Opinion on "Foundation" Sa'Cea scheme

[Anubis]

they are similar to GWs normal paints.
they do inks similar to the washes etc
im not sure if they do foundation tho.
Many people I know swear by them (they are cheaper for one) but I myself have never used them. I cannot see them being any worse really.
Although many people say the GW metallic paints are better...

[CyberPhoenix]

What about Privateer Press paints - any opinions/experiences with them?

EDIT: What colours would go together well with Hormagaunt Purple? I was thinking maybe Tentacle Pink would. This is just an idea for my future Vespid units.

[Sidstyler]

I heard P3 paints weren't that great, actually. A lot of people give props to the Vallejo and Reaper paints, though it's true that Citadel metallics are probably the best (and the foundations/washes are great).

I love Vallejo simply because the dropper bottle design is much better than GW's paint pots, though you have to give Vallejo paints a good shaking because they separate easily. Vallejo also has close matches to the Citadel paints in their Game Color range (they have similar names, some are pretty damn obvious).

[CyberPhoenix]

Cheers guys, for all your help recently.

My goal is clear now: I'll use the Foundation Paints to create my Sa'Cea scheme. The FW I prototyped with Fenris Grey turned out great, so I plan to slowly phase out my silver scheme now. I'll buy the whole set of Foundation Paints, a few standard paints (Blazing or Fiery Orange in particular) and some new tools. Then I'll be ready to create a whole new army.

I can only imagine how long it would take to paint Fenris Grey all over a Tau Manta! I've seen a real-to-life shot and the thing is HUGE!

[The Allfather]

No, it's not Man 'o War. Get ready for some hot Pirate-on-Pirate action on the high seas!

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440146a&prodId=prod1350015a


I won't be bothering with it, as I don't have the same sort of disposable income I used to but the ships do look pretty cool. I especially like the Dwarf and Skaven ships.

Thoughts?

[Colonel Marksman]

Hmm, well it's quite anticipated at our store, but then again the popularity of small specialist games as a whole is beginning to rival Warhammer 40k and Fantasy. We're probably looking at three boxes worth of minis and cards being put together for bigger games.

I have to agree with Khanaris, this is a one-time buy for a completely self-contained game. Doesn't look like they'll have any expansions or new models at all unless it gains that much popularity. I'm going to make my own fleet of ships after the store gets their copy, so I'm not buying anything for now.

[Lord Witherfume]

It looks like a really fun board game, but It's out of my current budget range. I'd love to paint and build those shops though.

[Thantos]

Spoke to one of the guys who helped playtest it and he's certain there will be no expansions or suchlike. So very much like space hulk in that sense.

It doesn't appeal to me as a painter, not much out of the ordinary to be done with those ships, aside from some freehand on the sails.

But im assured the rules are fast paced enough and its a good "beer and pretzels" game which many gamers will enjoy, while giving you an excuse to shamelessly speak in funny pirate accents, listen to Alestorm and Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew and drink rum

Whats more Matt Ward didnt write the rules? And John Blanche produced lots of new artwork for this release. So lets get a HUZZAR! for Dreadfleet 

[salamut2202]

I wanted to wait until I could see one for my self until I would conclude that a lot of the weirder ships are the fairdinkum aesthetic devil's sick of sin but now I have it and actually look at what's in there I would have to say that most of the vessels looks like implausible fairdinkum aesthetic devil's sick of sin. God, the Tomb knights thing  is just hard to get a metal image on, both the dwarf vessels should be burnt with fire, the vampire thing doesn't make sense and a boat and the Skaven thing - I mean - why?

[Masked Thespian]

I'm still waiting on mine.  It's somewhere in recently left Germany according to DHL...   :'(

[Wargamer]

Got it, unboxed it, put some ships together and played. Bloody hectic, yet still gloriously fun. It also upholds Man O' War's fine tradition of needing a separate table for all your cards and such.

[Masked Thespian]

Whee!  It's here!  Can't open it now, though, since I've got to go to work (boo!) but I'll be giving it a quick once over tonight.