Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable Brush, Round SH #1,Black

When I got back into painting miniatures several months ago, I did my best to make the financial leap with as much wisdom as possible. I am a master painter of 28mm historical minis. I did a not-so-wise thing by going to local craft hobby stores and purchasing synthetic brushes. Cheap, fast and good in the beginning, I found myself just waiting for these brushes to give out. I even washed them with a popular cleaner. Didn't make a difference. Around 5 or 6 uses, separation and curling inevitably occurred. While not useless, they were not enjoyable to use after a very short time. Despite spending $4 for a brush, I took a step up and invested in a well-known set of Kolinsky sables for around $22 ($3/brush). Much better but I noticed a paucity of actual hairs to their brushes and so, I found myself loading paint in the brush constantly. They did hold up well but, the paint did not go on smoothly. I finally stepped onto the luxury car lot of brushes and invested $12 in a Windsor Newton. There's no going back. They are perfectly shaped and thick. They seem to be impervious to loosing their original quality, especially since I take good care of them. A loaded brush holds so much paint, I find myself making smooth strokes with exceptional results, and reloading about 1/4th the time. I am slowly replacing my brushes with all Windsor Newtons. You will need less brushes overall since a #3 is more than sufficient to paint large areas AND all but the finest of details. An initial investment in 3 or 4 brushes is more than enough. By all means keep your old brushes for priming, washing, dry brushing, etc; but the real painting will be covered by your 3 Windsors. One thing to keep in mind is that you need to under estimate the size of the brushes you'll need. Explanation...while I used to be a big proponent of buying 5/0, 10/0 and even 20/0, all that is out-the-window now. You'll feel silly that you ever did that as a #2 (not 2/0) Windsor is a good place to start. This might seem large compared to what you're used to but, try it first and you'll see. I easily paint pupils with a #2. I purchased a 000 and found it to be minimally useful because the #1, 2 and 3's form a perfect point. This will SAVE you $$$. If you paint 10-15 hrs a week like many of us, you won't be looking for a new brush for at least a year, compared to buying new synthetics every month. Most importantly, painting will become more of a pleasure and your minis will look better. You'll paint faster and you'll dare to become better and try more feats of detail. So take a "$12 chance" on one brush. Start with a #2. You'll be able to do 98% of your painting with it. Then a 0, 1, and 3. I promise you'll wish you made the switch long ago.

Hands down the best miniature painting brush. With good cleaning and careful use not to get paint into the ferrule, these brushes will last several years. In fact, I've used my brushes for over 4 years. The cost is worth the quality - these are the #1 paint brushes for miniature painting. Just make sure you buy the correct length, the miniature series brushes have a very short length, so I tend to use the series 7 non-miniature size. This brushes hold their tip for many years as long as you clean them periodically.

these brushes are amazing. You don’t use them with contrast or speed paint just so you know, but the amount of control you have with it is amazing. How it held paint in the bristles and with the even flow with every brushstroke, it was just amazing to work with with them.The synthetic brushes are still good but everything I tried doing with the Windsor and Newton brushes was so much easier and came out way better

I’ve been painting for a number of years and have usually bought my brushes at Hobby Lobby for less that $12.00. They hold up relatively well. I decided to spend some extra money and treat myself to a better brush. This brush lost its point almost immediately and has bristles sticking out all over. I used it once, I do florals and birds on greeting cards. This is the worst brush I’ve ever had. Totally useless. Sending it back

These are by far the best brushes. These babies hold so much color/paint. I use these exclusively for watercolor and gouache. I would never imagine using these for anything else. I honestly don’t understand the bad reviews. They are meant to be completely loaded up with watercolor/paint and then you go at it. When you feel them run out of paint load back up. My series 7 number 3 is 3 years old and the number 4 I bought here on Amazon is just as great quality. You can compare them in the picture. I have many squirrel hair and sable hair brushes from other companies like escoda, silver, and da Vinci, that I’ve purchased over the years. WN series 7 has the best control of all of my brushes and holds so much more paint/water. I have never been a fan of pointy brushes so I love how perfectly round this brush is. I have an escoda size 10 and if I could afford a WN series 7 in a size 12 I would gladly switch over. WN does have a pointed version for inking but this is my favorite of all. When these brushes are completely dry the hairs do fray but when you load up with water they point back up. If you don’t want them to do that, then you can dip them in Gum Arabic when you are done using them.

After 2–3 years, I can say these are the best brushes I have ever owned. I know they can be a bit expensive, but they are worth the price. I’ve used all kinds of paint with them, even metallics (not recommended), and they still perform great. I want to make sure I have a backup set.

Beautiful if not a little pricey.

This was the first time I tested these brushes and now they are my new favourites. Really like the fine point on them

Reeds bekend met deze penselen weet ik dat ze goed zijn, nemen goed de verf op en punt blijft mooi (let op) bij het juiste gebruik en onderhoud dus laat niet zomaar iedereen het gebruiken 😉🫣. Ja ze zijn wel duurder maar bij Amazon een zeer goede prijs. Ze worden geleverd in een plastic kokertje en werd netjes door amazon bezorgd in een kartonnen envelop.

Winsor & Newton always make the best brushes. They flow/glide well, are a pleasure to hold & can hold a nice amount of paint at the tip (please water down your acrylic paints) The size 1 brush is perfect for fine, detailed work on miniatures like the ones from Warhammer... 40k.

Ma marque de pinceaux favorite. J'avais des pinceaux d'une autre marque que ont vite manqué de précision et se sont rapidement abîmés. Alors que je les avais tous achetés en même temps. Il est devenu le plus fiable de mon set de modélisme, c'est pour ça que j'en ai pris 2 autres pour le compléter. Les pointes sont fines et restent fines, les poils ne sont jamais rêche et éparpillés, si on en prend soin ce sont les meilleurs pinceaux que j'ai pu tester a ce jour.