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I've been using citadel paints from probably about a release or two ago - some of them are black tops, some are the newer style pots but due to I suppose neglect not all of them seem to be in a good way and something I keep coming across in painting, that often forces me to strip what im doing and starting over is the way some of the paints seem to dry.

I'm wondering if my paints are dying or something. When they dry they wind up drying off with a shine looking more like a gloss version of there colour as opposed to what im wanting. Is there anyway I can 'save' or stop this from happening or are they just dying? lol.

Do you stir them well ? Ive had paints seperate on me and get a similer effect.

Also if the color is just glossy.. but the same color, just use Dullcoat when you clearcoat and it goes away.

Then again, im no painting Guru

I've never had any experience with dull coat, but I will go through all my paints and give them a thorough stirring I think and see if that helps. One off the bat however doesnt ever seem to not gloss and its one of my newer paints which leaves me quite disgruntled.

The wierdest part is how it seems to decide which ones turn up glossy and which ones don't. I have black top paints that turn out perfectly fine while newer ones seem to come out glossy.

I'd give them a thorough stir, first, and see if that helps. Sometimes, the medium used seems more satin than matte, so if too much of the pigment has settled, they develop a bit of a sheen. If that doesn't work, you can either throw matte varnish over the top after you've finished painting or mix a little matte medium into your pots to dull them down before you start working (don't go overboard, here, as you'll end up dropping the opacity of your paints, potentially to undesirable levels).

I've heard people say certain colors are always going to come out glossier than others, and many people were agreeing that that was the case.

You can always just hit the model with a matte varnish to kill the shine.