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I finally got to use my new paints briefly last night. I've only got round to using the base paints so far (Khorne Red, Leadbelcher and the White who's name has completely slipped my mind ).

The coverage has been great, I've only done 1 coat so far (over black spray) and can't see that I'll need to do a second. There's been no need to thin them down at all yet, which saves some time an effort when you compair them to the old foundations. As I only get to paint for 10-15 minutes at a time, being able to work straight from the pot is great.

I plan to do a review of the paints/painting guide, using the colour guides they suggest on the GW site soon, so I can ramble on in more detail as I try the other types of paint.

I'm getting terrible results with the new drybrush paints, the results are very chalky and dusty, and the process leaves little bits of the paint all over the place where I wasn't even painting.

Am I doing something wrong with this?
Is there some different kind of brush or different technique that is appropriate for the new paints?

Ok so I got some Kantor Blue and I have to say it is a very very close match to Regal Blue. For table top quality I probably couldn't tell a difference. I just painted an extra DE shield half Regal half Kantor and wow it was close. As for Kantor also being a Necron Abyss...yeah not so much. I've also gotten the Ushabti Bone and it doesn't quite match up with bleached bone it seems darker which is agrevating.

I've also picked up the Nagaroth night which is significantly darker than Liche Purple and the two textures I've gotten are significantly better at doing things like muddying tracks and texturing terrain. I tried basing a vendetta and it didn't look good. Basing a model I would have to say that it is one step. Basically a couple of coats gets you to the point you need to add some standard flock to make it look good. Using them by themselves they look rushed and just bad.

Akroma06 wrote:I've also gotten the Ushabti Bone and it doesn't quite match up with bleached bone it seems darker which is aggravating.

Screaming Skull is a closer match. I saw the comparison chart and was dubious so trusted my memory, and as it turned out, I think I was right. They're almost exactly the same. Screaming Skull is just a tad lighter.

If you're looking for a Liche Purple replacement, you could do worse than Xereus Purple, it's pretty close.

Breotan wrote:You're not suppose to prime whole models with the paint-on primer. It's mainly for touch-up work such as if you missed a section when spraying, or if you leave pieces attached to the sprue while painting.

This I know, but when your as broke as me and only need to prime a few things. This is perfect.


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Akroma06 wrote:Ok so I got some Kantor Blue and I have to say it is a very very close match to Regal Blue. For table top quality I probably couldn't tell a difference. I just painted an extra DE shield half Regal half Kantor and wow it was close. As for Kantor also being a Necron Abyss...yeah not so much. I've also gotten the Ushabti Bone and it doesn't quite match up with bleached bone it seems darker which is agrevating.

I've also picked up the Nagaroth night which is significantly darker than Liche Purple and the two textures I've gotten are significantly better at doing things like muddying tracks and texturing terrain. I tried basing a vendetta and it didn't look good. Basing a model I would have to say that it is one step. Basically a couple of coats gets you to the point you need to add some standard flock to make it look good. Using them by themselves they look rushed and just bad.

This is the reason I am not using to much of the new paints until my next army.

My leadbelecher i have to shake constantly to get it to work.
The water seems to separate from the pigment.
Anyone else having this problem?

hotsauceman1 wrote:My leadbelecher i have to shake constantly to get it to work.
The water seems to separate from the pigment.
Anyone else having this problem?

I had this problem with a pot of screaming bell. The bases don't seem to cooperate with the metallics at all.