Editing Paint (section)

== Types ==
* '''Liquid:''' Comes in pots or droppers.  Brush onto models in ''[[Duncan Rhodes|two thin coats]], only.'' There's actually more than one type of paint, here's the four most common and useful types, don't mix paints with different bases together.
** '''Acrylic:''' This is the standard paint, water-based, dries fast, cheap, and versatile. Oh, and Lickable. 
** '''Enamel:''' Alcohol based, and used mostly by scale modellers. Enamel shades are brilliant to use for recess shading, seriously, watch this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPlzt3uG6Y]. Don't lick.
** '''Oil:''' Yep, everyone's favourite traditional paint is also used in mini painting, they take forever to dry, and can be used to create blends of different colours. Don't lick.
** '''Metallics:''' Can be based of water or alcohol, they all have metallic flakes in them to make the paint shiny (Yep, Retributor Armour isn't made of real gold). you should probably use cheaper brushes for these as the flakes can actually cut/wear the bristles of the brush. Remember to keep a different pot of water for these, as the flakes can contaminate your other paints. Don't Lick. 
** '''Contrast:''' Made primarily by Citadel and The Army Painter. The marriage of acrylic paint and the age-old technique of washing, resulting in models that can be painted in a quarter of the time it would normally take. Neither company's contrast paint should be considered lickable as a result of the paint reactivating when made damp.
* '''Spray:''' This is also liquid, but it is not for brushing!  These are canisters used to fuel spray guns (see below).
* '''Aerosolized:''' This paint comes in handy spray cans!  If you have one of these cans, you probably have a can of primer, which is not actually paint.
* '''Technical:''' If you want to get ''technical'' these are a kind of Liquid paint.  But, they have other things in them that make them dry funny, behave weirdly, change colors, or glow in the dark!
* '''Basing Paste:''' Popularized by GW's texture paints, slap it on your bases, and they'll dry into something that resemble real life ground, some have cool effects.
* '''Pen:''' A rare and much-maligned form of paint, used mostly by [[/m/|Gunpla]] [[weeaboo|nerds]] (and even then, only begrudgingly.)
* '''Sealant/Varnish:''' This is invisible paint!  You use it to protect your already-painted minis by painting them all over again with paint you can't see! Three levels of shiny: gloss, satin, and matte.
* '''Transfers:''' These are just complicated stickers, not paint!