Vallejo Escoda Ultimate Miniature Set 72206 — Game Color Paints & Kolinsky Sable Brushes (SKU: VAL72206)

A Vallejo × Escoda licensed set · 6 Game Color paints + 5 handmade Escoda brushes, three of them genuine Kolinsky sable

Why this set

✓  Three real Escoda Reserva Kolinsky sable brushes — the kind painters normally buy one at a time at a premium.

✓  A complete mixable palette — three primaries, white, black and a sepia wash, so you can mix the base shade you need rather than buying ten pots.

✓  A brush for every job — fine detail, basecoating and blending/filbert work all covered.

✓  Ready from the first miniature for newcomers, and a worthwhile brush upgrade for experienced painters.

✓  Genuinely good value — the synthetics take the heavier jobs so the sable stays sharp for the detail that matters.

About the set

Vallejo and Escoda put this kit together as a single starting point for miniature painting: Vallejo’s Game Color paints, long trusted on fantasy and sci-fi figures for their pigmentation and smooth matt finish, paired with brushes handmade by Escoda in Spain.

The three Reserva brushes use Kolinsky-Tajmyr sable — male sable hair from the Tajmyr region of northern Siberia — cured to a snappy, resilient core that points cleanly and holds a good load of paint. Each carries a triple-crimped, nickel-plated brass ferrule on a short burgundy lacquered handle shaped for control. Alongside them sit two synthetics: a Prado round for general work and a Barroco filbert for blending and drybrushing.

It’s a combination that earns its place on the bench — the synthetics handle the abrasive, heavy-bodied work, keeping your sable in good order for fine detail.

Specifications

What’s in the box

6 × Vallejo Game Color (18 ml)

▸  72.001 Dead White

▸  72.006 Sun Yellow

▸  72.106 Scarlet Blood

▸  72.021 Magic Blue

▸  72.051 Black

▸  73.200 Sepia Wash

5 × Escoda brushes

▸  Reserva 2/0 — Kolinsky-Tajmyr sable, round pointed

▸  Reserva 0 — Kolinsky-Tajmyr sable, round pointed

▸  Reserva 1 — Kolinsky-Tajmyr sable, round pointed

▸  Prado 2 — Tame synthetic, round pointed

▸  Barroco 4 — Toray Gold synthetic, filbert

Who it’s for

Fantasy, sci-fi and tabletop miniature painters. Game Color is formulated for figure work, but the paints take to resin, plastic and metal alike. A sound first kit for someone starting out, and a brush-roll upgrade for painters who already know their way around a palette.

Getting the most from it

◆  Use the 2/0 and 0 Reserva for eyes, edge highlights and the finest detail; the size 1 for general detail and layering.

◆  Save the sable for fine work — basecoat larger areas with the Prado synthetic, which handles heavier paint and rough surfaces without wearing your Kolinsky.

◆  The Barroco filbert is your blending, drybrushing and transition-softening brush.

◆  Run the Sepia Wash into recesses to add instant depth over the base colours.

◆  Clean gently, reshape the point and dry flat — treated well, Kolinsky sable keeps its point for years.