I got into mini painting recently but have been a scale modeller for years. I couldn’t envision painting a vehicle without Enamel washes and oil paints.
@@devensega Did mini painting, was annoyed by washes, stopped for some time due to other reasons. Started doing scale modelling and was like enamel paints and an air brush are great, got back into wargaming, everything is so much better now XD.
I remember asking a few wargames who did scale modelling about 6 years ago how they got such good results and the rest is history... Just how's you how different hobbies ca live in silos. My work flow is now very airbrush and enamel/oil heavy because well, it just makes life a lot lot easier...
When i transfer my paints i use blue wall sticky tack around the base of the funnel to create a seal with the bottle, then fill the funnel with paint and gently squeeze the bottle to push the air out and allow the suction to pull the paint in the bottle the use less thinner or water and a brush to get the excess out of the funnel
I kinda feel like I'm the only painter that likes the pots. I generally like to paint direct from the pots and only go to a pallet to mix or if using Vallejo. 🤷♀️
I found totally clear plastic dropper bottles on evilbay. They are sturdier than those shown in the video and have the bonus of being completely clear. I may have shared a link on Luke's facebook page.
Don't forget to visit all the channels and subscribe to them! Looking for those links to the dropper bottles and stuff? Here you go! Looking for those product links? We got ya. Dropper bottles: geni.us/30mldroppers Tiny funnels: geni.us/hobbyfunnels Airbrush thinner: geni.us/airbrushthinner200ml Nail art paint racks: geni.us/nailpolishrack
Guy doesn't use the wet palette. But when you dilute your paints with airbrush thinner, strange things will happen after putting the diluted colours on the the wet palette. There is some detergent inside, so the surface tension is broken.
@@Sinthoras25031994 if you use your colours for a dry palette or solely airbrushing, this is all right. For a wet palette water or acrylic medium is just fine. As long as no detergent is included
Also when using airbrush thinner the paint struggles to hold onto the model unless applied through air . This process is extremely time consuming . You just better phasing out your citedal for VJ
Guy, probably goes without saying but you are a legend for organising this all. Massively honoured to be asked to help contribute! Learning a fair few bits myself too!
@Dude In A Shirt In US you have theater and defense, there are many spelling differences in the different English dialects actually. I know that the Australians wanted to change the spelling of "friend" to "frend" but that would probably make too much sense so it didn't catch on.
I just love that the community is helping you to spend time with your preciosess . My 9 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD 2 years ago and a teacher at his school introduced him to warhammer. He loves it and so do I . For the most part I find the community to be a great example of not only creativity but great morals and just generally being kind to other people and yourself. Great job as usual, love and light to you and your family.
Good for the kid to have the diagnosis. It took me almost 40 years to get mine, and that wasn't good for me - it kind of messes up your brain meats to feel like you're weird and different and never understanding why.
@@autochton I’m sorry to hear that Gert. It must have been very hard for you. I see how hard it is for my son. Yes he is very lucky it has been diagnosed ,he has a very good paediatric consultant who specialises in ADHD and autism. We have fought hard for two years to get funding at his school for him and another boy in his class to have a dedicated teaching assistant and we are very grateful for that. My heart breaks for all the kids who went undiagnosed and untreated and in some cases wildly over medicated.
I agree with the pickle jar. Cheap brushes are the way to go for price, and when they are really cruddy, used it for scrapping or texturing and just by a new one for cheap :)
Guy, I don’t think paternety leave means that you can have your wife fill in for you 😂😉👍🏼 Really like her presence though, and I think it makes the content a bit more interesting for my fiancé too =D
I don't believe that Guy and Penny are married... just living in sin. God bless them! ;P The last parts are just a joke before anyone gets overly upset. IMO if they are happy, then I'm happy for the both of them.
Do NOT use airbrush thinner. I made the same mistake and can attest, that the high alcohol content dries out your paints way faster on your brush! Airbrush thinner helps the paint dry quicker when airbrushing, which is nice in that context. But you do not want that to happen when brush painting!
Waste time and money on a brand that doesn't listen to its customers and don't change these crappy paint pots, with the inconvenience of wasting paint too. I do it the easy way. I use Vallejo.
On brushes, I think anyone using Kolinsky Sable should be familiar with where the brush materials come from. In short, it's a product of unlicensed and non-regulated fur trade from Russia and China, obtained using methods which have been banned in countries like the UK for almost half a decade due to their barbaric nature (leg hold traps, catch the weasel and let it starve/freeze to death). I'm hoping we as a community can move to an alternative supply line for the material some day but for now you need to ask yourself if it's a practice you're happy to support (and it's pretty much all manufacturers. Citadel, Windsor and Newton, Squidmar etc etc).
and I'd assume everyone against such brushes to also be a vegan ... unless its specifically brush ethics that matter, but not other kinds (which would make no sense)
Except Dont go for the cheap cheap ones, well, actually 4 euros for 6 vallejo quality 17ml dropper bottles with(!) an agitator inside is a proper deal. They are from AK interactive and they are worth mentioning!
Do they really dry out that fast? I bought a bunch and I don't want to lose them, seems like I would have to put in a lot of work to put them into dropper bottles.
@ModwinterMinis just wanted to say a massive thanks for all of you're videos and thank you too you're gf/wife for being a doctor in the UK as its a shit show >
I know it's a little long since you made this video, but if I don't plan to use it for airbrushing can I still use airbrush thinner or should I use a medium
Just a few additinal tips about transferring paints (from a guy who's making it for the second time in his life ;p) : - try using large syringe instead of funnel. Remove the piston, pour the paint into syringe chamber (while holding it above dropper bottle), then just take the piston and pump the paint into dropper bottle. Way less messy and much quicker than funnel method :) - also, word of advise - not all dropper bottles are OK. In fact, most of them will give you a headache with nozzle tips splitting, causing your paints to dry on tip and making you unclog them every single time you want to use the paint. I've used amazon bottles, the nozzles cracked in no time, and they did it almost by themselves. I'm quite aware of how to operate with dropper bottles, my vallejo and S75 bottles (which are also known to sometimes crack when dealt with no care) never cracked. Now I bought bottles with yellow caps from pk-pro, much more expensive but on the other hand the nozzles do not crack. As i'm in the middle of transferring my paints from cheap dropper bottles to pk-pro bottles, save yourself both a hassle but also time and don't go cheap on dropper bottles. The losses while transferring the paint twice were (to be expected) humongous, There are some paints where I was left with really small amount of paint after two transfers. I still think transferring paint to dropper bottles is the way to go - just don't buy cheap ones, or you will be doing the same job twice (unless you don't find it incredibly annoying to unclog nozzle just to take a drop of paint on your pallette). There's quite an extensive thread on reddit about nozzles splitting, if anyone wants to go deeper in this topic. Great video! :)
I made the mistake of over tightening cheap dropper bottles it splits the tip and then you have to redo. I really like this series..... always great to see everyone's take on tips and tricks.
A waste of time in my opinion. Use them up then buy Vallejo. The dropper bottles are not the same as the Vallejo anyway. Spent time painting minis not transferring paint. :)
This is lovely! Still though, I struggle to understand why anyone would buy a Citadel paint product in the first place. A thousand golden coins to whoever convinces me of a good reason to do so!
In a world where AK/vallejo exist, there's no reason other than brand loyalty. And before anyone says "BuT GW WaSHEs" oil washes are a thing, try them.
Agreed, mate. Average (at best) quality paint, in the worst pots on the market, for considerably more money per millilitre than other ranges. It's nothing more than the cult of exclusivity that the company is so good at perpetuating.
I'm struggling with Vallejo Paints, I don't get good results in coverage. Using Citadel Paints is carefree in regards of coverage and thinning. I also really like their color range. They are not the cheapest, but not the most expensive, either. The pots are horrible, I agree.
Pffftt... Pickle jar needs to get with the program. The meaning of life is 42. Next. Magnus DID do something wrong. If you accidentally kill someone through your own negligence, did you still do wrong? Yes of course you did. His intentions are irrelevant, his actions ultimately lead to the deaths of billions and a horrific cursed existence for every one of his sons. Any court of law would find him guilty as charged. Brushes....yeah OK, pickle is right about that one.
When I transferred my Agrax Earthshade into 18mL bottles, I put the leftover portion into a second bottle and mixed it 1:1 with Lahmian Medium to make a bottle of half-strength shade. I don't think that would be useful for all of the shades, but I think it's perfect for the neutral shades like Agrax and Nuln Oil.
I'd love to rebottle my paints, however it does look like that the paint thinner thins the colour down real good. Does this mean I'd have to thin down my colours more carefully (less) or does the paint thinner evaporate over time or lose its effect?
This user named TheSadBeaver posted above that they did it without using thinner and stuff. If you see the comment they made, you will feel its much easier. Ether way just glad to know how they did it.
@@ForTehNguyen holders are definitely worth it, even if you've never spilled a pot in your life. Only paint I ever spilled was a Humbrol enamel, 20 something years ago, on my parent's dining table. Trust me when I say you find a way to never repeat that. My go to is neoprene foam. grab a couple 8mm-10mm sheets off ebay, cut holes in one to match the pots you're using, and glue it to the second. the rubberiness holds the pot solid and the wide base makes it pretty unspillable, for a fraction of the cost of most holders.
Just buy Vallejo! I see this all the time. Why go to the effort of paying more money for less paint in a pot, to then put it in an acceptable container? Vallejo have a huge range of far superior paints.
Pennny! :D That dropper bottle tip is awesome. Though every drop of paint wasted that gets stuck to the old bottle or to the funnel makes me cringe. It's like wasting liquid gold. I know in the end you save more paint (and money) but still my brain irrationally goes "noooooooo!"
Thanks for another great video Guy. Hope you're all keeping well. Don't worry you'll get to finally catch up on sleep... in a year or two 😉 From a dad of twins
Might be a dumb question, Is it possible to add too much thinner to the paints? While yes, citadel paint is a bit thick compared to other brands. I am still kind of scared of thinning it too much when transferring.
Josh’s battered old husk of a brush looks like my fine detail brush 🤪 great stuff and fantastic tips from all. Thank you and good luck with your new family ❤️
Also DANG it looks so official, why doesn't GW make these? Oh what's that? They WANT you to spend unnecessarily large amounts of money? Why would such a noble and pure company do that?
No, haven't seen it. Plus, I get you're being an optimist but the sad reality is that Cavill is a snob. He's not going to play against Guy even if Guy had PewDiePie number of subscribers simply because Guy isn't "Hollywood". Just look at his latest fling--another blonde with a fake Hollywood title (ie. No real job). Unless you're in the "industry" or someone he can exploit for Hollywood street cred Cavill won't even glance at you for personal time. It's not an attack on you, again, I get that the fantasy is fun for Cavill fans and you want to be optimistic, but that's just the reality. Guy is not Hollywood enough for Cavill no matter how many loyal fans Guy has or how good his intentions are.
@@writtenwisely haha, that sure was a long post. I dunno I don’t get that vibe from Henry at all, PC gaming and painting Custodes doesn’t really say “Hollywood snob” to me
@@deerhawk7788 That's not necessarily why I think he's a snob. In past interviews he's admitted to only wanting to associate with people in the industry. He's also admitted to only wanting to date really young women with no real careers so that they can follow him around which is why his current fling matches those criteria. He certainly seems to stick to his word from past interviews. It was cute of Guy to challenge him but the reality was that it would never happen no matter how many followers Guy had or how much free time Cavill had.
I can't believe Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree fame is a Midwinter Minis Patreon supporter (Yes I understand it's most likely not the same guy lemme have this one, OK?)
Hi guy, I've been a big fan of the channel since about January or February, and I would love to see what you would do with the McFarlane toys 7" Warhammer action figures
Okay I am probably asking a dumb question but I just transferred some old gw paints, didn't get it 100% but there's still way more in the dropper bottles then the pots. I used thinner to thin it but I think I have thinned it too much now. It will eventually thicken again right or is it stuffed?
I'm going to be 100% honest. If you are a good enough painter that you know that dropper bottles are better than the flip caps you should also know that the only GW paints really worth using are the contrast paints, and the last thing you want to do is to put those into dropper bottles because you do not EVER put a contrast paint on a wet palette. Besides the contrast paints NONE of GWs paints are really worth using. Their washes suck, the paints are too glossy and cartoonish looking, and too many of their colors have shit coverage capability. If you are a good enough painter to know you want to use dropper battles because you use a wet palette then you should also be good enough to know Scale color, Kimera Color, or even Vallejo are the paints you should be using. Every one of those options are better than GW paints.
When transferring paint over to dropper bottles I found that a large syringe with unsharpened needles worked great. Get a good fat needle on there and they'll manage just fine with undiluted paints as well.
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Same for me, even undiluted base paints were easy to transfer with the syringe.
@@drpenny9844 I grabbed a bunch of 10ml syringes with blunt 18G needles and it made everything so easy, no spilling and super easy to clean between colours. And yeah, it was the fountain pen thing that made me think of them too, especially when using sample bottles.
No to thinner for the acrylic paints. Thinner is an additive, not a medium. There isn't any acrylic in thinner. Use a 10:1 mix of water:matte medium as a reducer. It won't ruin the paint like using a thinner will.
Question for you, followed your method and used airbrush flow improver to transfer GW paints into a dropper bottle. When I shake the paints and unscrew the top there is always paint trying to escape the top of the bottle like an angry volcano... am I doing something wrong? I feel like this overflow will add up over time and I end up using my brush to paint with this paint instead of depositing it onto my wet palette. Thanks for the help and happy holidays.
None of this is laborious switching over to eye dropper bottles is necessary. It's a huge waste of time, with all due respects to the channel. All you have to do with GW paints is to regularly go through a rotation and add a few drops of a 50/50 mix of distilled water and alcohol into each pot with an eye dropper, and give the pot a few shakes. Also put a stainless steel ball bearing into each pot to aid in the shaking. Then, for in between times when you are not using the paint just put a piece of masking tape around the lid seam of the pot. I've been doing this with GW paints since 2012 and I have pots that are nearly 10 years old still in the original pots and they are all perfectly fresh and usable. Never lost a single pot to drying out using this method.
Enamel paints... The newest silly idea. If you are remember to change those filters every six months. Or you could use watercolor washes; all of the benefits, none of the sillynesses.
Can i use the flow improver as well when dealing with metalic paints like leadbelcher and retributor armor? Do i want to put less in than my regular base and layer colors while im transferring them over or is there no difference between metallics and the other paints? Im using vallejo airbrush flow improver and a few drops of water.
I sill don't get it to buy a product with avarage quality and a really bad "packaging" in wich the product gets broken, in this case dried out, and refill it with even more cost and loss of paint to another packaging. And these paints are without the new bottles higher in cost than others. There are so much paints out there, that are better and cheaper than Citadel Paints and are sold in dropper bottles.
Is it just me or am I the only one who thinks GW paint pots are better? All my vallejo bottles get gunked and dried in the lid and as long as you are careful drying on gw pots isn't as much of a problem. I also dilute in the bottle because I really can't be arsed to dilute every time. If I need a special ratio then fine, but all my paints are kept between milk and water in consistency and it works no probs...
So I have a question about the transfer paint in to dropper bottles, you’re adding airbrush thinner to the paint so that it runs smoothly in to the dropper bottle, that makes complete sense, but my question is this, does this effect the paints if you’re using a wet pallet? Like if you’re adding a thinner to the paint, then putting the paint on a wet pallet (that naturally thins paint itself and if a paint is to runny it leaks through the sheet of the wet pallet) will this just end up thinning your paints to much? I’d like to transfer my citadel paints to dropper bottles but i’m concerned about the use of my wet pallet after doing so lol
