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So who the hell is the seller, and how'd he get the pots so early?

slaanesh grey no doubt refers to the daemonettes skintone...

lord marcus wrote:
What type of "agitator? I have several paints that coul use a drop of whatever it is.

Reaper sells packs of three empty dropper bottles that come with little metal skulls. I transfer most of my GW paints to them.

Breotan wrote:

Absolutionis wrote:You prime with GW's Citadel non-primer spray.

Wait... wut?

GW sprays aren't really primers. They're undercoats. If they were primers they would be identified as such on the cans.

Breotan wrote:

Absolutionis wrote:You prime with GW's Citadel non-primer spray.

Wait... wut?

It's one of those curiosities that Games Workshop "Citadel Colour" Spray Paint no longer says the word "primer" anywhere on the bottle (the newer 2010+ cans).

Still no dropper bottles. Oh well.

Brother SRM wrote:

NecronLord3 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Games-Workshop-CITADEL-PAINTS-x5-Brand-New-/260948310834

Looks like this is the change we are seeing. Foundation paints and secondary layers?

For the work blocked/if the auction gets taken down:

I don't get it. What's the purpose of the second layer paints? Isn't that the point of foundations? Are foundations the 1st layer? What?

Gimme back terracotta and fiery orange and tentacle pink Gee Dub!


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ChocolateGork wrote:




Those are just p3 bottles with citadel labels.Or at least it looks that way. I doubt they would make their bottles look so similar to a major competitors

So what the happened to these? Was this just a gag to throw us off, or are they going to make 'colours' available in larger quantities, since they're older paints? IIRC, catachan green isn't too old...

Schmapdi wrote:

Scar White = Skull White
Screaming Bell = looks like Vermin Brown to me.
Cadian Fleshton = looks like Elf Flesh
Slaanesh Grey = Actually looks like a light Shadow Grey.

I'm thinking a lot of the old colors will be gone. I'm tempted to run stock up on some - but I've mentally committed to switching to Vallejo for some time now anyway.

Look agien. Screaming Bell is a metallic.
=O

Wasn't their a darker bronze colour they disconnited? I can't remember the name of it, but that alot of people liked it....


I'm also kinda woundering that the diffrence between that Mechrite Red is, and the one they sell now.... Isn't it the exact same pot/label/everything?
>.>

Brazen Brass

Looks exactly the same to me. If it isn't, alot of people will be up in arms, especially blood angels and khorne players

Samus_aran115 wrote:
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ChocolateGork wrote:




Those are just p3 bottles with citadel labels.Or at least it looks that way. I doubt they would make their bottles look so similar to a major competitors

So what the happened to these? Was this just a gag to throw us off, or are they going to make 'colours' available in larger quantities, since they're older paints? IIRC, catachan green isn't too old...

Like Gork said, just a gag. P3 bottles with citadel paint logos on them.

Oh, haha. I didn't connect that. I thought he was remarking that they look just like p3 bottles, not that they actually were

Samus_aran115 wrote:Brazen Brass

Looks exactly the same to me. If it isn't, alot of people will be up in arms, especially blood angels and khorne players

Ah. thanks. I never owned the colour, and was wondering how close this new screaming bell was to it.
=o

Two comments from Warseer on the ebay auction pots:

Galgaroth wrote:I'm calling fake. After the name of each paint is a little TM mark. And I'm pretty sure none of those names are. They're not marked on the UK Intellectual Property Website. And I doubt 'White Scar' or 'Screaming Bell' are distinct enough terms to Trademark anyway. That, along with the shoddiness of the way the labels have been stuck on, I'm going for FAKE. May be wrong though.

ctsteel wrote:Do also note that the ebay seller lists their location as Nottingham, UK.

I don't know if anyone else has but I just sent the seller a question about them, see what he says

I heard from my LGS that the new paint range has been pushed back to April.

Got an answer from the seller.

I asked;

These would be the as of yet unreleased paints? Where did you get them? Are they genuine Citadel Paints?

The reply came;

hi, yes , there are orginal paints, i never asked santa...., I think i have saw these paints in london shop...

Make of that what you will

oni wrote:I heard from my LGS that the new paint range has been pushed back to April.

April is the date stated in the official announcement, so no push back there.

I never manage to get dried out paint back to its origional state, its either to watery or its so dried out that I cannot mix it with water anymore.

Eddyon wrote:I never manage to get dried out paint back to its origional state

I don't know how people have their paint dry out in GW pots at all. I had about 20 paints in various old pots sitting in a box for my ~4 year hiatus, and when I opened them, they were good as new. This is after sitting in extremely hot and dry garages and sheds for those 4 years.

-Loki- wrote:

Eddyon wrote:I never manage to get dried out paint back to its origional state

I don't know how people have their paint dry out in GW pots at all. I had about 20 paints in various old pots sitting in a box for my ~4 year hiatus, and when I opened them, they were good as new. This is after sitting in extremely hot and dry garages and sheds for those 4 years.

Luck or B.S. if you ask me. No offense intended. Where they in a sealed container like sterilite or Tupperware?

I still have several pots I bought back in the 90s that are as good as new.

The old style flip top pots are universally lauded as being excellent for preserving paints. There are numerous anecdotes floating about regarding people opening 20+ year old paint pots and the paint still being fresh.

The screw tops however, are a different matter. I have had loads of them dry up and I don't think I am alone.

I use mostly Vallejo but do apreciate some colors from Citatel that I consider worthwhile and would possibley use more GW paints if not for the low amount of paint per pot.

Recently I finished a snakebite leather pot (coat d´arms) that I got like 15 years ago and still use some other colors of the same era, on the other hand I had to throw out several screw tops of bleached bone and codex (or ultramarine or something horrible like that) grey that dried out as Filbert pointed out.
They wont ofc, but GW would take a huge step forward by going back to their roots.

M.

filbert wrote:The old style flip top pots are universally lauded as being excellent for preserving paints. There are numerous anecdotes floating about regarding people opening 20+ year old paint pots and the paint still being fresh.

The screw tops however, are a different matter. I have had loads of them dry up and I don't think I am alone.

I agree that the screw tops dried paint out way fast.

To me the bottle isn't the biggest deal as I already transfer all my GW paints into dropper bottles when I get them. It would be nice to cut that step out completely. Then again I'm phasing out of GW paints as much as possible these days.

I went to Vallejo for that reason alone. I don't paint very often and it's incredibly frustrating when you do get your paints out and find they have turned into powder.

NecronLord3 wrote:

-Loki- wrote:

Eddyon wrote:I never manage to get dried out paint back to its origional state

I don't know how people have their paint dry out in GW pots at all. I had about 20 paints in various old pots sitting in a box for my ~4 year hiatus, and when I opened them, they were good as new. This is after sitting in extremely hot and dry garages and sheds for those 4 years.

Luck or B.S. if you ask me. No offense intended. Where they in a sealed container like sterilite or Tupperware?

No BS. Sitting in a cardboard box through several moves through several different climates. One area I lived in was freezing during winter and baking hot during summer, other areas mostly just hot.

They were, as others have said above, flip top lids, not screw tops, so that probably helped. The Flesh Wash and Chestnut Ink are still watery. I expected them to thicken up a little.

So you are talking about paint pots from like 15 years ago?

filbert wrote:The old style flip top pots are universally lauded as being excellent for preserving paints. There are numerous anecdotes floating about regarding people opening 20+ year old paint pots and the paint still being fresh.

The screw tops however, are a different matter. I have had loads of them dry up and I don't think I am alone.

i have a few of the old flip tops from 3rd edition, they are still very much usable and even though they were a bit of a hassle to open i never had to toss dried up paint pots away like i do now. NOTE: most paint loss was due to the pot exploding on you when you opened it. i have many many many screw tops and new paints that are completely dried and have never been used. i would much rather have the difficult opening pots than to constantly be rotating my paint supplies due to them drying out.

i would also like to point out the paints in the picture look like old 3rd ed flip tops with newer labeling.

One big factor is if you paint straight from the pot. If you dip a wet brush into the pot I found the water transfer causes the paint to dry quicker in the pot. I'm trying to break myself of the habit.

Theophony wrote:One big factor is if you paint straight from the pot. If you dip a wet brush into the pot I found the water transfer causes the paint to dry quicker in the pot. I'm trying to break myself of the habit.

Plus all that air from the open lid isn't good.

-Loki- wrote:I don't know how people have their paint dry out in GW pots at all. I had about 20 paints in various old pots sitting in a box for my ~4 year hiatus, and when I opened them, they were good as new. This is after sitting in extremely hot and dry garages and sheds for those 4 years.

Had a similar environment (moving, garages, hot and cold, dry and wet...), but all of my GW paints were rock-hard. Except for a couple bottles of Ink, there was no hope of reclaiming them. Surprisingly, the old reaper screw tops are just about good as new and my Vallejo came back to life with vigorous shaking. Seems to be luck of the draw.

I had a few pots (don't remember brand) that actually sounded like liquid when shook, but the cap had sealed to the bottle, making them impossible to open.

Kroothawk wrote:Two comments from Warseer on the ebay auction pots:

Galgaroth wrote:I'm calling fake. After the name of each paint is a little TM mark. And I'm pretty sure none of those names are. They're not marked on the UK Intellectual Property Website. And I doubt 'White Scar' or 'Screaming Bell' are distinct enough terms to Trademark anyway.

1) You don't need to register a mark to put "TM" on it. However, if you want to use (R), then it must be a registered mark.
2) You don't need to have a distinct term to slap a TM on a logo.