 flats.

right?

[Mason]

Great recomendations!

I think I shall get some myself, will be back to painting a lot of miniatures soon.

Thanks for the advice, chaps!
(And to Faber for starting the thread!  )

[Meier_Elf_Fanatic]

Thanks Mark. Useful thread!
quoting from there:
Series 401: 4/0, 3/0, 2/0, 0, 1, 2

Series 92: 10/0 and 7/0

Series 768: 2, 4 and 6 flats.

right?

CORRECT! 

[Faber]

and that's what I have just ordered (plus a series 401 n 4)
Well, 12 brushes for (27€ plus 5€ shipping) 32€. It seems a great deal.
Many thanks Mark.

[Patrick Lefèvre]

Are these Rosemary brushes suitable for acryllic paints?
I just ask this because I know a few people in our gamingclub who'll swear by oilpaint for their miniatures.
I'm also following this topic with interrest since I've bought a smal set of brushes in a modelbuildershop in Antwerp and already 2 brushes have gone to sh** after a day or 2  
Mine are from JR pruducts, a German company and unless I did something wrong it's bloody rubbish if you ask me.