What kinds of brushes do you use?

I figured it was worth asking, since we've talked about paint too.

Myself, I am using 3/0, 2/0, 0, 1 and even a 2 for painting bases. Those are the sizes I try and get. But I noticed that sometimes a 0 is bigger than another 0, sometimes by a lot. I use brushes with marder hairs. I have some games workshop brushes too, but those I am not impressed with. They are older of course. I haven't looked at any of the newer ones. I have seen you can get a "brush pen"... not sure what that is. Maybe you can make straight line details with it? I find if I use anything finer than 3/0, I can't get it to keep paint, without it being just as much as when I use a 3/0. I have seen you can get pony hair brushes, and synthetic ones... Are those any good?

Lots of questions. What do you use? and what are your experiences?

Good morning,
I use all sizes of brushes. The smallest ones for figurines are Prince August brand sable hair brushes. But I also use large brushes bought in discount stores to relay the dioramas. No Games Workshop brushes, which are of very poor quality.

I think these are the correct numbers for 1/72 scale. I use the same numbers. Synthetic brushes are fine. We will not paint the Mona Lisa.

No, synthetic brushes do not suit me. I paint my figurines only with sable hair.

Good to hear that I seem to be normal in regards to brushes. Marder = Sable, I think.

I haven't tried synthetic. How is it different?

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I think these are the correct numbers for 1/72 scale. I use the same numbers. Synthetic brushes are fine. We will not paint the Mona Lisa.

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Synthetic deteriorates much more quickly. The tip deforms very quickly and in the end, it is a bad investment.

Brist, how long have you been using a natural bristle brush?

My natural bristle brushes last me several years. I would say between 4 and 5, with regular practice. I tested synthetic brushes and very quickly, for the same use, degradation appears.

It's been a long time, it's worth buying brushes with natural hair, I'll try them. I change brushes with synthetic hair every 3 to 6 months. However, the result is the same.