What paints to choose?

[tulip nexus]

I would like to know which paints to choose for the following two figures.
I'm pretty new and looking for about 10-20 paintings to start with.
I want to make a medium purchase and I was looking to buy some of the AK brand and others of the Vallejo Model color brand, since some are out of stock.

The two figures I want to paint are:
Lucy from cyberpunk and Inosuke from Demond slayer attached images.

At the moment I saw these paintings from an AK set:
AK11018 Neutral Gray
AK11040 Sahara Yellow
AK11044 Yellow
AK11050 Light Flesh
AK11063 Brown Rose
AK11067 Magenta
AK11097 Burnt Red
AK11098 Black Red
AK11103 Medium Rust
AK11111 Burnt Umber
AK11140 Grass Green
AK11180 Imperial Blue

But I think I'm going to need a lot more for those figures and I don't know if I have to remove some of the ones that come in that set.

[tame condor]

As long as you’re not afraid of mixing colours, you really don’t need that much.

#1048772459316387923 message this is an example from a paint along on the channel

It’s painted using only 3 colours plus black and white.

I would recommend getting like black, white, red, blue, yellow, brown and a skin colour.

Then if you plan on using a ton of say purple, it’s probably worth buying an actual purple.

[tulip nexus]

I still don't know how to mix colors very well, or anything I'm a complete novice.

Right now I have many doubts about which paints to buy, how long does each paint last, I mean the 17 ml cans, how many 12-14 cm figures can you cover one, two, five?

It's quite confusing to be honest hahaha

[full cairn]

Don’t worry about amount of paint, 17ml is a big amount, I have bottles from early 90’s, old Citadel, and remain active at now.😅

AK's basic set is very good, Jose DaVinci set, feel is good to me!

[tame condor]

Yeah I’ve yet to run out of any paint and I’ve been painting for like 8-9 months now

[full cairn]

Make a wet palette or buy some, one or two drops of paint of 2 or 3 colors in close areas and mixes a little of each color and it serves you to paint a lot and try with the colors, and for most techniques you will add water , to dilute the paint, most people use diluting paint in most steps, some brands need to dilute more, others less, AK I notice more diluted than Scale75 and Vallejo, for example!

[tame condor]

Yes AK is more beginner friendly than Vallejo because it’s runnier imo.

Requires less thinning.

[full cairn]

Larger miniatures will consume more paint, of course, I don't know exactly what size these images are, I'm talking more about the usual game miniatures. If your intention is to go for larger models, a good airbrush and compressor will soon be your next goal.

[tulip nexus]

I am very surprised that so little amount for so long 🙀

[tulip nexus]

Thanks for the advice. I did buy the thinner from the Vallejo brand for the airbrush.
But how do you know how much paint and thinner to use?

[tulip nexus]

The truth is that it all started there hahaha.
I have a 3d printer and a lot of unpainted figures, including those two, and my partner gave me an airbrush and a compressor for Christmas.

But the truth is that seeing the paintings, styles, materials I am quite overwhelmed

[tame condor]

Could be a good idea to not use the airbrush for your first minis. Get to know the brush first.

[tulip nexus]

My intention was to follow a course I saw on YouTube to paint a Spartan (although mine is a little different) but it's quite interesting because it explains everything from scratch and uses both the brush and the airbrush.

I could not find any better course or video where the basics are explained 😅

[visual viper]

Dont get too hung up on details and what you think you need

Usually less paints equal more cohesion in a given miniature

Imo you should start mixing colors immediately, that way you get more used to it

You need only a rudimentary knowledge of color theory to get started