I see Angel is now working freelance for Privateer Press.
studiogiraldez.blogspot.com/

And is using P3 paints.
Thats cool, hopefully he'll put up his P3 recipes.
Ive just about switched 100% to P3 - great paints.

Angel is taking over the painting world.
I mean, who doesn't he paint for?

I've tried P3 paints. They have superb flow and coverage but their paints have a funny texture.
Almost a little metalic or glossy.

They've definitely got their use, but I couldn't paint 100% with them.

i noticed the gloss as well. i used them to paint the kilts on my volunteers and
didn't really like the results. i think they'd probably work much better for my
yu jing HI (ceramics and alloys being glossier than ariadna textiles).

angel is indeed assimilating the gaming world.

Good for him! I'm glad his business is doing well, but I hope this doesn't slow down the release of his miniature painting book.

I guess i'll never be 100% P3 as I still have a couple of Vallejo & GW staples.
But I do find them very nice to work with and will pick the P3 option where there is a choice.
Yes some of the paints do have a slight satin gloss to them, but I quite like it, though I do use a matte varnish so ultimately I don't see it anyway.

Having said that though a couple of my recent Infinity figs were were all P3 except for GW washes.

EDIT - I also quite like the P3 paint mixing chart which has helped quite alot.
www.battlegroup.dk/P3-painting-chart.pdf

I have lost all my GW paints and have gone almost exclusively to Vallejo model paints, with the exception of some colors which were purchased at a small local art store before they went under.

I have kinda been waiting for something like this to happen where PP was going to hire on one of the great European mini painters.

maelgrim wrote:
I guess i'll never be 100% P3 as I still have a couple of Vallejo & GW staples.
But I do find them very nice to work with and will pick the P3 option where there is a choice.
Yes some of the paints do have a slight satin gloss to them, but I quite like it, though I do use a matte varnish so ultimately I don't see it anyway.

Having said that though a couple of my recent Infinity figs were were all P3 except for GW washes.

EDIT - I also quite like the P3 paint mixing chart which has helped quite alot.
www.battlegroup.dk/P3-painting-chart.pdf

The first time I used P3 paints I was pleasantly surprised; they cover so easily and work great as base coats, but they're a little more finicky for some other uses. I do use them for my Shasvasti models.

Angel with this much work can't slow down his release rate. I reckon he'll either drop some painting for other sources, just spend more time painting or throttle back on quality on some models. You can see that on some models (although they are still great).

I love p3, and Im really curious to see angel's style on PP models.

Matt Diepietro is a great painter (the other pp painter) as well.

How does P3 handles? not that anybody brings here or that I am thinking to jump over from Vallejo, just curious.

Not a fan of P3

They are quite similar to GW in density... quite creamy, denser than Vallejo and easier to stir...

But to me, this P3 thing is just a (clever) marketing move by Privateer to create something to oppose to GW about paints, as well as miniatures. They surely help PP to brandize their painters customers, instead of yelding them to their UK competitors, yet don't add anything really new to the painting universe.

I think you're right, Michel. At the moment, PP's principle marketing strategy is that they're NOT Games Workshop.

"Behold! We have an open beta!"

"Behold! We update all of our army books within a month of releasing our new rules!"

"Behold! You don't even have to contaminate your minis with Citadel Colour!"

Not that I think those things are bad things (quite the opposite). But I'm aware that the main reason PP do them isn't because they're good (commercially, they're bad, which is why GW don't do them), but because it makes them NOT Games Workshop.

Seeing, however, as this is the Infinity board, perhaps we should discuss another Spanish manufacturer with their own range of paints: Andrea Miniatures.

They produce a range of pre-mixed shades, so you can buy a whole set of shades of grey, white, red, blue etc. The idea being that you don't have to keep mixing up your own shades, as you can find every shade you need in their sets. Now, I'm not completely sold on this idea, but they are very well constituted and come in Vallejo-style dropped bottles. Plus, they're quite reasonably priced.

R.

I really like my P3 paints - I probably use about half P3, and half Vallejo.

They tend to be better at wet blending than Vallejo paints. They also thin right down to nothing with a bit of water added (advantage of using a liquid pigment, rather than a solid) - so it's easy to "feather" out the edge of your highlights when blending them on the model. Good for getting a gradient from solid colour to translucent colour.

I mainly use their reds and earthy browns & greens. There are some great colours in other parts of the range, though, like Coal Black (a dark turquoise, for highlighting black - works very nicely on ninjas).