So I have recently purchased and started painting a metric assload of miniatures of varying materials, manufacturers and sizes. I have taken away a handful of observations from this I will share below.

Hard plastic minis are by far my favorite. They seem to take to paint the best. Frostgrave, Dark Souls/Bloodborne board games, and the few games work sho models I've purchased recently (oldhammer clan rats, and sigmar gryph-hounds) have a good amount of detail and are fun to paint.

Softer plastic minis such as reaper bones tend to have a weird feeling to them when primed and painted. They appear to  not take paint quote as well but work for their low price. Raper has some fun sculpts too.

I cannot stand metal minis. I bought hoards Blight Wasps and some Reaper metal figures. Metal needs to be cleaned up more than plastic and glue and paint dont adhear as well as I'd like.

As far as sculpts go I enjoy most of Repers human figures. I love Frostgrave and Oathmark miniatures. The Bloodborne and Dark Souls board game minis are solid as well if you like the style of those games. I backed the Darkest Dungeon board game too, so I'll report back once those minis come in in a year or two.