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Duncan is releasing his own brand of paints.

What’s it going to take to make you try these, considering they are just the usual colours that other companies make.

Apart from the fact that he has developed a good brand for himself as a painting instructor I’m not sure what the attraction might be to these paints.

I'm not interested unless they come pre thinned.

I'll likely buy them based on my decision making process for any other brand - 'Do they come in a colour I like?'

@QAR - Well played

I'll try anything.

No paint line is perfect. The only downside to trying a new one is the initial cost.

The upside, however, can be grand.

 techsoldaten wrote:
I'll try anything.

No paint line is perfect. The only downside to trying a new one is the initial cost.

The upside, however, can be grand.

What would you be looking for to make the paint worth buying?

mrFickle wrote:
What would you be looking for to make the paint worth buying?

Off the top of my head:

- Yellow in general - Citadel / Vallejo ones are too transparent. Looking for more pigment / opacity.

- Bone - Vallejo / Citadel bone colors are dissatisfying. Always looking for opaque off-white with slight yellowish tint, kind of like a base paint that can be thinned down.

- Black - Currently using Mr. Weathering Color Multiblack to filter on top of Abaddon Black. Looking for something deeper.

- Blue-ish edge highlights - I paint a lot of black. Stock Citadel colors always seem a little off, takes too many passes to get right. Have tried more variations than I care to remember.

- Burnt Umber - Transitional color for shades between red and black. Don't like what GW offers, regularly have to mix my own.

- Viscosity over time - Often have to add Tamiya thinner to Citadel paints once they thicken. Attracted to something that preserves original viscosity longer.

- Wish List - I use Khorne Red, Moot Green and the ambergris color often because of their vibrancy. But I'd like to see more colors in this class - blues and purples especially. Something that's almost neon, for things like flasks on Grey Knight belts.

- Airbrush Compatibility - Citadel Air disappoints me and I don't like thinning regular Citadel paints due to lack of consistency (what works for one doesn't for the other.) If each color in a new paint range worked about the same in an airbrush, I'd buy the entire line.

- Price - painting terrain with Citadel paints is hard. The cost relative to the area that needs to be covered is high. I'd replace that with a color compatible system at ~75% of the price.

- Technical - I use crackle paste for bases. If a new paint line could be safely mixed with that and other effect paints, that would make it very useful. It's not always easy to do with Citadel paints, the paste turns rubbery. For Vallejo, this is less of a problem.

- Thin / Opaque Metallics - I love Vallejo Metal Color, it goes on extremely thin and solidly opaque. But the range is a little strange, they have a ton of silvers but no good gold / bronze. Would be interested in any paint line that does the same with expanded colors.

I will not buy them.

1. They will not be readily available on a store shelf should I need a paint quickly.
2. The market is already over saturated. It does not need any more paint brands.
3. There is nothing unique about them.

Sadly this will backfire on Duncan. Once his paints are available for sale, he'll have to use them in his videos. This will cause a significant loss in viewers and subscribers. If your tutorials use a product that is not largely accessible then your tutorial is not helpful to the grander audience.


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I can say without a doubt that once Duncan starts using his own paints in his video's, I will no longer be a subscriber or even a viewer. I will have zero reason to watch his content anymore.

If I can't buy paints on the shelf at my local store, I'm not interested. I don't want to wait for paints to be delivered to me. That's a deal breaker for me.

 jaredb wrote:
If I can't buy paints on the shelf at my local store, I'm not interested. I don't want to wait for paints to be delivered to me. That's a deal breaker for me.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/799739.page

We've known for a while that these will be available for shops to order via Trans Atlantis Games.