GW paint pots

[murakumo]

Just wondering what everyone else uses to get paint out of the Games workshop paint pots?

 

I have tried just dipping the brush in and then storkeing it onto the palatte with a little water and that tends to lead to very watery very weak pigments... then agian using "virginal" popsicle sticks dow't work well either.... it gets a huge glob onto the pallete and it has no control whatsoever.

 

I have considered buying up some of those plastic pipe-etts they have for medical serfices.... other then that I don;t know what would work... an eyedropper?

 

WEs.

[SaintRigger]

I usually use a chisel. ;)

 

I'm kidding. When I use them, I shake 'em, open em and load up an old beat up brush to transfer paint to my pallet (usually from the little lip inside the lid of the pot). Then I close the lid, add some water, thinner and/or flow improver to the paint and work from there.

 

You only need a drop or so of water for each drop of paint (you'll find that it is sometimes even less, and once you start using glazes, you want to paint with pretty much colored water and slowly build up layers of pigments - this is you you get nice super smooth transitions as well as use neat effects like green to shade red, or adding blue, red and purple to skin to make it really look alive)

[SaintRigger]

Oh, Reaper also sells dropper bottles, you can transfer your GW paints to dropper bottle as well.

[murakumo]

Oh, Reaper also sells dropper bottles, you can transfer your GW paints to dropper bottle as well.

 

 

I thought about that.... But I was wondering whether that would work well or not.... since it would probably mean losing a lot the paint... o_0 Honestly I will probably just slowly but surely buy up reaper paints that replace the shades of GW paint I have.

[fieldarchy]

I use the blunt end of my brush handle, I dip it into paint pots, then put the glob in the palette and add water accordingly. That way you don't have to ruin any brushes if you don't have old ones anyway.

[tbrehaut]

I use the blunt end of my brush handle, I dip it into paint pots, then put the glob in the palette and add water accordingly. That way you don't have to ruin any brushes if you don't have old ones anyway.

I do the same. Using the blunt end also allows me to stir quite vigorously, without worrying about damaging any bristles. And then wipe off the end of the handle on a tissue or paper towel.

 

One thing I also do frequently with the GW paints is to add water directly into the pots, as the paint thickens over time. Shake well. I'll usually get about two "scoops" with the brush handle, and 1-2 drops of water (depending on the initial consistency) for most painting purposes. More water if I'm working on fine detail, washes, or glazes.

[SaintRigger]

Oh, Reaper also sells dropper bottles, you can transfer your GW paints to dropper bottle as well.

 

 

I thought about that.... But I was wondering whether that would work well or not.... since it would probably mean losing a lot the paint... o_0 Honestly I will probably just slowly but surely buy up reaper paints that replace the shades of GW paint I have.

 

The wastage is minimal and the dropper bottles hold more than what are in the pot. I've transfered a bunch of my paints into droppers, actually, and I sometimes add just a drop of flow improver.

 

I think you'll be happy with the reaper paints, in the end however

[Lord Wehrmacht]

I use both the back end of the brush and dropper on occasion.

 

The dropper for things that im using as base.. the back end of the brush because Citadel has the taste kids love!

[Jen]

I used both the back end of a brush (I have a few broken brush handles that I save for just this reason) or toothpicks (not the colored ones!) depending on how much paint I want. I have tried using eye droppers but didn't like the results. More paint than I'd like stays in the dropper, and rinsing it out in my water jar invariably gets the water cloudy enough that I have to replace it.

[Dilvish the Deliverer]

Go to some place that sells coffee. Get a cup of you favorite java. Look for the little straws for mixing in your cream and sugar. Grab a handful. They work really well and the price is right (free). If you need more than a drop you can put the straw into your paint and cap the other end with a finger.

[Thes Hunter]

The dropper bottles are a good idea. I really like them, and considering buying the RMS partially because of them. (I am teaching my boyfriend's kids how to paint, and we have already run into some issues that would be eliminated with the dropper bottles.)

 

 

I however use toothpicks. I can mix the paint and then use the toothpick to put some of the paint on my palette. That way have a little more control over how thick or thin I want the paint, and how much I can get on the brush. Just dipping the brush into the pots was a recipe for a bristles full of paint right up to that... um... metal thingy that I am forgetting the name of. And if you get paint that far up, it ain't good for keeping a nice fine point on the brush.

 

However, I may need to stir and add more water to my paints because my GW paints are over um..... ahh... 10 years old.

 

 

So toothpicks have been my answer to solving that problem. Cheap and disposable. Just make sure you pick up any that fall on the floor because else wise they become deadly little mini pit traps just waiting for unsuspecting bare feet.

[Enchantra]

I use old ratty brushes that are no good for actual painting to get the paint out of my Pro-Paint pots I have.

[Spatula]

paint out of the 'lid'...add water to the 'lid' paint

[Thes Hunter]

paint out of the 'lid'...add water to the 'lid' paint

 

 

Spatula, I used to do that as well, and it worked very well for me for many years.

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However I began transferring my paint to a palette, because I began wet blending a lot and tend to be using 4 or more colors at a time.

Also, I find I have less spills and accidents if I have small bits of paint on a palette vs several open pots sitting about.

 

I was always told by 'experts' not to paint out of the lids because it made your paints dry out, or you didn't have enough control over consistency, and you would get little hard flecks in your paint. But I found these to all be hogwash.

 

Like I said before my GW paints are more than 10 years old, and for 9 of those years I painted out of the lid, and my paints are still going strong. The only reason I need to replace some is because some have gotten spilled more than a few times.

[Shakandara]

In the cases where I've transferred GW paint pots to dropper bottles, I've found that the greater control the dropper bottle offers me in dispensing paint more than makes up for any paint "waste" lost in the transfer between the pot and the dropper. It has also been my experience that since the dropper bottles "mess" less, you get a better seal, so paint is slower to dry out as well vs. a paint pot.

 

My advice would be transfer the "can't live without" colors to dropper bottles, and gradually phase out your paint pots, replacing them with RMS paints.

 

~v