just to clarify my point about working for GW, is the paint tip was given to me
by one of the "Eavy Metal" team who i spoke to on an open day, so i wouldnt want
to claim ownership of someone elses tip, i do have in my collection Coat d arms,
but do mainly use the GW stuff, due to there being a shop nearly in every town
you are more likely to find one, plus their mail order is pretty good.


From: John Spencer
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 3:09 AM
To: WWW2alternaterules@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WWW2alternaterules] Re: GW Colours for WW 2 British


I'll preface this with the disclaimer that I do work for GW, but not
in sales. I use mostly GW paints, with the occasional Vallejo for
colors I don't want to mix up.

The reason, I think, that Dave's pots are ok but Pete has tons of
dried up pots is due to the design change in the paint pots. The
older paint pots are crap. They dry up way too quickly unless you use
some sort of trick. The new ones are way better, but they can still
dry up. I have, however, had some Vallejo paints dry up one me, but I
think that is more to do with my apartment. I've had just about ever
paint dry up, and if I leave my brush water out for a couple of days
it's gone as well.

Just my 2 cents.

John

--- In WWW2alternaterules@yahoogroups.com, "David Cooke"
<david.cooke@...> wrote:
>
> I find everyone's comments interesting. Up to a couple of years ago
I used Humbrol enamels, which were really bad for drying up,
particularly the black and white pots. I also started to have
difficulty getting them, as local model shops closed down or moved to
other paint ranges. As I have a GW shop and a stockist in easy reach
I moved over onto their paints - I drive past the stockist on my way
home most days. I'd never used anything but enamels and using GW
paints was a revalation to me. I find them much easier to use than
the Humbrol enamels. I haven't had any problems with them drying up
either. I can't remember a single pot drying up on me. The nearest
to it was a pot of white that began to thicken when I was using it a
lot - it probably wouldn't have done if I'd used Dean's trick, which I
will in future.
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dean
> To: WWW2alternaterules@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [WWW2alternaterules] Re: GW Colours for WW 2 British
>
>
> What i can add for my two pennys worth and no i dont work with or
for GW, is once finished for the night, add a little bit of water to
the paint, then invert the pot ready for next time, do ensure the lid
closes well, ive found that the pot then wont dry up and although ive
used pots up they havent dried out on me. Do ensure its only a little
water dont fill a half empty pot about 3 drops is plenty, hope that
helps somebody
>
> From: pete
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:52 AM
> To: WWW2alternaterules@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WWW2alternaterules] Re: GW Colours for WW 2 British
>
> Wow thats a first.Most people ,including me ,say the exact
opposite.Gw
> dries up to fast.I have never had a vallejo bottle dry up on
me,but my
> wastecans are full of dried up gw paintpots.Catachan green works
ok as
> armor basecoat but then I wouldnt know what to use next gw wise as
the
> line is so limited.--- In WWW2alternaterules@yahoogroups.com, "Julian
> Groom" <groomenghast@> wrote:
> >
> > Do any members have some tips for which of the GW colours to use
for
> > late WW 2 British Infantry, please? Are there any GW colours that
> you
> > can use for late WW 2 British vehicles- Catachan Green, perhaps?
I'm
> > about to start painting a platoon of the excellent 28mm figures by
> > Great Escape Games, so any tips gratefully received, as I don't
like
> > the "Vallejo" paints because they dry up too quickly.
> >
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