Painting Issues

[Boris71]

Hi Guys

I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem as me, that some of the Vallejo paints seem to have very poor coverage, I have noticed this over a long while but lately it seems to be worse than ever, I thought it may have been that they were on the shelf in the shop for a bit long but no amount of shaking seems to help and another colour bought the same day covers nicely. even some of the Tamiya paints that have always been good are now often giving poor coverage has anyone else had this trouble? Citadel were always my first chice in the past but the new sets they have only the base colours give good coverage, the layer set are very thin and take several coats to cover any thing.

[babycyclops]

I use Vellejo paints a lot, mainly for plastic kits and metal wargaming figures, and have not noticed any changes.

I think their yellows have always been the least user-friendly, sometimes all the pigment is clumpped at the bottom of the bottle and no amount of shaking will mix the paint.
You can actually pull off the nozzzle with a pair of pliers and get the pigment out wth a stick or old paint brush and then mix it up on a palette.

I have also found a couple of their greens to be a bit thin and lack coverage, but usually multiple coats will solve this.

I use a lot of their military/drab colours as well as brighter colours, and with the exception of the yellows and some greens have found 'em to be great paints. Their blues cover beautifully.

Having said that I prefer Games Workshop's 'blood red' to any Vallejo red. It has the best brightness and coverage. I have to admit that Workshop's metallic paints are also my favorites.

Nowdays I use Jo Sonjas's acrylic 'turners yellow' to mix up all my yellows.
It comes in a tube, from the arts or crafts shop, though I am not sure of it's availability overseas. It's better than any hobby/model shop acrylic and good value for money, too.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

A lot of acrylics will go bad. It takes a long time, but it happens. They'll separate, and you won't be able to remix the pigment, leading to thin paints.... or they'll harden.... or sometimes they'll get gummy, and might develop mold. Mixing them regularly will help limit some of these problems.

Don C.

[Boris71]

Thats what I thought had happened to it, just seems a lot of paints lately are getting poor coverage:(