I think that the metallic paints are intended to be used as enhancements or embellishments rather than as a straight paint. I think I would use them that way, but if you want to cover large areas, I think to avoid the splotchiness, try using a regular non-metallic watercolor first, like a grey color for your bells and then do a wash with the metallic paint over that. I do like the colorshift paint, that blue is so vibrant.
I bought a couple of the FineTec sets recently (the F0600 and F1200). I got a deal, which is the story of my life, LOL. I didn't get the one you have, but I was disappointed. (Edit: And in closer inspection it appears Finetec makes two grades, one "Premium" and the other is just called "Artist". I got the "Artist" grade. Still it looks like your mass tones are better than mine, but your watered down version is no better). I actually like my Hobby Lobby nearly as much, found them more opaque AT TIMES definitely not worse enough to justify the price difference. Maybe I didn't add enough water to the Finetec. I also dug in on one of the pans and the amount of paint is really deceptive. You get a rectangle of paint that is maybe a tad less than a quarter inch thick on a wood platform. The pan makes it look like you're getting a deep well of paint. I honestly feel like a rube getting them. I think pearlescent paints are wonderful but in practice, I believe you can do as well with any of the brands. They really work best as an accent on top of underlying paints.
So grateful for all my fave crafting & art UA-camRS like you, Jennifer, especially, the last two years with all our uncertainty and frankly, events that we’ve never had to deal with before as a country. It is scary sometimes. I thought maybe we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but it seems it’s not to be just yet. My faith gets me through, but creative folks like you and others do too who offer viewers a steady, calm, fun, “normal”and reassuring positivity that is absolutely essential right now. Thanks so much. God bless.❤️
Flip flop/duochrome pigments work well on top of a base coat of a solid color, either watercolor, or alcohol marker, anything like that. Your bells might work better with a base coat of grey, it would reduce the blotching. Pentel makes water brushes, the reviews from watercolorists all come down to "I was ready to be a snob but I love them and I'm using them at home rather than my "good" brushes" which is funny. Thanks for all the reviews. Got some really great cheap gel pens last week thanks to you.
I have a feeling they'd do best on a super smooth , 100% cotton hot pressed paper. That should reduce the blotchy, since it won't have hills and valleys bouncing the light all over the place. I'd probably use them for accents so the shine would really zap, and I bet they'd make awesome highlights to enhance the cheaper metallics. When I use my fancy gold paint I let it settle overnight and suction off the water so I can reuse the pigment. Bet you could put your blended color in a pan and end up with a gorgeous custom watercolor. Thanks for your videos, and lovely holidays to y'all.
I think that twilight is the perfect color for our lives...we can be plain and blotchy...but when we catch the light - we are amazing, glorious creatures. Merry Christmas and God Bless.
I think this paint would look amazing as a highlight and not for the entire design. I enjoy watching you paint. Loving the idea to use the rinse water, too. Happy holidays!
I think it's worth the extra money for the nice opacity and shine. I think it need to be on a dark background, and amongst other colors. The latter will stop the painting from falling flat when the light does not hit at the right angle. Eolake Stobblehouse
It seems like they might work better with an undercoat of a more solid color first or as more of a highlight. I recently got a pearlescent shimmer from Daniel Smith. I feel like I can mix it with any color or do a cover coat to make anything shimmery. I haven’t had a chance to really play with it yet though.
I agree with what others say about trying a base coat first. Experiment with hot press/cold press. Also cotton vs. cellulose paper. I think it is definitely worth the money. Seeing it makes me want to buy it! This was a fun video! Thank you.
It is so rich and worth the price , no comparison to any of them .I prefer them full strength , they lose their beauty watering down. Even they still shining with the camera and the good paint is waisted in the wash water . I understand you have to try every way it can be used .
Jennifer! That set from Hobby Lobby is more than two rows on one layer, check your package again, a bottom layer opens up for another 2 rows! I didn’t realize it either for the first month I owned it. They’re gorgeous!
I've tried a few types of gold/silver & metallic. LOVE them - but I only use as embellishment. So in that way when it's not being hit by the light it still looks good. I have a set of Finetec (but not the premium), Daniel Smith Jean Haines - All that shimmers Set (6 water color tubes). But my very favorite is Yasutomi Sumi, they come in a 3" diameter ceramic dish and come in Gold Light, Gold Red, and Silver. I got them at Jerry's Artarama for $10.39 each a few years ago. Something I also have lots of fun with Schmincke Aqua Bronze Silver & Aqua Bronze Gold. They are powders that you can dip you WC brush in and lay on your painting. Very powerful & amazing. And just for pure fun to put over the top of things is FolkArt brand "Extreme Glitter" acrylic paint. Thank you for a sparkling evening!!! Love all 3 of you! I have 2 cute little white dogs too - Teddy & Lily. And we all watch!
First of all, a Blessed Christmas to you Jennifer, Steve & Rose...! Looking forward to trying these paints pitted against the Kuretake & other less expensive brands I have. Fell in love with the Twilight color of these paints & just had to visit Blick...lol... We will see if these were worth spending my Christmas money on but I sure will have fun experimenting with all the suggestions you & the others in our group have suggested here. Thats why I love this group...SO creative & generous... Happy Christmas to ALL...! ! !
I have a couple of less expensive metallic paint sets and then last year I bought the Finetec iridescent set bc it was cheaper than their regular metallic. But it is lovely…it gives a transparent sheen wash of the delicate color over whatever you’re doing, but it isn’t always very obvious. I know the Finetec regular metallic set is fabulous and it will give you a substantial lay down of color. I’ve seen so many use it. I’m sure this silver set will meet or exceed your expectations too. One of these days, I hope to add more Finetec sets to my iridescent one. Thanks Jennifer to you and hubby for all your great content and Christmas blessings to your family! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 🎆 & we need to pray that 2022 might be a better one for ALL!
What I like to do, espessally with silver and gold, is doing the First layer in Posca, which is opaque, than take my favorite watercolor on top😊 The Best thing is you can get poscas in multiple sizes, so you can do very detailed things or do a big erea😁
I think pearlescents are best for embellishing and small areas which want a focus. I tend to use them for colouring actual metal and for highlights on top of darker opaque colours.
i think i would use these paints as more of an accent or highlight color. in the past, i used the metallic colors as soft touches in flowers. love the effect, but i use very inexpensive metallic paint. love this video!
That splotched paint is what I found in my inexpensive metallic paints! I was hoping for a different effect with these expensive paints! I use mine for highlights only! Large areas don’t look to good! Thank you for sharing and in the right light they are beautiful! Have a great Christmas!
painting with cosmic shimmer iridescent metallics whilst watching...for the price of the finetec i could buy 2 more sets of 12,...but at the end of the day its only money.....as long as it brings a smile to your face and others then its money well spent...
I could imagine getting a single genuine silver pan to use in paintings I'd like to sell, since it would puff up the perceived value of the original artwork 😁 But that is it. I have a couple of metallic watercolors by Royal Talens Van Gogh, and a few W&N inks, and they're just fine for embellishing and fancy lettering. I do like the size of the pan though, it would be interesting to calculate price per volume or weight, compared to the much smaller regular Finetec pans.
What is your favorite metallic medium that doesn’t look dull when not at a perfect, reflective angle? I have the Kuretaki starry set on my wishlist. Although less opaque, they looked worthy of comparison to Finetec, given the price vs performance outcome. I’d love a metallic medium that doesn’t bleed through the Bible. Metallic Gelatos are pretty good, though also dependent on a good angle or the silver will look gray. I try to use the colors as they appear without the sheen so I won’t be disappointed.
I use metallic paints for birthday and Christmas cards. I also use them when I want to have fun and be happy. The shine is mesmerising . The set you used is extremely expensive, way too expensive for the results. Pretty then not pretty, I would expect always pretty for that price.
Love metallic paints but definitely don’t think these are worth the asking price. I think they would look better over the top of other paints to make them really stand out even more and there shouldn’t be any patchy areas. Again, a great video with honesty and great ideas, thank u 💐
Very pretty, but I think there are cheaper ones that are just as pretty. I just got the Grabie. Metallics and have Coliro as well. That’s probably good for me.
I work with Fintecs a lot in my paintings and pencil works...they work best when you have a base layer of alcohol marker ....they also don't like working over wax based pencils as the water is repelled...and the mica particles will flack off...also....store the rinse water with a fine cloth over it so the water can evaporate...you will be left with the mica mix that you can use on its own..or mixed with normal water colour...especially the real silver...but keep that on it's own...I am busy making my own 23k shell gold, sterling silver and copper paints from the pure leaf and am doing the same...
I'm not sure about these paints. I'm not sure I would use them often enough to justify paying that price. I have seen the individual pans in Blick but couldn't decide to buy. Now my curiosity has been raised. Hmmm... Merry Christmas to you, Steve and your family.
I believe the paint is beautiful however in small details it would be even more fabulous. My opinion about the price….too much for the amount of use I would get out of it. If only the less expensive metallics were used and not compared “next to” the Fintec it would be blingy enough.
I think these metallic’s are much more vibrant than your other sample swatches. I would use them for fine detail work. The finer lines shouldn’t show the blotchiness. Happy New Year to you !
I think as embellishments, but that is really expensive for an embellishment, personally if l spent that amount to be relegated to embellishments l would be really upset, l did love the twilight colour though
I don't feel so bad about my living below poverty level metallic products now. They're the exactly same blotchy, ugly mess. Paying that much for fancy, boozy stuff and getting bad results? Priceless entertainment value. Lol. I'm sure they may look good for some accents or small highlights.... But, wow! I'd feel more than a little burned.You can pay under $10 at Amazon or bargain stores and get the same result, over large areas.
Please, don't take it as an offence or anything, but please, type "Kuretake" into the Google Japanese-English translator to check pronunciation. I wouldn't bat an eye if I weren't learning Japanese, but it is very distracting that you pronounce the end with an "i" (same as in "lift"), instead of an "e" (same as in "left"). The main problem is English again. I can't even find out what should I write in front of the parenthesis because in Hungarian we spell these letters differently, actually very close to the Japanese spelling...
Your individual pan would probably fit in a mini Altoids tin. I have a single Kuretaki pan in one. It works great. As for the paints they are pretty but I find if things are too expensive, I don't use them as much. For that reason, I wouldn't buy them.
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I think that the metallic paints are intended to be used as enhancements or embellishments rather than as a straight paint. I think I would use them that way, but if you want to cover large areas, I think to avoid the splotchiness, try using a regular non-metallic watercolor first, like a grey color for your bells and then do a wash with the metallic paint over that. I do like the colorshift paint, that blue is so vibrant.
Yes, these are also intended for use in calligraphy, where it excels with all those beautiful swerving lines and flourishes.
I'm glad that you spent the money so we all could experience these through your video!
I bought a couple of the FineTec sets recently (the F0600 and F1200). I got a deal, which is the story of my life, LOL. I didn't get the one you have, but I was disappointed. (Edit: And in closer inspection it appears Finetec makes two grades, one "Premium" and the other is just called "Artist". I got the "Artist" grade. Still it looks like your mass tones are better than mine, but your watered down version is no better). I actually like my Hobby Lobby nearly as much, found them more opaque AT TIMES definitely not worse enough to justify the price difference. Maybe I didn't add enough water to the Finetec. I also dug in on one of the pans and the amount of paint is really deceptive. You get a rectangle of paint that is maybe a tad less than a quarter inch thick on a wood platform. The pan makes it look like you're getting a deep well of paint. I honestly feel like a rube getting them. I think pearlescent paints are wonderful but in practice, I believe you can do as well with any of the brands. They really work best as an accent on top of underlying paints.
I bought the Hobby Lobby brand today and they are very nice for little accents and I used a liner brush. It worked beautifully.
So grateful for all my fave crafting & art UA-camRS like you, Jennifer, especially, the last two years with all our uncertainty and frankly, events that we’ve never had to deal with before as a country. It is scary sometimes. I thought maybe we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, but it seems it’s not to be just yet. My faith gets me through, but creative folks like you and others do too who offer viewers a steady, calm, fun, “normal”and reassuring positivity that is absolutely essential right now. Thanks so much. God bless.❤️
I use cheap metallic watercolours, but just use them over the top of normal watercolours to give a slight sheen.
Flip flop/duochrome pigments work well on top of a base coat of a solid color, either watercolor, or alcohol marker, anything like that. Your bells might work better with a base coat of grey, it would reduce the blotching.
Pentel makes water brushes, the reviews from watercolorists all come down to "I was ready to be a snob but I love them and I'm using them at home rather than my "good" brushes" which is funny.
Thanks for all the reviews. Got some really great cheap gel pens last week thanks to you.
Pentel waterbrushes are excellent for soft gradations, better than any regular brush. Not that great for flat washes though.
I have a feeling they'd do best on a super smooth , 100% cotton hot pressed paper. That should reduce the blotchy, since it won't have hills and valleys bouncing the light all over the place. I'd probably use them for accents so the shine would really zap, and I bet they'd make awesome highlights to enhance the cheaper metallics. When I use my fancy gold paint I let it settle overnight and suction off the water so I can reuse the pigment. Bet you could put your blended color in a pan and end up with a gorgeous custom watercolor. Thanks for your videos, and lovely holidays to y'all.
Just the water alone can warp the page so it would create hills and valleys anyway
I would try base coating with a solid color of paint or alcohol marker first. Love your videos❤️
I wonder if the real silver metallic paint tarnishes over time. Can you test this for us please?
I think that twilight is the perfect color for our lives...we can be plain and blotchy...but when we catch the light - we are amazing, glorious creatures. Merry Christmas and God Bless.
Loved you analogy of us people to the paint...someting to ponder...a Blessed Christmas to you...!
I think this paint would look amazing as a highlight and not for the entire design. I enjoy watching you paint. Loving the idea to use the rinse water, too. Happy holidays!
I love watching your videos where you try out products. thank you for doing them!
These are gorgeous paints and they probably work best for highlights and enhancements. TFS, this was a lot of fun!
aaaa, mettallic!
I'm fascinated by this medium lately - thank you for a new piece of knowledge!
Ive got several of the Fine Tec metallics and they are amazing!!!
My husband recently bought me the professional level watercolors from Windsor and Newton and wow does $14-$17 a tube add up!
I think it's worth the extra money for the nice opacity and shine.
I think it need to be on a dark background, and amongst other colors. The latter will stop the painting from falling flat when the light does not hit at the right angle.
Eolake Stobblehouse
Lovely video! I am fascinated with all the little swatches.
Thank you for sharing. I really enjoy the review of the paints. Have an awesome day.
If you heat the tape and peel it slowly at an angle, it should not tear your paper
It seems like they might work better with an undercoat of a more solid color first or as more of a highlight. I recently got a pearlescent shimmer from Daniel Smith. I feel like I can mix it with any color or do a cover coat to make anything shimmery. I haven’t had a chance to really play with it yet though.
Awesome on black
I agree with what others say about trying a base coat first. Experiment with hot press/cold press. Also cotton vs. cellulose paper. I think it is definitely worth the money. Seeing it makes me want to buy it! This was a fun video! Thank you.
Beautiful paints!! I have seen people using these paints with calligraphy because they are opaque enough to write with them.
Wow…um…wow. Who is the videographer/editor over there…that was the sexiest swatching montage ever.
This was a very nice video.
I needed a lift me up after my significant other passed away.
Christmas is going to be hard and very lonely.
I am so sorry for your loss!
@@cassiefoster8856 thank you, I just cannot get any sleep…no matter how tired I am.
I'm very sorry for your loss. I can't imagine. Take care.
I sending prayers to you and wish you strength and healing. I'm sorry for your loss.
It is so rich and worth the price , no comparison to any of them .I prefer them full strength , they lose their beauty watering down. Even they still shining with the camera and the good paint is waisted in the wash water . I understand you have to try every way it can be used .
Loving those camera angles 😍😱
Jennifer! That set from Hobby Lobby is more than two rows on one layer, check your package again, a bottom layer opens up for another 2 rows! I didn’t realize it either for the first month I owned it. They’re gorgeous!
glue dots work well to adhere pans into the tin
Great idea and thank you! It never crossed my mind to do that.
Thanks for sharing your great video... Have a great day
I've tried a few types of gold/silver & metallic. LOVE them - but I only use as embellishment. So in that way when it's not being hit by the light it still looks good. I have a set of Finetec (but not the premium), Daniel Smith Jean Haines - All that shimmers Set (6 water color tubes). But my very favorite is Yasutomi Sumi, they come in a 3" diameter ceramic dish and come in Gold Light, Gold Red, and Silver. I got them at Jerry's Artarama for $10.39 each a few years ago. Something I also have lots of fun with Schmincke Aqua Bronze Silver & Aqua Bronze Gold. They are powders that you can dip you WC brush in and lay on your painting. Very powerful & amazing. And just for pure fun to put over the top of things is FolkArt brand "Extreme Glitter" acrylic paint. Thank you for a sparkling evening!!! Love all 3 of you! I have 2 cute little white dogs too - Teddy & Lily. And we all watch!
Merry Christmas to you and your family! from Judy in Nova Scotia, Canada. Thank you for what you do Jennifer!
I paint with Finetec quite a bit and they really work best in small areas on white paper like detailed colouring books. Great experiment though.
First of all, a Blessed Christmas to you Jennifer, Steve & Rose...!
Looking forward to trying these paints pitted against the Kuretake & other less expensive brands I have.
Fell in love with the Twilight color of these paints & just had to visit Blick...lol...
We will see if these were worth spending my Christmas money on but I sure will have fun experimenting with all the suggestions you & the others in our group have suggested here.
Thats why I love this group...SO creative & generous...
Happy Christmas to ALL...! ! !
I have a couple of less expensive metallic paint sets and then last year I bought the Finetec iridescent set bc it was cheaper than their regular metallic. But it is lovely…it gives a transparent sheen wash of the delicate color over whatever you’re doing, but it isn’t always very obvious. I know the Finetec regular metallic set is fabulous and it will give you a substantial lay down of color. I’ve seen so many use it. I’m sure this silver set will meet or exceed your expectations too. One of these days, I hope to add more Finetec sets to my iridescent one. Thanks Jennifer to you and hubby for all your great content and Christmas blessings to your family! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 🎆 & we need to pray that 2022 might be a better one for ALL!
I would try using a base colour before apply metallic paints. Or mingling metallics with your watercolours. Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas
I think maybe a color underneath then the shiny on top would work good
What I like to do, espessally with silver and gold, is doing the First layer in Posca, which is opaque, than take my favorite watercolor on top😊
The Best thing is you can get poscas in multiple sizes, so you can do very detailed things or do a big erea😁
I think pearlescents are best for embellishing and small areas which want a focus. I tend to use them for colouring actual metal and for highlights on top of darker opaque colours.
Merry Christmas and happy 2022 to you both xx
🎅🏽Merry Christmas to you and steve stay safe.🤶🏻🌹
I would save that rinse water and create a sensory bottle with it!
My favorite on the white paper was the "flip-flop" color on the bow. Loved how it went from red-violet to royal blue
Maybe try balling up paper and soak in rince water to use on other projects?
I think my favorite color of these is the pewter. Very pretty.
i think i would use these paints as more of an accent or highlight color. in the past, i used the metallic colors as soft touches in flowers. love the effect, but i use very inexpensive metallic paint. love this video!
That splotched paint is what I found in my inexpensive metallic paints! I was hoping for a different effect with these expensive paints! I use mine for highlights only! Large areas don’t look to good! Thank you for sharing and in the right light they are beautiful! Have a great Christmas!
I have these paints that I use only for calligraphy on dark blue, home made, Christmas cards.
💜💜💜tfs💜💜💜 and Merry Christmas guys xx
I'm in just for the rinse water.
at 21:47 you get a beautiful look at the twilight color!
They look really pretty 🤩 I love everything metal I will probably put them on my list
painting with cosmic shimmer iridescent metallics whilst watching...for the price of the finetec i could buy 2 more sets of 12,...but at the end of the day its only money.....as long as it brings a smile to your face and others then its money well spent...
I could imagine getting a single genuine silver pan to use in paintings I'd like to sell, since it would puff up the perceived value of the original artwork 😁 But that is it. I have a couple of metallic watercolors by Royal Talens Van Gogh, and a few W&N inks, and they're just fine for embellishing and fancy lettering.
I do like the size of the pan though, it would be interesting to calculate price per volume or weight, compared to the much smaller regular Finetec pans.
What is your favorite metallic medium that doesn’t look dull when not at a perfect, reflective angle? I have the Kuretaki starry set on my wishlist. Although less opaque, they looked worthy of comparison to Finetec, given the price vs performance outcome. I’d love a metallic medium that doesn’t bleed through the Bible. Metallic Gelatos are pretty good, though also dependent on a good angle or the silver will look gray. I try to use the colors as they appear without the sheen so I won’t be disappointed.
I'm intrigued . . . real silver!
I use metallic paints for birthday and Christmas cards. I also use them when I want to have fun and be happy. The shine is mesmerising . The set you used is extremely expensive, way too expensive for the results. Pretty then not pretty, I would expect always pretty for that price.
Love metallic paints but definitely don’t think these are worth the asking price. I think they would look better over the top of other paints to make them really stand out even more and there shouldn’t be any patchy areas. Again, a great video with honesty and great ideas, thank u 💐
I love the first painting & I used my metallic watercolors on my Christmas cards this year & really liked the effect. So much fun experimenting!
If I am paying a kidney and lung for fancy paint it better not be splotchy.
Very pretty, but I think there are cheaper ones that are just as pretty. I just got the Grabie. Metallics and have Coliro as well. That’s probably good for me.
Roll that beautiful swatch footage
Great to watch!
What a lovely video. Thanks for sharing and making this reviews for us. ✌🏽💓😊
I think it's nice for small full strength accents and lines but for the price I'm not sold. I just use Winsor and Newton iridescent medium.
I work with Fintecs a lot in my paintings and pencil works...they work best when you have a base layer of alcohol marker ....they also don't like working over wax based pencils as the water is repelled...and the mica particles will flack off...also....store the rinse water with a fine cloth over it so the water can evaporate...you will be left with the mica mix that you can use on its own..or mixed with normal water colour...especially the real silver...but keep that on it's own...I am busy making my own 23k shell gold, sterling silver and copper paints from the pure leaf and am doing the same...
I'm not sure about these paints. I'm not sure I would use them often enough to justify paying that price. I have seen the individual pans in Blick but couldn't decide to buy. Now my curiosity has been raised. Hmmm... Merry Christmas to you, Steve and your family.
Beautiful!!!
I believe the paint is beautiful however in small details it would be even more fabulous. My opinion about the price….too much for the amount of use I would get out of it. If only the less expensive metallics were used and not compared “next to” the Fintec it would be blingy enough.
Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city.
Keep up the awesome videos 😊
I think these metallic’s are much more vibrant than your other sample swatches. I would use them for fine detail work. The finer lines shouldn’t show the blotchiness. Happy New Year to you !
Metal isn't water soluble, so it is interesting to see how much silver is added.
I wonder what would happen if you mixed these with your regular paint?
The paint turns pearlescent. Basically any ready-made pearlescent paint is made by mixing pigment with mica particles.
I think as embellishments, but that is really expensive for an embellishment, personally if l spent that amount to be relegated to embellishments l would be really upset, l did love the twilight colour though
Try with black lite
Kaiteki ART channel awesomely demonstrates how the shimmering paints are used. Maybe you could check it out. (It's in Japanese but has captions.)
Yea, they're very beautiful but way out of my price range tho. Lol
Would you say the silver is comparable to silver ink?
Not sure That I think the price is worth the result
This must be a UK, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand product because they spelled color with a U "colour"
Are these different from coliro?
I dont think so. theyre made by the same company but I dont own a Finetec pallete. only Caliro, so I cannot compare myself.
Hello all
Well. I'm not that impressed for the expense. Nope. Not worth that much. I wil stick with my arteza.
Hii
I think you jipped
too rich for my blood.
I don't feel so bad about my living below poverty level metallic products now. They're the exactly same blotchy, ugly mess. Paying that much for fancy, boozy stuff and getting bad results? Priceless entertainment value. Lol. I'm sure they may look good for some accents or small highlights.... But, wow! I'd feel more than a little burned.You can pay under $10 at Amazon or bargain stores and get the same result, over large areas.
Please, don't take it as an offence or anything, but please, type "Kuretake" into the Google Japanese-English translator to check pronunciation. I wouldn't bat an eye if I weren't learning Japanese, but it is very distracting that you pronounce the end with an "i" (same as in "lift"), instead of an "e" (same as in "left").
The main problem is English again. I can't even find out what should I write in front of the parenthesis because in Hungarian we spell these letters differently, actually very close to the Japanese spelling...
Your individual pan would probably fit in a mini Altoids tin. I have a single Kuretaki pan in one. It works great.
As for the paints they are pretty but I find if things are too expensive, I don't use them as much. For that reason, I wouldn't buy them.