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 Ghaz wrote:
Thunderhawk Blue was my main paint for my Necrons. Now they'll look like Ultra-Necrons.

Yeah my Eldar were being redone in Thunderhawk Blue. Now I'll just stop buying Eldar.

Are there comparable colors in a different paint line? Vallejo's Game Color, maybe? A lot of other companies have analogues for discontinued GW paints. These ones might be too new, though. Why such frequent changes?

Mr.Church13 wrote:
And while that's wonderful for you. Thunderhawk and Dawnstone are two of my regularly used colors, as actual paints.

Now I can't do that with the useless dry versions.

Dang it GW you ADD to a good line you don't REMOVE!

Dawnstone isn't gone -- it's available in both layer and dry (look at the paint chart). Thunderhawk blue and dark reaper being pulled sucks. However, we can hold out hope that they are web only rather than discontinued -- like the edge paints, which are also not on the chart (and some of these are paints I love).

Oh man, I jumped right to DOOM MODE. Yeah ok so at least Dawnstone is safe.

Gotta buy some TH and DR this week though.

 Guildsman wrote:
Are there comparable colors in a different paint line? Vallejo's Game Color, maybe? A lot of other companies have analogues for discontinued GW paints. These ones might be too new, though. Why such frequent changes?

No, there are no paints close enough to dark reaper and thunderhawk blue that if you painted one more model with a set that they would be indistinguishable from a tabletop perspective, not to mention any closer scrutiny than that. I think P3's line is closish, but only if you're doing a whole new army and you have nothing done with reaper/thunderhawk.

Ungor flesh is an easy one, even within GW. There were too many flesh tones anyhow.

Dawnstone is very close to medium sea grey in Vallejo model air, and I'm sure there is a model color that is close enough. But i don't thint's going anywhere.

Anything similar to Daemonette Hide? I've tried VGC Heavy Violet the dakka paint chart suggests but it is too different.

durecellrabbit wrote:Anything similar to Daemonette Hide? I've tried VGC Heavy Violet the dakka paint chart suggests but it is too different.

I don't think there is anything even close. Also a really sad color to see go, because it's quote unique. In that pink/violet/purple range, there are so few colors between all the different brands. Again, we can only hope t's being taken off of bestsellers, rather than outright discontinued. We'll know in a few days now, I guess.

I can't belive they dropped dark reaper. That's like the go to paint for a lot of sons of hours paint schemes.

 Talys wrote:

Mr.Church13 wrote:
And while that's wonderful for you. Thunderhawk and Dawnstone are two of my regularly used colors, as actual paints.

Now I can't do that with the useless dry versions.

Dang it GW you ADD to a good line you don't REMOVE!

Dawnstone isn't gone -- it's available in both layer and dry (look at the paint chart). Thunderhawk blue and dark reaper being pulled sucks. However, we can hold out hope that they are web only rather than discontinued -- like the edge paints, which are also not on the chart (and some of these are paints I love).

I'm not entirely sure I would trust the chart on its own or else that means we'll have three different paints called Dawnstone (Layer, Dry and Air) Then again, this is Games Workshop we're talking about...

EDIT: And according to THIS, it looks like Slannesh Grey and Thunderhawk Blue will be direct only!

 Panic wrote:
Yeah,

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 Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Carroburg Crimson is a red wash, isn't it?

Yes.

Looks pink?

Panic...

Its actually a dark red and probably works better than Baal Red as a wash. Gives a deeper red in the recesses. They made all of the colors deeper with the range change from Baal to Carroburg and they work quite well.

I'm fine with Direct Only! Did we dodge a bullet?

No. The "Direct Only' looks like it is referencing the Dry versions of Thunderhawk Blue and Slaanesh Grey.

From what I recall, some of the dry paints are the exact same paint as others in the line, they're just a different consistency.

believe I've seen videos and literature pointing out that Ryza Rust Dry is the exact same color as one of other orange paints in the base or layer range (for example). I can't recall which, and I don't have my pots handy. I know I've seen tips about taking a blob of dry, putting it on a palette and then using a thinner to get it to the consistency of a layer or a base paint.

Bet these dry up quick like all the other gak they sell....


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Damn it...i didnt say gak...what is gak?...gak is not a word!...what i meant to say is gak.


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Also Tau breachers are £20 in a gift guide...GW say i might be able to have it at that price.....a bet not.

Murrdox wrote:
Devil's Advocate here. The Dry paint range is great for new painters to be able to simply dip their brush in and get great drybrush technique with little to no practice.

But you don't need any practice to dry brush with a layer paint? dip brush in paint, wipe off excess on cloth, drybrush? It's literally the easiest technique to explain? 8 year old me drybrushed everything.

licclerich wrote:
Bet these dry up quick like all the other gak they sell....


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Damn it...i didnt say gak...what is gak?...gak is not a word!...what i meant to say is gak.


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Damn it...................

Gak is the 40k equivalent slang for the swear word you are trying to use. Dakka's filter caught it and changed it. Just like the word feth


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Herzlos wrote:

Murrdox wrote:
Devil's Advocate here. The Dry paint range is great for new painters to be able to simply dip their brush in and get great drybrush technique with little to no practice.

But you don't need any practice to dry brush with a layer paint? dip brush in paint, wipe off excess on cloth, drybrush? It's literally the easiest technique to explain? 8 year old me drybrushed everything.

While it is nice to be able to hand a new person a pot and have them use it so easily I have to agree, drybrushing is a fairly basic technique that people should learn to become better painters and so they they are not limited to such a small range from a single brand.

Herzlos wrote:

Murrdox wrote:
Devil's Advocate here. The Dry paint range is great for new painters to be able to simply dip their brush in and get great drybrush technique with little to no practice.

But you don't need any practice to dry brush with a layer paint? dip brush in paint, wipe off excess on cloth, drybrush? It's literally the easiest technique to explain? 8 year old me drybrushed everything.

The thing is you do waste allot of paint Drybrushing, with a dry paint you don't have that waste.

I've been doing allot of 10mm Undead recently (Yay Warmaster!), all heavily drybrushed, and even trying not to have too much paint on the brush before wiping it I still burn through the paint.

Maybe GWs onto a winner. Make they entire range Dry and force hobbyists to buy one pot of lahmein medium for every paint pot they buy...

 Bottle wrote:
Maybe GWs onto a winner. Make they entire range Dry and force hobbyists to buy one pot of lahmein medium for every paint pot they buy...

Prepare the pitchforks!

Vallejo model air US intermediate blue is pretty much the same as thunderhawk blue

http://arcanesceneryandmodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/imported/Vallejo-Model-Air-US-INTERMEDIATE-BLUE-71113-Acrylic-Airbrush-Paint-17mls-181227279708.jpg

When I have clearer pic I'll share it.

There's a big copy of that in the original post...

My profuse apologies for double posting, I'm yet to find a satisfactory way to include two images on a post using my phone.

Here is a picture from WD 92 showing the new paints.


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 Ghaz wrote:
There's a big copy of that in the original post...

whoops, my phone was cached and still showing the old one.

Guess I need to use a PC to Dakka.

Anyone yet mentioned that Shades are now coming in bigger pots? £4.55 in 24ml pots.

MongooseMatt wrote:
Anyone yet mentioned that Shades are now coming in bigger pots? £4.55 in 24ml pots.

How much was it before in £?

£2.65, I think? £3.50 for the extra shiny gold...

So is it confirmed that we are not loosing Tyrant Skull? I'm kind of stressing about it.

MongooseMatt wrote:
Anyone yet mentioned that Shades are now coming in bigger pots? £4.55 in 24ml pots.

Yeah they've become $11AUD for 24ml in Australia compared to $6 for 12ml before.

Feth that for a joke, I guess I won't be buying any GW shades ever again. Sure, it's nice to have larger bottles on paints you run out of more frequently, but you can't just increase the price per bottle so dramatically because it's also important to have a selection of paints you might not use quite as frequently. Army Painter washes are RRP $6 for 18ml so are both cheaper per ml AND cheaper per bottle AND I can get them for $4.50 anyway. GW aren't even competing.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

MongooseMatt wrote:
Anyone yet mentioned that Shades are now coming in bigger pots? £4.55 in 24ml pots.

Yeah they've become $11AUD for 24ml in Australia compared to $6 for 12ml before.

Feth that for a joke, I guess I won't be buying any GW shades ever again. Sure, it's nice to have larger bottles on paints you run out of more frequently, but you can't just increase the price per bottle so dramatically because it's also important to have a selection of paints you might not use quite as frequently. Army Painter washes are RRP $6 for 18ml so are both cheaper per ml AND cheaper per bottle AND I can get them for $4.50 anyway. GW aren't even competing.

Price increase You're getting the same amount you would in two of the smaller pots for a dollar less so they've dropped the price.

 Ghaz wrote:

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

MongooseMatt wrote:
Anyone yet mentioned that Shades are now coming in bigger pots? £4.55 in 24ml pots.

Yeah they've become $11AUD for 24ml in Australia compared to $6 for 12ml before.

Feth that for a joke, I guess I won't be buying any GW shades ever again. Sure, it's nice to have larger bottles on paints you run out of more frequently, but you can't just increase the price per bottle so dramatically because it's also important to have a selection of paints you might not use quite as frequently. Army Painter washes are RRP $6 for 18ml so are both cheaper per ml AND cheaper per bottle AND I can get them for $4.50 anyway. GW aren't even competing.

Price increase You're getting the same amount you would in two of the smaller pots for a dollar less so they've dropped the price.

But they have still raised the barrier to purchase. This is only saving a dollar if you use all 24ml, if you only need a couple of mls to use on a few models you are paying five dollars more.