Citadel paint bottles S...!!!

[Jana Wang]

I wrote to GW when they introduced the new bottles and complained. I\'ve got arthritis and I have difficulty opening them, especially after they get crusty around the cap. I got a very kind reply back to the effect that they had had a lot of complaints about the bottles, but were stuck with them for a few years until the production contract ran out.

The paints from Reaper are nice, I particularly like the way the brown covers, but they have the same tiny size and twist off caps that I just cannot get ahold of on bad days.

I\'ve heard of folks putting GW into other containers. It would be an option, as I like the craft store squeeze bottles (no cap twisting) but I don\'t buy much GW paint because of their pricing.

I\'ll be looking forward to the new pop-top caps. Should be interesting to see if they work.

 

[Shroud]

They need to take a cue from Vallejo: dropper bottles, dropper bottles, dropper bottles.

Unfortunately, I guarantee that would bring a drop in paint sales (because they wont dry out in 2 days) so they might never go in that direction.

 

[Mojo-Fett]

Doh! We\'re getting shafted.....:flame:

 

[Taban]

We have been heard !!!

I\'ve just read in my latest White Dwarf, that GW will release a new type of paint bottle this summer !!!
It\'s a kind of flip top adapted on their current cristal plastic container...
Hope it will work ! ???

 

[ejsaunders]

the old GW paint line is out there by another manufacturer, and I wish I could get my hands on it. My old GW paint are still usable many years after the fact. I just do not remember the name of the company that puts it out.

HMG Paints Ltd produced the old GW paint before it was moved off-shore to France. They now produce the range for Coat\'d\'Arms and also for Wargames Foundry, which are an alternative to the GW paint range even if you don\'t paint in the Foundry style. Plenty of excellent colours and variety that isn\'t apparent in most ranges of model paint (aside from AV and maybe Reaper).