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So I have two badab Black washes.

One smells like something small and furry died in it. Anyone have any idea why this could happen?

Mine just smells like paint.


one thing i find annoying is that some of the Wash pots are so tight that you need a screw driver to open them.

I was hoping for some kind of strange 'Waht's that pokemon' alternative...
As it is i am disapointed...
Maybe something did die on your pot...

I have noticed that the GW washes each have a distinct smell... I always thought Babab Black smelled Almondy! Can't say I'm found of the smell of Leviathan Purple though!

I find it most helpful to NOT inhale the paint. If I want to spend money on something foul smelling and probably harmful, I'd take up smoking

I am not just sniffing the wash, I open the wash and its the smell is overpowering.

I have no idea but my battle for macragge paints smelled horroid, I remember trying to hide from the releos by painting but instead i had to leave my room because it was just that bad.

My pot of Orgyn Flesh smells like it's actually MADE of orgyn flesh.

What do you think the paint's made of?

My gryphonne sepia smells like it's made of diarrhea.
Our group has actually been joking that that's how they produce it

Thankfully once it dries it seems to be fine though.

I have only noticed a slight earthy smell from all brown colored washes.


everything else just smells like paint fumes.


occasionally, i do have to leave my paint station to escape the fumes. I tend to have very controlled breathing while painting and as such am short of breath. when there are unpleasent gases about that can lead to nausa.

Ball red smells like red wine, or blood...

I love the smell od GW washes in the morning smells like victory.

Devlan mud has the weirdest funk to it of all the washes imho.

It's true, my Devlan mug smells really weird.

Couldn't tell you what it smells like though, it's really weird.

cyrax777 wrote:
Devlan mud has the weirdest funk to it of all the washes imho.

it smells like dying vegitstion :(

Before I clicked the thread I knew it was about washes.

They al smell funky, but only if you get get real close (for me).

Does your smelly wash look strange? Like it's starting to dry, forming tiny strands which tend to glue on the brush or something is settling down on the bottom of the pot? Does the wash behave as usual when you use it (is it sticky/shiny after it has dried or takes excessively long to do so?)? Have you always shielded it from light/excessive heat or cold? Is the pot old or new? Although acrilic paintings are sinthetic-based, I suppose both them and washes have sometimes pigment of organic or mineral origin, making them subject to some sort of decay, in which case I suppose you should be careful if you want to use them, lest they ruin your models (I have sometimes wrecked perfectly (well, maybe not perfectly, but they were the best I could manage) painted minis with spoiled paint. It wasn't GW's, though...). In addition, it's higly probable there's a quantum of variability even between different batches of the same paint or wash, meaning they can sometimes have different smells without necessarily having something bad. So my advice is to use it anyway, if it looks and works ok, maybe ventilating the room better and pausing more often or wearing some protective equipment (you are never too cautious with those things...).

My last pot of space wolves grey smelled horrid-bought it two years ago and I hated using it 'cause the smell was so bad. Finally dried up and I got a new one.

I love the smell of my washes. But the stench from Tamiya colours could put you through the window.

the stench from Tamiya colours could put you through the window.

Ughhh! I second that.

You very well could have mold in it.

My friend tricked me into sniffing some Citadel superglue. I almost knocked myself out.

And all my paints smell like paints I guess.

Cerebrium wrote:My pot of Orgyn Flesh smells like it's actually MADE of orgyn flesh.

I laughed.

Seriously, though; the GW washes DO NOT smell like any paint I've ever had. Very distinct. I agree with above posters that they aren't made of the same type of chemicals as normal paints.

Like when I clean a brush with paint in it, it makes a cloud in the water. When I clean a brush with Devlan Mud in it, it makes strings of Devlan Mud in the water before dissolving. Other washes, including GW's old ones don't do this.

My Badab Black wash also has a rancid odor. My red, blue, ogryn flesh, gryffon sepia, and Devlin Mud washes do not.

Odd.

It doesn't appear to have separated, and it covers the same as it did when I first got it. I don't recall it smelling this strongly at first. Would there be an organic ingredient in the Badab Black formulation?

I open washes with my teeth coz they are hard to open (I just sit the lid on my bottom tooth and pull down slightly)

Devlan mud DEFINITELY smells odd....but it tastes so fething worse its not funny.

Several of my washes smell like straight death. I'm just going to assume Mat Ward had something to do with it.

It's because they are manufactured from the crushed bones of uppity customers.

One of my local GWs had a guess that wash contest. Where you had to identify the wash by smell only.

Jaon wrote:I open washes with my teeth coz they are hard to open (I just sit the lid on my bottom tooth and pull down slightly)

Devlan mud DEFINITELY smells odd....but it tastes so fething worse its not funny.

All of the washes taste revolting. The citadel paints are pretty bland.

My devlan muds doest smell like mud, but not the mud you use in spa, mud like the one under your boot, i dont know if it is mine specially or all have the same stench