i was looking thru my paints the other day and realised that i regularly use 5 different brands of paint but also have another 4 that sometimes get used.
some are specific like the misterkit paints for ww1 or alclad but also specific colours that cover better than others.

misterkit
humbrol
vallejo model air/model colour
xtracolor
lifecolor
alclad
tamiya


does anyone just stick to one brand?

I use the following in order of preference.

Tamyia Acrylics - Love to spray and hate to brush
Model Master Acrylics - Spray and Brush
Model Master Enamels - Spray and Brush
Lifecolor - Used for figures
Vallejo Air - Just got one bottle to try and have to say I like it a lot. Dries rock hard unlike the Tamyia Acrylics which tend to rub off.
Model Master Metalizer - Have yet to try them. Will use them on a F104 kit I have

Winsor & Newton Oil Paints for washes ect. I might try them for some figure painting.

Mike

let's see:

Tamiya acrylic
Humbrol enamel
Valleyo
Tamiya enamel
WEM enamel
Revell enamel
Modelmasters metal paints

Let's see...

Tamiya acrylics - spray mostly, and small detail brushing over other coats
ModelMaster acrylics and enamels - spray and brush
Floquil Railroad Colors enamels - spray and brush. Ultra-fine pigments and coats. Also when I need to prime...

I also have some old Humbrol enamels in tins... nice for detail brushing

Windsor & Newton and other artists oils for washes

I use mainly
- Tamiya Acrylics for spray work and
- Vallejo Acrylics for brush work.

I have a few cans of
- Revell Enamel Airbrush left over from a few years back and
- Model Master Enamel Airbrush that I bought to get the right color.

I also have lots of tin cans of
- Humbrol and
- Revell Enamels left from my early days in modeling...

Oh, not to forget 2 different kinds of oil paint...

Cheers!
Stefan

I have:

Tamiya acrylic
Gunze Aqueous Hobby Color
Vallejo Model Color
Several jars of Vallejo Model Air
Several jars of Tamiya Enamel
Several jars of Gunze Mr Color
Several jars of Gunze Mr Metal Color
Several jars of Gaianotes lacquers
Several tins of Humbrol enamel
Several jars of old school "square jar" Testors enamel
A couple of jars of Model Master enamel
A jar of Model Master metalizer

Hmmm... My list goes:

Tamiya acrylics - vehicle painting via airbrush
Pollyscale railroad acrylics - trains (obviously!) and brushing basic colours on armour (and making washes for weathering)
Humbrol enamels - brushing details
Citadel/Games Workshop - brushing mainly on figures
Valejo/Flames of War - brushing figure uniforms
Revell acrylics - mainly for their Gelboliv to airbrush Bundeswehr stuff

I use GW's spray primers under most of these, and Microscale's Microgloss for decaling.

No wonder there's no room onn my modelling desk!

Tom

Tamiya
Vallejo
Modelmaster
W.E.M for ships

Tamiya Acrylic
Model Master- Acrylic & Enamel
Windsor & Newton oil paints
1 Tin of White Ensign of Light Mud

I don't think anyone really sticks to one brand. There are just too many choices out there. Mostly I use:

Tamyia Acrylics - spray can & brush
Testors Model Master Enamels - spray can & brush
Testors Enamel - spray can & brush
Testors Acryl - brush (don't really like these)
Dupli-Color Automotive Acrylic Laquer- spray can
Dupli-Color Automotive Engine Enamel- spray can
Rust-O-Leum - spray can
Krylon - spray can

Jim

Here is my list .

Tamiya for airbrushing
Polly Scale for airand brush painting
Humbrol for brushing
Valljeo for brushing
Testore in the small glass jars ( old school ) brushing / air
Testors Models Master Acrylic for airbrushing
Testors Model Master Enamel for brushing / air
Alclad for metall work
Testors Dull cote in the can and jar
Artis oils for washes .
Gunzes for airbrushing .

excellent stuff, glad i'm not the only person who has loads of different paints
lots of variety in those lists but tamiya seems to be a common theme.

cheers paul

For acrylics I use Model Master, though I don't really prefer acrylics for ships. I mostly use WEM Colourcoats since from what I've seen they have the best selection of paints for duplicating WW 2 naval colors. As for primers, I use Krylon For Plastic in rattle cans from Wal-Mart. Stuff works great and its dirt cheap compared to model specific primers.

Bob

I use mostly Humbrol enamels for air & brushing
I also have a few Revell enamels
and Modelmaster enamels
Tamiya Acrylics (weathering)
Citadel Acrylics (weathering)
and some dry pastels (weathering)

Tamiya for airbrushing
Valljeo for brushing
Valljeo Air for air brushing
Polly Scale for air and brush painting
Humbrol for air and brushing painting
Citadel / Games Workshop for brushing painting
WEM British Armour colours brush and airbrushing
Testors in the small glass jars
Testors Models Master Acrylic for airbrushing
Testors Model Master Enamel for air and brushing
Testors Dull cote in jar
Artis oils for washes .

You can never have too many paints lol.

Darryl

Tamiya for ab and some detail painting
Model Master enamel for ab and brush
Model Master acrylic for ab
Water colors for adding a wash
Rattle cans for primer and replicating some Revell colors

For my kits I just use Tamiya mainly. Some Vallejo for the cockpit. for miniatures I use Vallejo, P3 and Reaper Master Series.

Hmm compared to others it appears that my list is really short.

Tamiya Acrylic for Airbrushing
Humbrol for weathering and figure painting
Some cheap a$$ oilpaints for weathering.

Tamiya acrylics-brush and ab
MM enamels-brush and ab
MM acrylics-brush and ab
Winsor&Newton oils-brush
Glidden-brush and ab
Rustoleum-for primer
Water colors, generic-brush; washes; shadows
Looking forward to trying my hand at Vallejo, as I've only heard good things about their line.

I use:

P3
Citadel/Gamesworkshop
Reaper master series
Tamiya (for airbrush only)
Vallejo Model Air (airbrush only and all military drab type colours)
Lifecolour (rarely used though)
Mig Abteilung oils and pigments
AK Interactive weathering products

I usually use Tamiya fine spray primer in grey or white although I also like Vallejos airbrush primer in the winter as I don't have to venture outside to prime!