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So here it is, i'd like to hear you people about this topic xD

I only used citadel paints so far, aside from pigments its only reliable for me atm.
So what you have to do, list out any paint manufacturer that you had horrible smell on it, both washer and paint?

For me, I didn't find any citadel paint smelly enough to puke, but washers?
Man, baal red wash almost made me throw up and faint, its always hard to work with it x_X second would be baddab wash I recon.. yuck

As soon as I saw the topic my first thought was Baal Red. So bad.

Devlan.

Mud.

Tamiya Clear Red is nauseating

Rifos wrote:Devlan.

Mud.

Yes, Devlan Mud for sure. Haven't gotten a chance yet to smell Agrax Earthshade - maybe someone can give an opinion?

Only Citadel things I have are Devlan Mud and Badab Black and... by the Gods! So horrible.

I use several acrylics I can find here and none smell bad.

Lol, now I'm eager to buy devlan mud. I'll need it for armor washes I guess anyway.

But what the hell do they put in dem washes anyway? xD I was fine till baal red came along, sweet jesus.Didn't even had to smell it, it was overpowering x_x like an ork threw stinkbomb at me.

Ogryn Flesh. Made with real Ogryn!!

stewy37 wrote:Ogryn Flesh. Made with real Ogryn!!

Wtf, its made out of skin or something? xD

Last time I was painting at my FLGS they had a bottle labeled "Stink." I'm pretty sure it was Devlan mud.

There was a topic before regarding this.
I have to agree citadel washes smell so bad sometimes, mostly due to the chemicals and it spoiling.
Just get a new bottle fresh from the delivery guy, and smell it.
Return if its a rotten corpse!

blessed be thy emperor wrote:Tamiya Clear Red is nauseating

All Tamiya paints reek to me. The new washes do not have that "organic" smell to them, which is a shame really. I got used to breathing through my mouth when using them.

Rifos wrote:Devlan.

Mud.

Even worse than my custom poop brown.

Tyris1013 wrote:

stewy37 wrote:Ogryn Flesh. Made with real Ogryn!!

Wtf, its made out of skin or something? xD

Judging by the smell, they wash the Ogryn and put the used bathwater into the bottle.

The new washes/shades all smell fine, I don't know what kind of devil magic they used on the old ones.

yeah GW washes do stink.

My Tamiya Colour X-27 "Clear Red" Smells like strawberries / cider.

Until you sniff too close then its just like straight up alchahol/chemical which isn't advised.

Baal Red Wash easy!!

Badab Black is by far the worse i've got, followed closely by Gryphonne Sepia. Another really bad paint ive got is Warlock Purple. That thing sticks like a corpse.

One thing I'm noticing is that some of the washes people mention as stinking especially badly smell OK to me--I wonder if some factor other than the particular color determines the smell (age of the wash, or something similar). Does anyone know more about all this? Where does that smell come from in the first place?

Sasa0mg wrote:yeah GW washes do stink.

My Tamiya Colour X-27 "Clear Red" Smells like strawberries / cider.

Until you sniff too close then its just like straight up alchahol/chemical which isn't advised.

it's smell is very dynamic, sometimes it smells sweet, then sometimes it makes me want to die.

YES! I'm the first to say it.

Citadel's STINKY PRIMER
It was made in the Coat de Arms days of Citadel paints.

Motortree wrote:One thing I'm noticing is that some of the washes people mention as stinking especially badly smell OK to me--I wonder if some factor other than the particular color determines the smell (age of the wash, or something similar). Does anyone know more about all this? Where does that smell come from in the first place?

I believe they used organic compounds in the old washes, and they would go off and rot in the bottle, causing those awful smells.

Hmm.

The old GW Green Ink was pretty foul.

Devlan Mud and Badab Black are about equal for foulness.

With the washes it's due to the fact there's an organic compound in it. In fact, an old Devlan Mud pot that I've left empty on my desk has started to...er...go green.

Badab Black. Smells awful.

Gretchin Green however has a pleasant odour.

Car paint.

Back when GW did inks.

Black ink was the worse smelling of all time.

New Leadbelcher. That reeks!

I have a bottle of Ogryn Flesh that actually makes me retch, it smells that bad.

A lot of the Citadel washes smell bad, like faeces I've noticed.
Most notable ones are badab black, ogryn flesh, devlan mud.

I think Badab Black just has the edge over Devlan Mud.

One of the flesh washes from about 10 years back. I THINK it was dwarven flesh? I cant remember exactly, but my GOD that stuff smells to high hell.