cheap acrylic paints for terrain

[Aginor]

Hey y'all!
With my army nearing the point I want to get to, I am putting some thought into terrain building.
I do know a bit about terrain building from my brother who builds model train terrains, and of course from some of the great tutorials on YouTube.

Now I wondered:
Should I really use my expensive army painter colors for painting the large areas of dirt, sand, snow, rocks, and stone walls on terrain pieces, or should I just get a few cheap colors.


I saw paints like these on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.de/Reeves-Acrylfarbe-75ml-Umbra-gebrannt/dp/B00871A35G


Price comparison:
Army painter Brown color: 2,70€ for 18ml
Reeves Brown acrylic color: around 4€ for 75ml

Does anyone here have experience with those? Are they sufficient for that purpose? What are their downsides?

Edit: note that those aren't even the cheapest ones. Boesner sells acryllic paints, 500ml bottles for 7€.

 

[Bowser]

Honestly I use dollar store paints for terrain projects, I might use a bit of the expensive model paint for touchups or small patches of a certain colour.

 

[Aginor]

Honestly I use dollar store paints for terrain projects, I might use a bit of the expensive model paint for touchups or small patches of a certain colour.

Ok Thanks. I will give it a try I guess.

 

[Padre]

For me, it depends on the project. Smaller projects are fine with wargaming paints, but for large areas, I'd try to use cheaper acrylics. Hobby Lobby sells 3 oz bottles of paint for under a dollar and they work fine for most projects.

 

[Jorgik]

It it´s wargaming terrain and not for a diorama then definitely go the cheap route. Also. the acrylic paints for model-painting are specifically designed to do so, and might not be that good at covering very large areas like terrain could be in one coat

 

[pendrake]

What you want is craft paint. But, I have no idea if such is available in the € zone.

@Aginor

...these are what to use for terrain.

59ml for less than a € per bottle; in the US they are generally less than a $ per bottle, which is even less than a Euro.

(Acrylic paint from tubes is for artists that want to paint on canvas or murals or panels. That stuff is thick enough to spread with a knife. It is similar to oil paint.)

 

[Boboassa]

Hey y'all!
With my army nearing the point I want to get to, I am putting some thought into terrain building.
I do know a bit about terrain building from my brother who builds model train terrains, and of course from some of the great tutorials on YouTube.

Now I wondered:
Should I really use my expensive army painter colors for painting the large areas of dirt, sand, snow, rocks, and stone walls on terrain pieces, or should I just get a few cheap colors.


I saw paints like these on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.de/Reeves-Acrylfarbe-75ml-Umbra-gebrannt/dp/B00871A35G


Price comparison:
Army painter Brown color: 2,70€ for 18ml
Reeves Brown acrylic color: around 4€ for 75ml

Does anyone here have experience with those? Are they sufficient for that purpose? What are their downsides?

Edit: note that those aren't even the cheapest ones. Boesner sells acryllic paints, 500ml bottles for 7€.

You might go even cheaper then that! The terrain doesn't need the paint quality thet models require because you have to cover larger surfaces and small imperfections aren't a big deal...

 

[n810]

I would recommend buying some cheep large brushes to go with it.
Often terrain textures can be rough on your nice brushes.