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Do they?

Yes

You should always water down everything, at least a little. GW said when the new paints come out that they don't need it but.. well that's just GW being GW and trying to make everything as simple as possible for the 12 year olds.

Yeah you definitely need to thin them, hell the ceramite white I bought is basically a paste, fortunately it means I'm getting a lot of value out of that little pot, probably the best coverage with a white I've seen.

How much water? with the old paint i just put a few drops strait into the pots.

Thought of using a wet pallette? That helps with the watering down, plus you get a much longer life out of the paint.

Found a link to a DIY wet pallete, thanks elder for the idea!

Here is the link for anyone else: http://www.fullborerminiatures.com/articles/wetpalette.html

 Rex-Nine wrote:
Found a link to a DIY wet pallete, thanks elder for the idea!

Here is the link for anyone else: http://www.fullborerminiatures.com/articles/wetpalette.html

Here is a method that was given to me on another forum in my P+M blog.

#1 Thing to ask about: Do you use a palette?
If yes, is it a wet palette?

If no to either of these, make a wet palette! What you'll need (and I'm typing this up for more my benefit to copy/paste later on so if you have a wet palette already, feel free to skip down):
1. A piece of tupperware, with a lid, that you don't want to use for food anymore. Clear with parents/Significant Other before commandeering one, of course.
2. Paper towels.
3. Parchment paper (wax paper will not do).

Steps:
1. Put the paper towels in the bottom of your tupperware container. Cut to size if need be. You'll want a decent thickness.
2. Add water do the paper towels until they're soaked through. You've just made a sponge of sorts. Make sure there's enough water to where the paper towels are saturated.
3. Cut some parchment paper to fit on top of the paper towels. Get four paint pots and put one at each corner to keep the paper from curling up. After a while the paper will be soaked through with water and will no longer curl. Return your paint pots to their home.
4. Ta-da! You now have one of the best tools in hobbying! Why? Let me count the ways...

Why this is awesome:
1. The biggie is that you can get more working time out of your paints. Scoop some out of a pot with your brush, transfer to the palette, and voila, that paint will be good for days. You just have to close the lid nice and tight when you're done painting (or get up to have dinner or whatever). Be sure to keep those paper towels soaked.
2. Mixing paints is more reliable. By not having to remix your paints more often (which happens a lot when highlighting and you don't want to spend tons of money on new paint pots just to use as a highlight), you have more consistent colors. Yes good.
3. I can't emphasize how awesome it is to keep paints good for days at a time.


Edit. Probably the same method shown in your link

I dunno, I find that some of the layers need a good shake and then don't need watering down as they are quite thin. The base paints tend to need a little watering down but not much.

Hey

You should always always always always thin paint. Thin out inks, washes and glazes too. If you try to paint with paint straight from the metaphorical pot, its like painting with tooth paste. Its more of a gel than liquid. Vallejo model air is about the only paint you could get away with not thinning, but only on some colors.

Thin your paints. And consider flow extenders and drying retarders, they make painting with acrylics easier.