games workshop paint pots are kind of a meme in our hobby games workshop has always put their
paint in pots while the rest of the mini painting companies use dropper bottles which are better at
keeping paints although still not the best containers that title still belongs to tubes
where the paint is completely safe from moisture light temperature and air mini paints are sold to
us with convenience in mind and pots and dropper bottles are easy to keep out on the desk and let
you see what colors are inside i have come to terms with pots in my hobby i don't really mind
them but i know that they're a little worse at their job than droppers although gameshop pots are
nice as far as pots go the shape is good the use of shiny clear rubbery plastic means that you can
easily see the color inside and the one thing that i think makes the game circular pots what it is
is the clear wrapper it's such a simple idea but it makes these pots so attractive from any angle
you can instantly see what color you have and i hope that all paint companies steal this and use
clear wrappers on their dropper bottles i've moved away from game searcher paint for the most part
in my collection i started with games workshop then branched out trying most of the other brands
like the lejo scale 75 army painter pro krill reaper master series and a few other odds and
ends that aren't even for mini painting like this liquitex titanium white and apple barrel black
and i found that they're all about the same you can get good and bad paint jobs from any
of these ranges none are really much better or worse than any other and each have winners and
losers in terms of colors but games workshop is where a lot of people start and it's really easy
to get a hold of so there are some simple tricks that can help you get the most out of your gw pots
now i think even games earthshop tells you to take paint from the pot with a brush but this
is wrong in my opinion the best way is with the back of your paintbrush then you can wipe it on
the palette and this creates a nice tall blob of paint and it creates almost zero waste it's
so little it's probably less than you wash off your paint brush every time you clean it
this blob is perfect for wet plows as you can keep taking paint out of the pile for thinning
and mixing and the rest of the paint is safely stored in a drop drops of paint will last a lot
longer on a wet palette than spread out piles of paint games workshop paint pots are known for
gumming up as you can see the top should be flush but sometimes near the hinge paint will build up
and damage the seal the best way to combat this is to clean out this area of dried crusty paints
but it's hard to reach back there and chipping it out with a tweezer or toothpick is miserable
but luckily there is a simple built-in solution the whole top can easily be slid off the paint
pot and then you can use your fingers and a fair bit of pressure to invert the top
any gunk should fall right out and leave it clean and ready to reassemble onto the pot
there now it's sitting flush as it should now this might be heresy but there are some paints i prefer
in paint pots like washes and contrast mediums i like to take these paints directly from the pot
and put them onto the model where i can use water and medium to push it around and blend it into
the model skipping the wet palette entirely and using every last possible drop of paint
now the huge problem with games workshop wash pots and contrast is the knockover factor
and i super agree that this is frustrating i've only spilled one wash in my painting career but
that is one too many my perfect wash pot would be something that is short and wide this would
get rid of the tip over as the center of gravity would be much lower this idea has already been
done with inks dylan rowney clearly knows what they're doing now the more conspiratorially minded
might suspect that the watch pots were designed like this on purpose to waste painter's money
i think it more has to do with designing something that'll fit into the game search at paint racks
that already exist in hobby shops across the world either way it is a solution but not a perfect one
games workshop pots are fine i don't think they're the worst thing in the world but i
don't think they're that great either i don't use many games or shop pots these days although
there are a few colors i really like i like lead belcher and corn red and i don't think i could
live without null and oil and agrax earth shade pots are a little annoying obviously airbrush
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