u/Pawelczak1

Hello,
I am looking for succesor for my tamiya acrylics. They are running out and im not satisfied with them (sparse/uneven pigmentation). I paint my base colors with airbrush so i want to go full laquer. I mostly paint vechicles in 1:35 1:24 and 32mm scale.

I mix my paints for airbrushing (by adding mr lvling) in separate bottles and i don't want pre thinned paints (unless metalics from allclad2/mig)
I am split between 4 options:
Hataka orange line, Ak real color (new ones), Mr hobby C series, and Gaia Notes.
I heard that hataka has problems with laying smooth around details, peeling away from raised detail and reacts badly with some varnishes wich is a big no for me but it seems unlikely for laquer based paint to be this bad. Ak supposedly has problems with strong decal softeners and will melt if touched with them. I only heard good things about mr. hobby and Gaia Notes but mr hobby comes in very small 10ml jars - almost 2 times less than hataka and real color, Gaia on the other hand comes in big 15ml jars but is very hard to get in EU where i live.

Please help me decide, any feedback from anyone that has used any of those paints will be very valuable to me.

Idk if i posted about this but im making SM builder. Give me feedback and what you want to see. I making It in Cinematic/Astrates style bcs primaris figures mostly look like a mockery of human proportions. I know there are reasons for it but that is not subject to change in this project. On all other matters i would like to hear what you think and want to see. This is made mainly for 3d printing. I will probably add some preposed ones when i finish. Builder will be released in pre order and then free for all. There was no AI used in making of this project. All assets are hand modelled by me in Blender/Plasticity/Zbrush.
Idea is you can:

1. Pick your parts
2. Pose your SM
3. Print him

So I started learning blender around 4 months ago in my free time with really bad guides on modelling with use of booleans. Around a month ago I moved to cleaner subd workflow. I wanted to ask for feedback & tips on recently remade piece (chestpiece on the right) from more experienced 3d artists in the coumunity. Do you have any tips in generall regarding blender/subd workflow/40k modells? What do you think of my topology? Any areas of improvment regarding mesh density/layout? Should i keep it in one piece or separate the collar? P.S. seams are marked so i see what loops are movable.

I wanted to start wh40k when rummors of 11th edition arrived but it very quickly turned out that as eastern europoor student i was priced out of tabletop part of the hobby. It was sad for me because i was lore nerd of 40k for a long time and did a lot of scale modelling (ww2&ww1) back in the day so i really hoped to make cool terrain, paint some minis and start playing once 11th ed dropped. What u see is a part of a project i plan to drop on purple site when certain fan favourite animation drops on wh+.