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I wanted to get anyone else’s feed back if they have already done this. I watched a number of videos and read a number of articles on doing this but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. All the dropper bottles on sell on amazon have reviews by people already doing this warning people the lids split open and allow air into the pot which drys out the paint. Has anyone had this experience or are these just outliers. It’s not a big deal for me to leave them in the original pots I just don’t want to waste money and paint.

I've had one pot dry out, but the key is to make sure the pot stays sealed. If it doesn't, usually this means there's some dried paint to scrape out of the lid, no big deal. Also, when shaking the pot, put your thumb on top of the lid. I also added a shaker (piece of sprue) and will add thinner and hobby paint (from another company's eye dropper paint) to the pot to keep it filled. (I buy paint on sale, even if one or two colors overlap what I have.)

Colored primers are sold in larger containers and some have caps. Won't dry out, and you can paint from the cap after shaking the paint. Personally, I prefer caps and pots over eye droppers because I'm assembly-line painting 20+ miniatures to advanced tabletop, and don't need mixing or subtle wet palette effects. Also, pots and caps are *much* more convenient for touch-up.

EDIT: If you have a 3D printer, you can print a Citadel paint funnel. https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=Citadel+paint+funnel&type=things&sort=relevant

Also, someone's selling a dropper top adapter, so you don't have to transfer paint. : https://www.drtabletop.com/shop

I have done this... It is definitely worth it! The process of actually transferring the paint into a new bottle is pretty painless, but I did have issues with the dropper bottles I bought.

I think the issue is that the standard dropper bottles aren't really designed in a way that makes them easy to open and fill up; like you said there is leakage and drying around the seam where you reasemble them.

When/ if I do it again, I'll probably go with a bottle that is more like what Kimera use for their miniature paints:





More like what you'd see craft paints in; it's got a screw-on lid with a flip top. I don't think you'd get any of the drying issues that way.