Paints

po0k

I started painting again for the first time in about 1-2 years on Monday.
I found all my paints again, a mix of the old and new citadel ones.
In the old narrow tall pots the paint was still fluid and perfectly usable after a shake, thogh in the newer "fudge bottle" paints the paint had hardened up and cracked down teh bottom.
I was a little bit annoyed at that

Had hoped to start my Eldar Avatar that day too....Saim-Hann style.

Runfree

Originally posted by SyxPak
I started painting again for the first time in about 1-2 years on Monday.
I found all my paints again, a mix of the old and new citadel ones.
In the old narrow tall pots the paint was still fluid and perfectly usable after a shake, thogh in the newer "fudge bottle" paints the paint had hardened up and cracked down teh bottom.
I was a little bit annoyed at that

Had hoped to start my Eldar Avatar that day too....Saim-Hann style.

The newer "fudge Bottle" paints tend to harder quite quickly. I use water and a matchstick(Anything to stir it with) to mix it. But if it is completely hard then I throw it in the bin cause its not going to get better

Pugsley

Originally posted by Runfree
. I use water and a matchstick(Anything to stir it with) to mix it.

I use a cocktail stick

I think the new pots harden quicker because their harder to close fully, and when paint dries in the threading it really buggers it up, however with the old pots even if there is a little paint dried in the rim it will close pretty much tightly, pity the old pots are such a bugger to open

regi

bring back the old pots! all is forgiven

Runfree

Originally posted by Regi
bring back the old pots! all is forgiven

Ill agree to that anyway.

And as regards to Pugsley that is exactly what happens

po0k

Originally posted by Pugsley
I use a cocktail stick

I think the new pots harden quicker because their harder to close fully, and when paint dries in the threading it really buggers it up, however with the old pots even if there is a little paint dried in the rim it will close pretty much tightly, pity the old pots are such a bugger to open

yeah, I used tear the skin off my thumb doing that, especially when thelittle plastic nubbleen breaks off...
The new pots suck tbh, youve got no little "curvy platform thing" in which to dip your paint brush anymore, you have to rub it off the side of the pot -building up the reside even more.
I bought a good few of the old pots from it's Magic in Galway when the new paints were being released, got all sorts of strange colours I'd enver have bought before, I've got like 6 or seven diffent sades of "bluish stuff".
Need more reds and greens though.
And whites and greys.
And metallics.

I never found much use for inks tbh.

spooky donkey

I have 2 different types of paint pot the very old ones, the older ones and the crapy new ones that scre off.

I dont know if any of you guys noticed how the pots got smaller over the years. I think they atsrted off at 15 ml then 14 and i thnk the new ones are 12.5 ml. I could be wrong with those measurements i cant chack them now as im on work.

But they did get smaller!

Pugsley

Yup, they defo have got smaller and smaller.
As for using the wee curvy bit to dip your brush in, I just use the lid for the new pots, but that curvy bit was dead handy

I think I have 8shades of blue now, and 6 or so reds, and the same for more or less every popular colour (at least 8shades from white to black aswell), and what a bargain at £10

nesthead

has anyone tried the new LOTR paints? they look tiny but a bit like the old pots.

the ten paints that i got in my first paint set (old) are still grand, and all of my new ****ty ones are dead. :mad:

Runfree

Originally posted by SyxPak

I never found much use for inks tbh.

Inks are only really used for shading. Just use the ink and it will flow into any grooves of the model making it look like a shadow


I think....

po0k

I know how to use the inks, used a bit of brown wash for some bone work on Maugan Ra before, but tbh, it's easier to just paint the surface in a light coat of a darker colour and build up the contours using highlighting.
Far better skill to develop too imho, though I can see inks have a purpose now and again.
They just take for bloody ever to dry hard.
I noticedone day that I couldn't put paint over the ink parts because they'd go watery again and run everywhere, and that was after leaving them to dry for about 2-3 days.

And, yeah, the paints have gotten smaller. And dearer......

spooky donkey

And here is a thought.

Apart from white pots ( used for under coating, i use spray now) I dont think that i have ever used up a full pot of paint. And none have dried out on me. My black paint pot is about 6 years old!

Pugsley

A great use for cloaks is fr 1 colour cloaks. For my chaos lord's cloak, I shaded it with 6 shades of red, and it still didnt just look quite right, 1 coat of ink brings it all together and it looks great now. Its also great for just about any 1 colour item, such as ork skin, 3shades of green and a coat of green ink will do the job well, expecially for nobs where you want nice dark skin. And if you really water down some black you can add a final coat to your metallic objects to add a nice worn look. New inks are definately better anyway, old pots were definately better for durability tho, I used a small butter knife to open them tho, wedge it in and pop them up, saved alot of bother opening them