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I've struggled to find a use for the dry paints, they all seem very washed out and chalky. I guess they are for extreme highlights?

 Polonius wrote:
I've struggled to find a use for the dry paints, they all seem very washed out and chalky. I guess they are for extreme highlights?

Extreme highlights or, in my experience with the earthier tones, weathering on the cheap.

Considering all of the Edge paints and two of the brand new Dry paints are direct-only I can see GW restocking them as needed. Then again, I could also see GW developing the two new Dry paints and making them 'while supplies last'.

 Talys wrote:
New rumor via faeit:

http://natfka.blogspot.ca/2015/11/citadel-paints-moving-to-online-only.html

Please remember that this is considered a rumor, although from a very solid source.

via anonymous sources on Faeit 212
Following Colors will move to online order
- Slaanesh Gray LAYER
- Thunderhawk Blue LAYER
- Dark Reaper
- Warpfiend Grey
- Bestigor Flesh
- Demonette Hide
- Ratskin Flesh
- Lustrian Undergrowth
- Mourn Mountain Snow
- Blackfire Earth
- Etherium Blue
- Tyrant Skull
- Lamenters Yellow

If true, this is just fine with me!

It is true, GW stores have been asked to dispose of their remaining bottles. I was not under the impression this meant "mail back".
My local elected to give players a chance, and have them neatly stacked on a spare self, with a last chance sign, and the standard racks have been updated with gaps awaiting this weekend.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

 Talys wrote:
New rumor via faeit:

http://natfka.blogspot.ca/2015/11/citadel-paints-moving-to-online-only.html

Please remember that this is considered a rumor, although from a very solid source.

via anonymous sources on Faeit 212
Following Colors will move to online order
- Slaanesh Gray LAYER
- Thunderhawk Blue LAYER
- Dark Reaper
- Warpfiend Grey
- Bestigor Flesh
- Demonette Hide
- Ratskin Flesh
- Lustrian Undergrowth
- Mourn Mountain Snow
- Blackfire Earth
- Etherium Blue
- Tyrant Skull
- Lamenters Yellow

If true, this is just fine with me!

It is true, GW stores have been asked to dispose of their remaining bottles. I was not under the impression this meant "mail back".
My local elected to give players a chance, and have them neatly stacked on a spare self, with a last chance sign, and the standard racks have been updated with gaps awaiting this weekend.

They confirmed that the paints would still be available online?

Yes. Though don't quote me on exact colours, everything that's dropping from stores is going into the web shop.
I said "damn I use X on all my Orks" and the manager went "yeah it'll be online." rather than pushing a sale literally 2 feet in front of him.

I was at my local GW yesterday and noticed a heap of paints weren't in stock. That is a rarity because normally the store is pretty well stocked. That said I didn't really pay attention to what was missing because I have mostly eliminated my reliance on GW paints.

After 10+ years of buying primarily GW paints I'm out, there's too many good paint suppliers to bother with a company that changes ranges every few years and has the worst prices out of pretty much anyone.

@Skink: i noticed some paints out of stock at my local GW, too...
i think the "auto" restock system is hurting the shops, as is the drive to online ordering from the webstore...

i don't blame you for moving to different paints...
i skipped the last two generations of paints, stopping after the bolter shell bottle years...
over the last ten years, i have only tried new products...
i tried the Foundation paints, but found them to be too thick for my painting style...
i tried the first washes, and liked two a lot, so i'll give the current ones a look...
i just ordered a few of the Technical Paints, so we'll see how i like them...

funny enough, my vintage 1990 Citadel paints are still all in perfect working order, and work better for me than anything that they have released in the last 25 years...
they just don't make 'em like they used to...

cheers
jah

 Polonius wrote:
I've struggled to find a use for the dry paints, they all seem very washed out and chalky. I guess they are for extreme highlights?

Or just a quick and easy way to highlight the majority of a model. Basecoat, drybrush and wash. Boom. Done.

 jah-joshua wrote:
funny enough, my vintage 1990 Citadel paints are still all in perfect working order, and work better for me than anything that they have released in the last 25 years...
they just don't make 'em like they used to...

cheers
jah

Actually they do make them like they used to. They're just called Coat d'Arms now...

 Ghaz wrote:

 jah-joshua wrote:
funny enough, my vintage 1990 Citadel paints are still all in perfect working order, and work better for me than anything that they have released in the last 25 years...
they just don't make 'em like they used to...

cheers
jah

Actually they do make them like they used to. They're just called Coat d'Arms now...

hahahahaha
good point!!!

i am interested in how the Technical paints will work out, though...
i ordered Blood for the Blood God, Nihilakh Oxide, and Martian Ironearth...
at 25% off, it was a good enough deal to go in blind...
i've never tried any crackle paint, so this one should be fun to play with on some bases...

cheers
jah

I recently got frustrated at GW paints altogether, and am moving on to P3...

 krazynadechukr wrote:
I recently got frustrated at GW paints altogether, and am moving on to P3...

i did this a decade ago, and couldn't be happier...
95% of my paints are P3, with just a few of the specialized things like Vallejo Smoke, Vallejo Model Air Metals, and Citadel washes rounding out the arsenal...

the Technical paints should show up tomorrow, so we'll see how they work out...

cheers
jah

 jah-joshua wrote:

 krazynadechukr wrote:
I recently got frustrated at GW paints altogether, and am moving on to P3...

i did this a decade ago, and couldn't be happier...
95% of my paints are P3, with just a few of the specialized things like Vallejo Smoke, Vallejo Model Air Metals, and Citadel washes rounding out the arsenal...

the Technical paints should show up tomorrow, so we'll see how they work out...

cheers
jah

Yeah, we discussed this in my thread, and I am taking your advice (as well as the others0! Everyone mentioned P3, so I figure that was solid advice! Thanks again!

The only thing I don't like about the Citadel paints is the pots they come in (price is a given as with any GW product ). I've never had a problem with their current paints. For 40K I like the more satin finish over Vallejo's matte finish and its the only line that I can get locally and actually see before I buy.

 Ghaz wrote:
....and its the only line that I can get locally and actually see before I buy.

For years that was the biggest reason I bought GW paints. Buying paints online or without seeing them sucks. The number of paints I've bought that sit on my shelf doing nothing because I thought the colour was something different to what it actually was... I could probably afford to buy a complete paint set for the amount of money I've wasted