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Because of the large number of paints to update we'll be phasing this update in waves. Each wave will come with its own name converter document.
Note some paints might appear in more than one wave document, a few won't appear on any despite getting an update and some paints we'll name wrong so you have to check the FAQ/Errata document as well.


We'll also randomly stop uploading about 2/3rds of the way through.





Which sounds nuts but its true - GW hasn't updated the AoS Base Size chart in over a year now I think

I've heard the rumour elsewhere,

and wonder if rather than being the main range if it might be another try at doing a forgeworld range aimed at the horus heresy gamers

putting them in droppers to clearly differentiate them from 'normal' gw paints

 Overread wrote:
...and some paints we'll name wrong so you have to check the FAQ/Errata document as well.

Fun fact. when my local store got its first batch of Contrast paints the Snakebite Leather pots were mislabeled Ultramarines Blue. I'm still using one of those pots.

 Geifer wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
Well I don't care so much about the bottles but what I will say is if they change names again, then that is it all of my GW paints are going out

Don't worry. GW will release a PDF that gives you the equivalent old names for the new paints, which you can then cross-reference with the previous PDF for the even older paints.

GW loves to see you use multiple documents to get your information.

No, no it'll be a printed book, the Warhammer 40k Paints Of The Grimdark Future Compendium, that's going to be full of errors and misspellings, that they'll FAQ in three weeks, and then promptly ignore the FAQ when reprinting the book in around a year.

My bad. You're right. I forgot that GW dumps electronic material with the new edition these days.

You poor deluded fools!

The Elysian DROPPER trooper bottles will be some kind of proprietary shape* in order to keep them distinct from **non existent competitors to the hhhobby**.

They will be priced accordingly.

The first paints released in this new format will be texture paints.



*Shaped like existing flip top pots.

Citadel paints in dropper bottles. LMAO!!!

I'll believe that one when me gak turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.

Please do not remove warnings.

*sigh* they will absolutely use distinctive, weird, short, fat dropper bottles that don't fit in with any storage solution designed around typical dropper bottle sizes.

there are 5ml Dropper Bottles out there, so you gotta know what to expect

 kodos wrote:
there are 5ml Dropper Bottles out there, so you gotta know what to expect

Imagine a container which holds 5ml of liquid....In the shape of a land raider...So at least hobbyists cant moan the iconic tank isn't getting any use....

That would be great and I could imagine GW doing that one day and then mess it up in some peculiar way

 NAVARRO wrote:
That would be great and I could imagine GW doing that one day and then mess it up in some peculiar way

You saw it here first. Remember this...

Drop Pod Shaped Droppers.


You want to Incept that? Well here ya go!..

Drop Pod shaped Paint rack.

Spinning.

Doors hold brushes,


If only GW hired for enthusiasm..

Cool, if true.

But I will say I use Citadel paints as they are and I've never had issues with the current pots.

I'll believe it when I see it. We've had this rumor in the past and instead got Contrast paints.

 Mr. Burning wrote:

 NAVARRO wrote:
That would be great and I could imagine GW doing that one day and then mess it up in some peculiar way

…If only GW hired for enthusiasm..

Isn’t that pretty much exactly what they hire for?

I really hope they just put the current formula of paints into dropper bottles, aside from the technical ones like valhallan blizzard. I don't want to have to find new matching paints for my projects again and I have no problem with the current lineup of colors.

New GW paint pots spotted!

M.

Dropper bottles will be the last nail in the coffin for me. Then I quit this poopy-party of a Hobby.

 Miguelsan wrote:
New GW paint pots spotted!

M.

Wow, seems like I already got a few early production samples from somewhere. They are not labelled, but I‘d say that‘s Agrax Earthshade. I‘ll start using them immediately.


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Hm. That new smell reminds me of something…

 Lord_Valorion wrote:
Dropper bottles will be the last nail in the coffin for me. Then I quit this <redacted> of a Hobby.

What's so horrific about dropper bottles?

Personally speaking i prefer flip tops because i can dip and control how much paint i take on the brush. Droppers i always find i end wasting an amount every time.

If they do switch to droppers, I’ll have to finally get around to using a wet palette like everyone has been telling me to do for years now.

I like my bad habits. They’ve been getting me mediocre results for decades now, why should I change?

If they do revamp the paint range I want my Blue Ink and Deadly Nighshade back. I’ll deal with whatever the pots look like.

 Nevelon wrote:
If they do switch to droppers, I’ll have to finally get around to using a wet palette like everyone has been telling me to do for years now.

I like my bad habits. They’ve been getting me mediocre results for decades now, why should I change?

If they do revamp the paint range I want my Blue Ink and Deadly Nighshade back. I’ll deal with whatever the pots look like.

Same here, I might even have to stop liking my brushes

 Theophony wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
If they do switch to droppers, I’ll have to finally get around to using a wet palette like everyone has been telling me to do for years now.

I like my bad habits. They’ve been getting me mediocre results for decades now, why should I change?

If they do revamp the paint range I want my Blue Ink and Deadly Nighshade back. I’ll deal with whatever the pots look like.

Same here, I might even have to stop liking my brushes

You don't have to like your brushes, but you should at least respect them.

 Nevelon wrote:
If they do switch to droppers, I’ll have to finally get around to using a wet palette like everyone has been telling me to do for years now.

I like my bad habits. They’ve been getting me mediocre results for decades now, why should I change?

you know that you just can screw off the cap and be done

advantage of Dropper Bottles is that it fits all people

I prefer pots for Contrast paints and Shades. I use wet pallette for Base and Layer paints so I guess that dropper bottles would make them more convenient to use.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Personally speaking i prefer flip tops because i can dip and control how much paint i take on the brush. Droppers i always find i end wasting an amount every time.

That's true but you also waste a bunch from drying out in the lid. You also waste an entire pot if you take a break from the hobby for a few years because they dry out completely. I've had to rebuy all my paints twice because of that. After the second time, I moved all my citadel paints to droppers except for shades and technical paints. There's some I haven't touched for 3-4 years and they're still in perfect shape, that wouldn't be the case with pots.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
If they do switch to droppers, I’ll have to finally get around to using a wet palette like everyone has been telling me to do for years now.

I like my bad habits. They’ve been getting me mediocre results for decades now, why should I change?

If they do revamp the paint range I want my Blue Ink and Deadly Nighshade back. I’ll deal with whatever the pots look like.

Same here, I might even have to stop liking my brushes

You don't have to like your brushes, but you should at least respect them.

I meant licking my brushes, far too early this morning. I have never liked brushes or respected them much either. They get thrown into boxes when they are not used, no plastic caps for the tips either.....and no soap to clean them...I am a terribad painter/ brush parent.

Toofast wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Personally speaking i prefer flip tops because i can dip and control how much paint i take on the brush. Droppers i always find i end wasting an amount every time.

That's true but you also waste a bunch from drying out in the lid. You also waste an entire pot if you take a break from the hobby for a few years because they dry out completely. I've had to rebuy all my paints twice because of that. After the second time, I moved all my citadel paints to droppers except for shades and technical paints. There's some I haven't touched for 3-4 years and they're still in perfect shape, that wouldn't be the case with pots.

That's down to pot and paint design, not an inherent flaw of pots. I've got 20+ year old Citadel paints in the old pots that are still liquid. Same for some of the first gen Privateer P3 paints (though they're not nearly as old, they've been untouched for years now), and a few obscure mixes of stuff that I don't even remember that are fine.