I've been figure painting for about 30 years now (white metal minis and vinyl/resin) - no comments about my probable age please :-) - and back in the "early days" acrylics were a real, fast drying, pain in the buttocks. So I've had a lot of experience with oils. To get all the advantages of oils without the ludicrous drying time I heartily recommend Winsor & Newton Alkyd oil paints (pronounced "al kid" or more likely "al kaid"). These use a synthetic oil base with a drying time in hours not days; even on non-absorbant surfaces. Otherwise they behave exactly like regular oils and are fully misasble with these(oh, and also thin beautifully with white spirits). In the UK they retail under the name of "Griffin" oils.

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