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I'd your paint is messed up you should be able to exchange it at the shop you bought it from. I've had to do this on a number of occasions. If it's been a while, I'd get a hold of GW and see what they can do for you.
No no. You missunderstand my question. What is the dry paint supposed to look like? Should it smulder into tiny bits, or should it be closer to like a cream?
Looks fine to me, the new GW dry paint series are meant for edging highlights or dry brushing after base and layer paints; the cream pot looks like just opened, the metallic pot looks like it’s been previously used by brush tips, thus the pot marks, but still good.
Big Mac wrote: GW dry paint series are meant for edging highlights or dry brushing after base and layer paints...
The Dry paints are for drybrushing. The Edge paints are for edge highlights.
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
I’ve had this happen with Necron Compound. One pot is creamy and one is dry and crumbly. I don’t think it’s supposed to be crumbly but it still works, you just have to smoosh up the paint.
The Dry paints should have a consistency similar to marshmallow creme.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
I have had the same problem with dry paints. Ny Necron compound was dry and "crumbly" (it was still quite good for dry brushing large objects though) but my other dry paints have all been completely useless. Instead of "marshmallow cream" it's just marshmallow. It's to the point that not even stabbing the paint blob quite forcefully will yield any paint on the actual brush.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I have had the same problem with dry paints. Ny Necron compound was dry and "crumbly" (it was still quite good for dry brushing large objects though) but my other dry paints have all been completely useless. Instead of "marshmallow cream" it's just marshmallow. It's to the point that not even stabbing the paint blob quite forcefully will yield any paint on the actual brush.
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When I got Necron compound it was dry as the surface of the sun when I bought it. It couldn't be used for anytjing and was beyond repair by mediums. My reccomendation is to steer clear of those paints.
Power Elephant wrote: When I got Necron compound it was dry as the surface of the sun when I bought it. It couldn't be used for anytjing and was beyond repair by mediums. My reccomendation is to steer clear of those paints.
I would like to point out the sun is so hot it is way beyond solid states. Being pure plasma it is not dry. Although I think you can substetute sun with hot desert and your metaphpore is fine.
Drybrushing with normal paint isn't hard, if they did these are proper colours (the gold especially) I'd buy them, not buying more of these though - mostly due to the pots not sealing properly so they are thickening as they age
