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I am use to using citadel paints but saw some at my flgs and bought a few to try out, are they usually thin and watery or am I not shaking it long/hard enough?

Misfittoy wrote:
I am use to using citadel paints but saw some at my flgs and bought a few to try out, are they usually thin and watery or am I not shaking it long/hard enough?

not quite sure what the question is but i'll do my best to deciper what you may want to know-

- GW paints are variable based on what type of paint they are.

without further information then we could say- sure. but whites usually are chunky, least every one i have bought. certain technical paint, and or shades (wash/glaze/ink) might be watery. normal base paints, and majority of other paint usually (in my experience- for what that is worth) are fairly thick, but consistent.

-if are "used" to GW paints, which era of paints do you use? as more recent paints tend to be thicker and more consistent, early 2000s GW paint were a bit thinner than currently, and doubly so for their 90's range of paints (some exceptions- their red/orange range 90's paints). if you got some really OOP paints/inks then sure that's normal. if current, again they should have a certain consistency, depending on type.

I think he means he bought some of reapers' Master Series Paints (MSP) Bones, a series of their paints. It's supposed to be formulated to work with their Bones plastic miniatures and is high pigment density (HD).

The problem is probably that the nozzle Reaper uses on their bottles. Sometimes you get thin paint stuck up in there, so your first few drops are crap.

Looking at it now, I will remember not to type up questions before going to sleep. I am new to painting and have been using the new GW paints. My local comic shop started to sell the reaper bones paints which I had heard were prethinned. I am not the best at thinning my paints and gave it a try but they were extremely watery verging almost on the new contrast paints from GW. Didn't know if that was normal or I had gotten a bad bottle. I will have to see if it was just the nozzle getting paint stuck I didn't use a massive amount but i did use more than a few drops.

If it's really separated out badly, try giving it a stir instead of just a shake