Brush comparison

[me_in_japan]

I was pretty knacked tonight, so when I went upstairs to paint I ended up just cleaning my brushes instead (something I should really do more. Y'know, with brush soap and stuff, as opposed to just swirling them around in your water pot.) Anyway, as I laid them out to dry, I figured I may as well salvage something constructive from the evening and take a pic to illustrate the differences in various manufacturer's brushes.

So: Exhibit A: MiJ's brushes (descriptions to follow)

[me_in_japan]

1: Cheapo noname brush bought in a local art store. I use this exlusively for oil paints and weathering work. Note curly tip indicative of nylon bristles.

2,3,4) Citadel size 000, 000, and fine detail brushes respectively. Note that the really rather venerable 000 brushes are still in pretty good nick. This is due to them being made of sable and also due to me not using em much.

5) Winsor and Newton size 00. Used often (e.g. I painted most all of Painless Joe and that Ork with this.)

6) Winsor and Newton size 1. Used somewhat too much somewhat too roughly. The tippy bristles have come off (er, or been pulled out. Mighta done that in some over-enthusiastic cleaning...), so the tip doesnt quite come to a point any more. No matter - new ones are in the post!

7,8) Rosemary & Co. Kolinsky sable size 1 and 2. Note the longer bristle length. I dont like this length much, so they havent seen much use.

9,10) Rosemary and Co. Nylon bristles. The smaller brush is 100% unused, hence the perfect condition. The larger one is used often and vigorously. This is the brush I use for mixing, transferring, and generally monkey-working paint. Note the hook-tip, again, this is due to being nylon. But, given the amount of use it's seen, it's nae bad.

11,12) GW small drybrush. Nylon. Crap. Used for cleaning old pots and mixing up paint in my airbrush cup.

13) The remains of a Citadel standard brush. Used for cleaning dried up paint out of the lids of citadel paint pots.

14) Citadel stippling brush. I have no idea why i bought this...

So, I hope that this info may be useful to folks thinking about buying brushes

byes

[Tenorikuma]

Thanks for the comparison. I just ordered a bunch of Rosemary brushes (mostly sable blend) this evening.

[Primarch]

Personally, I find the hooked tips ideal for painting round corners. True story.

[kojibear]

Personally, I find the hooked tips ideal for painting round corners. True story.

That actually has happened to me, too, once or twice.

Thanks MiJ - I ordered a couple of Windsor brushes. I am just tired of buying GW brushes. The first one, the bristles split apart after only a couple of uses. The second had some bristles that were longer than others! Nope, nope, nope, never again.

However, the Tamiya brush I bought at Joshin has out performed all the GW ones!

[Konrad]

Personally, I find the hooked tips ideal for painting round corners. True story.

That actually has happened to me, too, once or twice.

Thanks MiJ - I ordered a couple of Windsor brushes. I am just tired of buying GW brushes. The first one, the bristles split apart after only a couple of uses. The second had some bristles that were longer than others! Nope, nope, nope, never again.

However, the Tamiya brush I bought at Joshin has out performed all the GW ones!

I third that "painting around the corners" bit. Sometimes does come in handy believe it or not.
Only ever bought 1 GW brush against my better judgement. It became a nice drybrushing brush after about 15 minutes.