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What does everyone think of the Miniature ghost tint line? as a prospective buyer and new to air painting is there anything i should know about?
ease of use?
coverage?
additional effects?
ect...

Specifically Red and Yellow tints. I'm painting up some blood angles and the mrs. wants a candy coated custodes army.
thank you any and all who reply!

Not used them myself, but I read a good write-up of them here:

http://tabletopstandard.com/2013/11/24/using-ghost-tints/

I like them, having used the red over gold to candy coat several Khorne Daemon Engines (Juggernauts and a Kytan).

They spray fine right out of the bottle through my Patriot 105 (.5 mm nozzle) but I wouldn’t push them through a tiny .21 Krome again.

You need to build up several coats to get a strong color, but that’s a bit expected.

I use Ghost Tints and mostly like them. They provide reasonable coverage and work as advertised. The more layers you spray, the greater the opacity.

Nothing really bad to say about them, but I would be aware of the following:

1) Ghost Tints dry to a gloss finish. Be aware. A matte varnish will make the shiny go away.

2) They clog my Badger Anthem when I use them. It takes a little longer to clean them than other paints. This could owe to the brush, the Anthem is the oldest / cheapest brush I own. The one time I used GTs with a Khrome they worked fine for a short project.

3) They get thicker as they age. Mine are several years old at this point and they go into the cup noticeably less runny than they did originally.

4) I have no clue how to cut them. The color seems to really break up when they are mixed with water and create an uneven spray. Given the way they work, I'm not sure I would want to use an airbrush medium. A few people have suggested Pledge / Windex / other household cleaners, but I haven't tried any of them.

5) To compensate for #4, I only use Ghost Tints at a very low PSI - never above 10. This lets me build up those colors gradually, but I have to be very careful about splatter.

6) Something they are excellent at is undershading. I did one Blood Angels model which I painted in tones of grey, followed by a couple layers of Red. The shadows are outstanding. It's probably one of the best miniatures I've painted in my life.

Excellent news! looks like i'm buying some paint this weekend

#4 thinning with Pledge mix
I use 1 part Pledge, 3 parts water and a drop of flow improver as a "Magic Mix" thinner for my Ghost Tint to spray through my .2 needle airbrush. Works great, couple caveats though.
Needs extra cleaning. Do your regular clean, then do it again and you should be good.
Makes it a bit more like a wash than tint, fits right between the two. I really dig this effect because it does both steps at the same time but forewarned is forearmed.