Games Workshop paint pots vs dropper bottles .. let’s change the narrative ..

[@lasarith2]

Moral of the story - he doesn’t clean his drop bottles 😉

[@adamshobbystuff]

Hahah guilty as charged!

[@RogerS1978]

True, games workshop paint rarely dries on the pot...just the desk, floor or wherever else it's been spilled.

[@adamshobbystuff]

😂😂 but just don’t spill it … not always the easiest task!

[@RogerS1978]

@@adamshobbystuff anyone who's ever managed that should start their own religion...I'd probably follow them, as it's one up on walking on water or bringing the dead back to life.

[@adamshobbystuff]

The new hobby messiah!

[@ImperialDiecast]

i still think they should bring back the pre 2010 era GW paint pots i grew up with.

[@adamshobbystuff]

The bolter shell pots were great!

[@DarkCastleMiniatures]

my gw paints have all become separated and dried out etc over the last few years, army painter paints from 8 years ago still going strong!

[@adamshobbystuff]

One of the big benefits to that style of paint container, I have a lot of flames of war paints I bought 15 years ago in frequent use.

[@davidhintz1249]

My issue with GW paint pots is that I have to use a brush to get them on my pallet (extra step), and just trying to open a GW pot, drives me nuts. All other pots are easy to open and get the paint on my pallet without use of a brush. I am not trying to convince you, to each their own, but I hate the GW paint pots so much I have transferred them to dropper bottles.

[@adamshobbystuff]

The video was more of a tongue in cheek exploration of the paint pots and to redress the balance of hate, I find both equally irritating in different ways and both are fine if you spend the time to keep them clean etc, I do tend to buy more paint in dropper bottles as I find them generally better, they are both far far better than the humbrol enamel pots I painted my very first tank models as a kid with though!!

[@thomaschase7097]

Drop bottles rule because you don't need a dropper to measure the amount of paint mixed with water drops.

[@adamshobbystuff]

Great point!

[@Goseph_Joebbels]

ive had the cap pop apart on 2 new bottles of vallejo paint as well

[@adamshobbystuff]

Doesn’t happen often but it’s very annoying when it does!

[@danperry5375]

Every vallejo bottle I have has that hole in the lid from paint drying I'm sure it will negatively affect the longevity of the paint but I've switched to pro acryl. No problem with those.

[@adamshobbystuff]

I’ve only ever had it this once but it does seem it happens more often, you’re the second person to mention pro acryl, I’ll have to take a look.

[@Xav1ez]

All of these problems with both pots and droppers are solved by the Pro Acryl droppers, they're not perfect but they do solve these issues. 😊

[@adamshobbystuff]

I’ll have to check them out!

[@Xav1ez]

@@adamshobbystuff They're brilliant paints too, which is a bonus :D The droppers can take a little getting used to, I've seen a fair few youtubers review them and bang on the droppers, but I think it's a matter of not using them and learning the pros and cons. The bottles are a bit harder to squeeze, so you need to get used to how hard to squeeze to get a little out. When you have squeezed out some paint, if you instantly twist the cap to close it, it will push a little paint out, this can be solved in a few ways; Leave the bottle for a minute or two before closing it to give the paint time to go back into the bottle, or... Squeeze a little less out than you need and put that last tiny drop on the palette, or... Just get into the habit of drying it off with a paper towel, its a tiny tiny amount of paint after all. The droppers can have the same problem as the Vallejo droppers where pressure inside pushes paint out once you open them, but since you can actually unscrew the entire top on these all you need to do is open the top a little to let air in before you open the dropper part. I've only had it happen once or twice though. One of the benefits of these droppers is that they seal really well, so you dont get the dried out paint gunking up in the lid like you do on regular droppers and the citadel pots. I sound like a Pro Acryl salesman at this point, but I started out not liking their droppers that much but loving the paint, I've just learned to actually prefer the droppers over time. :)

[@adamshobbystuff]

I’ve been looking at them online since reading this comment and pondering getting hold of some to have a go, no supplier local to me though, any recommendations as to where to pick up? Unless you are outside the UK of course!

[@Xav1ez]

@@adamshobbystuff I am outside of the UK so I either get them from a local store here in Sweden or from PK-Pro in Germany (as we are still in the EU :P). I know Element Games in the UK has Pro Acryl, but other than that I won't be of much help. :/

[@donaldhavasy2356]

None of my dropper bottles look like that

[@adamshobbystuff]

Most of mine don’t either..

[@JuggleDrum]

I've had the top of the dropper bottle snap off a couple of times. What I don't understand about dropper pots is when you open one and the paint just starts coming out by itself. I have one particular red bottle which always forces me to use 4 times as much paint as I wanted. I don't know if it's my fault.

[@adamshobbystuff]

Good to see other people have the trauma! I have always assumed it’s temperature or trapped air but like you only a few paints seem to do it!

[@Boonedale]

It's do to air presure inside the dropper bottle. It will push the paint out till the pressure equalizes. Also, if the dropper has mixing balls in it don't hold the bottle upside down when you squze the dropper bottle, tha mixing balls will block the paint and you will pop the dropper top out of the bottle.

[@nathanreynolds4378]

Great tips !​@@Boonedale

[@adamshobbystuff]

Great tips!

[@DavidManser]

@@Boonedale I didn't know my Scale 75 Dwarven Gold had one - lo and behold I now have a blown tip on that bottle!

[@症不眠]

I just Love your Videos. So so much

[@adamshobbystuff]

Thanks! Great to hear.

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

Do you ever plan on getting into AoS? Just wanted to ask

[@adamshobbystuff]

I love some of the models but never fancied the game to be honest, never know though.

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Loved the love 🤘🔥

[@adamshobbystuff]

thanks mate 🙌🤘

[@rabidcabbage7230]

👍

[@adamshobbystuff]

🙌🙌👍

[@nathanreynolds4378]

Great video as always! Please feel free to organise my garage , I've dozens of cans of old Dulux household paint and creosote that need this level of attention 😊

[@adamshobbystuff]

😂😂 all in the name of science!

[@CherudexGaming]

pots>>>droppers

[@adamshobbystuff]

🙌🙌👍

[@DavidManser]

Old 80s/90s round Citadel pots were awful! The new ones are pretty great, but I still don't like using a brush to transfer the paint to my palette.

[@adamshobbystuff]

The 80s/90s pots win purely for nostalgia surely!

[@DavidManser]

@@adamshobbystuff They had a certain je ne sais quoi and there was a certain satisfaction 12 year old me took in scooping and scraping the dried paint out of the lids. Your lid cleaning reminded me of scraping out the top of terracotta and blood red and boy was Blood Angels Orange something else!

[@adamshobbystuff]

They were great colours back in the day.

[@Luisafz]

All wrong! Clean your bottles ;). GW paints dried after a couple years if not just one. Paints in dropper bottle can be still good after many years. Annoying and useless video.

[@adamshobbystuff]

I do, I have a lot of dropper bottles, a lot of them are many years old, as said at the start this was a tongue in cheek video, the only real issue I have with them is the air lock issue where they will leak paint occasionally, as with anything of you take care it will last much longer, I’ve also never really had a problem with GW pots, I’ve got some ancient ones knocking around as well, the point goes both ways.

[@georgehintze2864]

Take care of your tools before making a video, this video sounds as it is being made by a NEWB to painting.

[@adamshobbystuff]

Kind of the point of the video … I did caveat that at the start, how would I have managed to have a 15 year old still useable paint if I didn’t take care of my equipment, or for that fact GW pots empty and in great condition…

[@georgehintze2864]

@@adamshobbystuff Good and I have some paint that still use that over 20 year.

[@winewithhedda]

I've never knocked over and lost a dropper of strong tone. I have knocked over and lost a pot of devlin mud. 🫤

[@adamshobbystuff]

Ooh I bet that was a pain to clean up!