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Was out in derby today and found a shop that sells what appears to be a full range of Vallejo paints.

The shop is called Model Zone. The paints were £2.75 each.

List of branches: http://www.modelzone.co.uk/stores/



Not sure if it was common knowledge but it was news to me.

maelstrom.

Maelstrom what?

I get miine from FILS. £1.30. Or at least I will get them - when the postal service gets off its backside. Good range, although not sure it's a complete one.

on the laptop downstairs waiting to ambush mr postman, so don't have the bookmark to share. Google it.

Ebay!

I found a few suppliers, cost per pot varying between 1.70/2.00GBP

I ended up with a buy 18 for around £25 (Fils Model Supplies) deal.

No I'm not a sock puppet.

Prior to these had been a pure Citadel user, but they're certainly as good.

Dropper bottles and screw tops. They're pretty rockin'. Citadel paints, while looking nice, tend to dry a lot quicker in the pot due to the design. You need to keep the lip pristine to keep it properly closed, but even then there's no real seal there. once you pop the lid, the hinge never marries properly, which can lead to leakage if knocked over, and the lip, while great for out of the pot painting (which in itself is not recommended), when shaken to recombine the contents tends to have far too much in it. this leaks off the lip and dpwn the back of the hinge.

Colours are good, it's just the format they come in. When my citadel stuff is gone, I doubt I'll replace it, unless a comission insists on them.

GW brushes aren't any better, even when compared to similar brushes of the same price. They're never going to be pro at the price you pay for them, but as a case in point, I had to pick up a brush in a pinch, got a basecoat and fine detail. The basecoat has some pretty awful droopage going on and the fine detail has fishtailed, and it ain't through misuse. =/ Wierd really, because thier stipple and tank brushes are a completely different story.

Modelzone is a great shop. Much easier than getting stuff off the internet for most hobby things.

Also, some Hobbycraft stores stock Vallejo paints, alongside all manner of other interesting things.

http://www.modelsforsale.com is where I usually get my Vallejo paints from. They seem to have a quicker turnaround time than Maelstrom, though Maelstrom is obviously still a great store.

I might try using the Vallejo ones as they would take up less space n my paint box.

I will probably stick to Citadel for the washes though. They make me happy.

Praxiss wrote:I might try using the Vallejo ones as they would take up less space n my paint box.

I will probably stick to Citadel for the washes though. They make me happy.

But only come in one particular shade

I've started mixing mine, and haven't looked back.

Model zone charged you how much? My model zone carries the full range and only charges £1.70 for them all.

But yeah model zone is rather useful!

I didn't buy any, i just had a quick look at teherack and saw a price tag on the top. Maybe i was looking at the wrong tag. My main point was that i thought you could only get them onlien in the UK.

is there a major difference in the size of the pots, i'm not even sure ow much you get in a GW paint pot......is it 25ml of paint?

the Vallejo ones seem to be 17ml.



Anyoen who has used them: is there a major difference between the "Game Colour" and "Model Colour" ranges? I've only ever used GW paints so i'm a little out of my depth here.

GCMandrake wrote:Modelzone is a great shop. Much easier than getting stuff off the internet for most hobby things.

Also, some Hobbycraft stores stock Vallejo paints, alongside all manner of other interesting things.

http://www.modelsforsale.com is where I usually get my Vallejo paints from. They seem to have a quicker turnaround time than Maelstrom, though Maelstrom is obviously still a great store.

Hobbycraft in my experience is terrible. I went in there asking if they stocked plasticard, and all I got was a strange look from the employees (almost as if i'd shot a puppy in front of them) and told they don't sell it; I even had to to explain that the concept of plastic card actually existed and I wasn't fething with them.

The Portcullis Wargames Emporium in Bolton has a good selection of Vallejo paints.

Checked back at the shop. Modelzone (in Derby anyway) only stock the Vallejo Model Colours range and they are priced at £2.20 each.

Praxiss wrote:is there a major difference in the size of the pots, i'm not even sure ow much you get in a GW paint pot......is it 25ml of paint?

Not even close! You get more paint per penny with Vallejo. There's no noticable difference between them, although some shades can vary slightly.

Anyoen who has used them: is there a major difference between the "Game Colour" and "Model Colour" ranges? I've only ever used GW paints so i'm a little out of my depth here.

Game Colour tends to be your bright and vibrant with less graduation of colours, whereas with model colour, you've got an extensive range of greys, blues, greens and of course your drabs. They're simply aimed at two different markets. Fantasy Minis and recreation minis. The formula is the same, and they work well together. For example, when painting an ultramarine I use GC Royal blue, MC Prussian blue and GC ultramarine blue to good effect. The swatch on dakkas wiki works very well. You may notice a slight difference, but the hex codes provided help a lot, especially for people with different colour settings on thier monitor. I use it often.

As a final thought, Vallejo can seperate slightly more than your GW on occasion, but a good shake will reintegrate, just as it does with GW. Pigment tends to settle on the bottom of the pot moreso than GW, but that's because the pots are taller with vallejo paint. A shake before you paint cures this. The only paints I know of that don't seperate (or at least not to the same degree) are Privateer Press, so you can store them as long as you like without worrying about shaking them.

Hmmm. I may have to buy some Brassy Brass for my Necrons, since GW cancelled Brazen Brass. Fools!!
Also noticed they still do a matt varnish where GW dont.

Sweet!

the 2 modelzone stores near me only stock vallejo model range of paints, they dont stock vallejo game range.

These are the products i use.......

Vallejo Model and Game colours
Citadel Foundation and washes

Thats really the best of both worlds.