new gw paint pots

JesterzUSMC

JesterzUSMC

Recovering Megalomaniac
I got a "Mega-paint Set" last year for Christmas...didn't last past January...most of them were probably dried out before I even opened the damn case.
I too still have some old Citadel pots from around 88-89 that I still use.
I just started using a wet palette so I no longer paint from the pot, but I used to!
I like using the palette so much better, helps thinning and blending, and you don't get the film bubble or anything.

I use VMC/VMC mostly, and just started on P3, no opinion yet.

I gotta say, I ALWAYS used Vallejo Black and White.
 
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cyberakuma

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i just recently got one of the new pots and besides the lid being annoying as hell it makes me wonder how they can say they contain the exact same amount of paint as their older pots when their smaller in everyway the old white lid citadel paints have been their best by far most of my metallics are those and still great i've even got a white topped chaos black still going fine...and i would still have a load more of them if a mate hadn't nicked my paints and moved far away without returning them...bastard
 
Einion

Einion

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Problems solved, behold the glory that is... the paint tube:


Shhhhh, don't tell anyone, word might spread and you could start seeing them everywhere...

Torn blue sky said:
Eh drop pots have problems, like the old tomato ketchup in a glass bottle problem regular london cafe goers get. "It's not coming out ... how much to I need to ....oh...OH that's fucked it..."
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Einion
 
No Such Agency

No Such Agency

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I too have some usable pots from the old Space Marine paint set, dating to ~ 1990. Good old Salamander Green has the $%@# best coverage! :) I actually like the newest GW pots quite a bit. They seal pretty well and they have that "tongue" that makes the paint in the lid drip INTO the pot, not down the side.

One trick is to store the pots upside down. That way, even if the seal isn't 100%, no air will get in. A tiny amount of liquid paint will ooze into any gap and dry, forming a new seal.
 
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Jericho

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That's an interesting thought on the seal, NSA.

Anyway I am still torn about paint pot design. On the one hand, part of me is saying the flip top bolter shell design was my favorite. Yeah paints dried out once in a while, but if you were like me and you just spend an hour adding a few drops of fresh water to the pots every 6 months it never really caused any problems. Once they discontinued some of my favorite paints though I was a bit saddened by the fact that they were slowly drying out/gunkifying over time.

The old "Citadel" pots were definitely a mixed bag. Great seal, but pain in the ass. The tab broke off and the hinge usually tore with use as well. I get the same problems with P3 paints, granted not quite as bad (only a couple paints with busted tabs, and only the White has a broken hinge).

The new squishy GW ones I'm not a huge fan of. My friend Tom had a horrible experience with one of the new pots recently. He went to flip up the lid with his thumb, and the entire lid popped off and spilled paint everywhere. And then the lid wouldn't go back on, so the rest of the pot was wasted. Talk about insult to injury :p

Anyway, at the end of the day, I probably like P3 paint pots best because they are bigger (18 vs 12 mL IIRC), cheaper, and I haven't had quite as bad luck with the lids breaking and causing my thumb much distress :p
 
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jahminis

New member
P3 pots are my favorite...
i paint straight out of the pot 75% of the time...
a lid that doesn't stay open is a pain in my arse...

still love my 20 year old GW paints though;)...

cheers
jah
 
No Such Agency

No Such Agency

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Addendum: a while back I bought a bunch of these:



to transfer paint into from dying pots. Nice little bottles with no hinge to break, but the threads do gunk up pretty badly :p
 
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hajmoid

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I like the new design, it's a tad silly to paint straight from the pot as you will slowly dry out the paint thats in there, causing them to go gluggy quicker, plus it becomes a bigger knock over hazard, so i like to think it's the perfect mix between the old white top pop lid with lip and the more squatter previous design. I started hobby with the old white tops and they did have tab breakage/hinge issues, plus they were taller and hence tippier. I also think it is cool you can see the colour from the top on the new design.
 
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Kalidane

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Our hobby is pretty expensive and having emo supplies with persistant thoughts of self-harm isn't acceptable (i.e. GW self-destruct bottles).

Yesterday after opening a foundation paint for the second time and finding a very goopy mess I got chatting with a mate and did some math.

GW NZD $7.20 for 14ml = $0.514/ml
Coat d'arms imported ~NZD $3.789 for 18ml = $0.211/ml
P3 imported ~NZD $4.737 for 18ml = $0.263/ml
Vallejo VMC imported ~NZD $3.789 for 17ml = $0.223/ml
Vallejo VGC imported ~NZD $3.305 for 17ml = $0.194/ml
Reaper RMS imported ~NZD $4.165 for 14.767ml = $0.282/ml PLUS shipping. Price discounts can be found.

YMMV

I add agitators to all paints so seperation isn't an issue. All these paint ranges are good product (with their own personalities). Colour selection and value are likely the next tier of criteria. I've thought of re-bottling GW paints but... the cost of the paint, bottle, time and effort rules it out. Just buy paints in packaging that works (to our advantage I should say). Good paints are too cheap to bother with self-flagellation.

The GW paints I have from 1999 are all in top condition. From 2004? 2008? Yeah well we all know how that one goes.
 
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templar143

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i am in the middle of switching over to eyedropper bottles. i read a blog and was inspired. so far i've ordered 110 20 ml bottles for about $30, and have started the switch. i have some older GW paints that got a second life with a bit of distilled water and flow aid mixed in. i managed to get my hands on some syringes and the iv extension tubes to suck the paint out of the pots (i'm a paramedic, not a drug dealer). as long as the paint is thin enough, it flows nicely.
i am concerned with foundation paints though. i don't want to thin them out too much, so i just might leave thm in the pots, thinning as i go along.
my biggest problem now is that i can't find my label maker. a solution is that the new GW bottles label peels off without a problem. the older paper labels, not so much.
 
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IdofEntity

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templar143 said:
i am in the middle of switching over to eyedropper bottles. i read a blog and was inspired. so far i've ordered 110 20 ml bottles for about $30, and have started the switch. i have some older GW paints that got a second life with a bit of distilled water and flow aid mixed in. i managed to get my hands on some syringes and the iv extension tubes to suck the paint out of the pots (i'm a paramedic, not a drug dealer). as long as the paint is thin enough, it flows nicely.
i am concerned with foundation paints though. i don't want to thin them out too much, so i just might leave thm in the pots, thinning as i go along.
my biggest problem now is that i can't find my label maker. a solution is that the new GW bottles label peels off without a problem. the older paper labels, not so much.
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Wow, you used a syringe? I used a straw with my finger sealing the pressure. Your sh!t is high-tech.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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SkelettetS said:
, dont understad why they dont just cut the crap and get drop pots that 90%+ of the painters seems to prefer anyway.
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Because that way the kids they sell to wouldn't keep buying new paint pots every two weeks.
Don't forget GW is desparately trying to drag every penny out of their target audience (12-15 years olds) and adults are no longer part of their sales interest.

When a GW area manager deliberately tells his staff to "get rid of the veterans" and "anyone over thirty" it should be clear that they don't want anyone with any capacity for discernment on spending.
 
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Chrome

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Dragonsreach said:
Because that way the kids they sell to wouldn't keep buying new paint pots every two weeks.
Don't forget GW is desparately trying to drag every penny out of their target audience (12-15 years olds) and adults are no longer part of their sales interest.

When a GW area manager deliberately tells his staff to "get rid of the veterans" and "anyone over thirty" it should be clear that they don't want anyone with any capacity for discernment on spending.
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Yeah, I remember when that memo reached our Premium store over here. He told us all about it and that he was considering removing all chairs and playing areas just to remove the veterans... We all basically gave him a collective slap and told him he was being brain washed. After all, the veterans hanging around the store are firstly role models for the younglings, they are what makes the real difference between a toy store and a gaming store, plus, even if it's virtually invisible, veterans do spend a fair share in the store just because they are there, not because they need to but out of sheer will or addiction.
 
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