DISQUS

rockdeity · 1 year ago

if it actually works, $30 seems reasonable for that gun.

slugworth · 1 year ago

It may be only $30 for the gun, but im sure they’ll charge a heap for the disposable cans needed to propel the paint.

edit: $8 from the website

Parcival · 1 year ago

Shop for a good compressor on ebay, with 8$ a can it quickly pays off.

BrassScorpion · 1 year ago

The propellant cans sold by GW allow you to spray quite a lot of models for the $8 per can based on info I've had from a friend who tested it out. However, if you'd like to get a compressor, there are ways to do it at half price or close to it.

This excellent site recommended to me by a friend at GW has air brush equipment, including compressors, at roughly 40% off all the time:
http://bearair.com/

In the US, Michael's and AC Moore craft stores also sell air brush equipment and regularly have 40% off and 50% off one item in the store coupon promotions. That would be another great way to get a compressor and even an airbrush sort of cheap-ish.

Matt Varnish · 1 year ago

From what I recall, in June of 09 is when ALL the citadel paints are to be in the foundation style pots, so I would wait till then to get a mega paint set.

baronvoncarson · 1 year ago

Am I the only person who isn't a big fan of the new pots? I find a lot more of the paint goes to waste as it gets stuck in the lid and surrounding areas.

kylemullaney · 1 year ago

I am new to the game, about eight months, and my first experience is with both together. I am not brand new and not an old timer. I like the citadel paint pots over the foundation because they stack more easily and I paint the color on the lid so I can quickly identify them. The old paint pots have a recessed lid and the color swaths are protected better. Though I find the white makes for brighter colors and thus more visible. About the waste of paint I think the old are actually a bit more wasteful but marginally.

Fallen668 · 1 year ago

I have seen the article on GW's site that talks about using the spraygun, but it only mentioned it being used with the foundation paints. Is there any way to use the regular paints in it? How about the metalics and coverage with them considering you have to thin them to go through the gun.

Savark · 1 year ago

Evil idea's are forming in my head...
spraygun
car
evil teacher
lots of pretty paint
(yes STILL hypo and ebil (shout out))

Savark · 1 year ago

MHUHAHAHAHA

nurglespuss · 1 year ago

Its also available in the UK too.....

The mega paint set, your better off getting now, as once the new pots are released, I bet it goes up to £175-£200

Sarpedon · 1 year ago

ugh. they still haven't sent me a refund from pre-ordering the first one.

rockdeity · 1 year ago

I want to know when they are going to start selling the foundation whites and blacks individually. I want a good white paint, and I've used the that one... it is really good for white base or cover coats, but you have to buy the whole freakin set just to get white (and black). Can you be bigger swindlers, GW? The cynic in me is hard to ignore when it looks so obvious that they are trying to make me buy the whole set to get at the thing I know they want. This is their tactic for things like powerfist bits though, so I guess it isn't a suprise.

Sam · 1 year ago

wasn't the spray gun recalled?
I hope they fixed it

BrassScorpion · 1 year ago

The spray gun was recalled, hence its disappearance for several months. Problems with it have been fixed. The spray gun available now reflects those modifications and improvements.

Drale · 1 year ago

i dont like the new paint pots but then again i still like the old screw off top ones you got the most paint out of them

Space Machines · 1 year ago

Ugh. Until the paint dried and then you couldn't get the lid off at all! I threw more of those pots away than any other. I like the current ones (not the foundation ones) - much easier to open, and rarely dry up.

BrassScorpion · 1 year ago

This is the only comment I've ever heard in support of the screw top paint jars. The problem with those, and I have talked to many other painters who agreed with me on this, was that the slightest bit of paint you'd get on the rim of the jar would dry so that the top would never close air tight any more and the paint would dry out very quickly without constant checking and adding water. Pop tops, every one of them GW has ever made, have been better, at least for most people. What makes the current ones great is that they are also easy to open, something the old pop-tops never were. It's especially good I'm sure for younger modelers, people with small or weak hands or arthritis, etc.