It's a shame we must live our lives like this. Get your shit together, Citadel paints!

@hansyolo8277

5 жыл бұрын

Or buy Vallejo, if you can.

That was very clever. I'm also glad you showed how you transferred the label as well. Thanks and keep the vids coming =)

I did all my GW paints last year after watching your last video dude :) thanks for the tips.

Great little tutorial, I will be using this.

Awesome tip, thanks for sharing!

great guide very useful thank you!!

have some droppers on order for this very purpose, i am reviving a load of old citadel paints i have too, using flow aid.

Thanks for the tut. Much easier to empty my citadel paints into airbrush now.

I did the same thing with the older GW paints. Had to water them down in their container before transferring so that the transferring flows more predictably. I did top up a little more with water to keep them flowing nicer. Use a wet brush to get the last bit of paint out. An then use a heat gun to remove the older papery stickers. I did end up using clear tape over top of them as their glue was done and kept curling off.

This is a fantastic idea

You can buy bottles and staninless steel funnels for decanting paint into them online. I will get some vallejo thinner for my citadel paints as well.

I did a similar thing with mine! Some differences: I poured mine in by hand, and then blue-taced the pot to a deodorant can and used small funnels to let all the paint pour in without my arm getting tired, and you can do 4 at once. I used a glass bead as an agitator, and used a scalpel to remove the label, reducing finger contact! I much prefer the dropper bottles, however I have about 5 1mm wire uncloggers lying around, and with metallic paints, the bottles need to be shaken from side to side before being shaken up and down, otherwise the medium will get stuck in the top and all you pour out is a the medium without any pigment in it! Also, when working in warm conditions, the air inside the bottle expands when it gets warm, so if you shake and then open, the pressure will result in a volcano effect on the paint, which is annoying, but solved by opening and unclogging before shaking

@CorvusMiniatures

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment! Yes the volcano effect is something I am familiar with also. Might try to open the bottle before shaking next time, thanks for that tip!

I personally hate the small pot design Citadel uses. Paint gets dry too soon...especially with someone like me who has periods of paint-inactivity due to other commitments. I loved the original pots Citadel made back around 2nd edition 40k (when I joined the hobby). I still have two pots from that old product line, hardly ever used them...but when I do, they are still just as smooth as if they were opened for the first time. THAT is a quality container! Will transfer the new paints to drops. Thanks!

Just wondering, would it possibly be more effective to use matte medium to do this? It won't thin down the paint pigment if you do mix it up, that's all?

Nice tutorial !!!!

this is awesome!

@GrawlysLair

10 жыл бұрын

Good tip as the paint will be kept in better condition. Those gw pots don't always seal fully and paint dries

A lot less mess if you take the lid off first. I definitely recommend just using a funnel. If anything, use your blue tac to hold the bottom bottle down, put the funnel in it, and upend the citadel pot on top. Let it pour on its own while you do other things.

Great video. I do this for my P3 paints.

Awesome Corvus, I have been using this bottles for a year and works fine :) I have a question: This kind of bottles works fine too with TAMIYA paints? Thanks!

Another note (to add to many) for those looking to transfer for the purpose of fitting citadel paints in paint cases designed for Vallejo/Essential ooil/Dropper bottles. Many sizes of dropper bottles are in markets like Amazon. 15ml, 20ml, 30ml and so on. While all three of these sizes will work 15ml is pretty small and as long as you add no water or thinner will fit the paint from one citadel pot, but without much room... Also the 15ml bottles are a little loose in the case slots. On the other end 30ml is great because you can fit the paint and some thinner or water to help get more out of the original pot but most the 30ml droppers have the same diameter as a citidel pot, meaning they will jam into the case slots barely, but any more than 3-4 next to each other will rip or tear the foam. Trust me, it sucks. The magic bottle I found was 20ml. Fits like a glove, and fits the paint + just enough thinner to get the majority of paint out of original pot. Dont be me and first buy 30ml bottles (as is recommended in most videos on youtube; because they just want dropper bottles and not to fit them in case slots!), take the time to start transferring paint only to realize the bottles are the same diameter and no help in the end goal. Then buy 15ml bottles and move the paint once again only to realize now you cant fit it all in one bottle due to the thinner used to get it all out of the pot the first time! Then to buy a third batch of bottles (20ml) just to feel like you didnt just waste $25 and a week playing tag with amazon orders and paint bottle transfers just to end up with extra unlabeled bottles with only 5-10ml of paint in them. Just go with the 20ml and save the time and money I wasted.

This is awesome to reviving old paints,I have done this whith revell paintsnice toturial

Quick question.... does the Citadel paint ever dry out once it is in the dropper bottle? Thanks

My OCD is so happy you did exactly 20 drops. I was teetering on the edge of my seat wondering whether you would have stopped at an uneven number or not. It was a rollercoaster!! Haha, nice vid. Ordered my droppers, they seem to be a game changer 👍

@CorvusMiniatures

4 жыл бұрын

20 to get it consistent indeed :)

@xxalmakxx2842

3 жыл бұрын

20 drops is approximately 1 ML.

I would consider getting - more - citadel and fw paints if they came in drop bottles. As it is now - no thanks.

Have you tried to use a funnel?

it took a month in shipping but i got a lot of 50 dropper bottles for 7$ now to transfer!

I just did this a month ago. One trick is to cut the lid of the Citadel pot off at the hinges; gets it out of the way when pouring.

@CorvusMiniatures

4 жыл бұрын

Useful tip, thanks!

I did this, added 2x oval shaped glass beads for each bottle, but when the thicker paints(like the metallic) separate, I can't shake them. I tried "rolling" the bottle and spinning them but none of the above works. Does anyone have any ideas? I do not own a paint shaker or jigsaw. All I have is a drill.

@Alamaric

5 жыл бұрын

Use a paint thinner for acrylic paint found at the hobby store or add distilled water. Thin out the paints a bit.

Why do you think it was that gw didn't switch to the dropper bottles when they made the new paint range?

@samb7088

9 жыл бұрын

sunsofruss I personally think its because they way the pots do when you open them and use them. The paint will run up into the lid where the pot is supposed to seal and keeps it from forming an air tight seal. That air getting in makes it dry up and if it dries up you gotta run to the store and buy up more of their paint. Do like me and avoid this by using the end of your file or something kinda pointed and dig out the paint thats gathered in the top of the lid. It will make your paint last much longer and saves money. I personally like GW paints but I dislike the design of the stupid pots. Im in the process of putting all of mine in dropper bottles which also makes the paint last longer. I just wish the paint didnt cost so damn much for the little that comes in a pot.

@ShastaHawk

7 жыл бұрын

Pure greed. Everyone knows that paint in dropper bottles last longer yet GW keeps selling their paints in the tub so more money is spent on them in the long run.

@TheDamit84

6 жыл бұрын

Leaving greed out of the picture, I think those paint pots are designed for very very early beginners. You can just open it and straight paint from the pot without the use of a palette. I think it's a shame to not give us dropper bottles, because even Duncan in his tutorials always uses a palette and thins his paints. Don't get me wrong, I really like the standard GW color palette but having these little pots made me ponder every time i have to restock not to buy GW.

@My_wife_left_me

5 жыл бұрын

So you end up buying more

What a great idea. I found similar bottles in a local 99 cent store. I am now at the task of transferring all this paint. : (

Just a piece of advice, you should use something other than a metal nut to act as a paint agitator. The water in the paint will eventually (very quickly, actually) cause the nut to rust which can alter the chemical balance of the paint and eventually ruin it. I use beads made from volcanic rock because they're chemically inert and natural, so there's no risk of them seeping chemicals into the paint or rusting.

@Alamaric

5 жыл бұрын

USe a stainless steel nail polish agitator. you can find them on Amazon for $9 for 300. Stainless steel does not rust or tarnish.

@violetvulpine5356

5 жыл бұрын

@@Alamaric Stainless steel can rust and tarnish. The higher the level of chromium the less likely it will occur but it does happen. Stainless steel is not rust/tarnish proof it is more rust/tarnish resistant than normal steel. Although they are good to use if you use the paint in a short time for the price.

@Alamaric

5 жыл бұрын

@@violetvulpine5356 I do not get what you are going for other than to try and up-show. Under normal water-based atmospheric conditions, stainless steel does not rust or tarnish. It will corrode and rust away under harsh conditions towards specific elements in the stainless steel or if pitted, damaged, etc.. HOWEVER since we are talking about acrylic paint which is water-based and we are talking about specific agitator balls designed to be in that kind of liquid, it will not rust or tarnish. So what was your point other than to see if your brain-pan was larger? Context in which a specific thing being used is important and the poster is using it stir acrylic paint, not sulfuric acid or a strong base.

What size dropper bottles are best?

@VitaKet

5 жыл бұрын

15ml does the job for most pots that contain ~12ml

@CorvusMiniatures

5 жыл бұрын

anything between 12 and 15 ml

Nice tutorial. Maybe it is more effektive to use two times 10 drops of water, instead of one time 20 drops for transfering the remaining paint.

@TheDigitalThreat

2 жыл бұрын

Toss a drop of retarder in with every 3 or so of water. Thank me later. Jk... but seriously, it works and keeps paint from drying out~

Is this the same process for all the types of paints?

@CorvusMiniatures

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, although I try not too thin my metallic paints too much. And inks and washes come straight out, they don't need the second step.

@loganstafford249

6 жыл бұрын

Corvus Miniatures What about dry paints? Or is that the same as well?

@CorvusMiniatures

6 жыл бұрын

You mean those Citadel dry paints? I don't have any experience with those, but I probably just leave them in the original bottle. Same goes for washes: I don't transfer these.

@loganstafford249

6 жыл бұрын

Corvus Miniatures thanks

@ninacaron2828

5 жыл бұрын

Skip this nonsense and just buy Reaper paints

I stick Fishing weights in my Bottles for Mixing

3:09 this is hex nut not bolt!

That's a great way of doing it so that you can walk away for a few minutes and do something else while your paint transfers.

this is the only way to make those paints not dry up in months

Buy better bottles and save the prep.

Citadels color sucks becase they dont made them, its another company, cheap ones, who make them to them... The idea for color from GW, is not like color who lives long years.. They want colors bottles who will end up fast, so you need buy new ones, that is GW bussnies model hahaha.. Vallejo color have been around sense early 50s, they are famous to be the best ones =)...

@johnwiser71

6 жыл бұрын

The problem with Vallejo is finding stores that carry them and that keep them in stock. I wanted to use Vallejo but after looking at the prices for Vallejo on the likes of Amazon there is no way I am paying $7 a bottle for Vallejo. So until someplace like Amazon carry Vallejo at MSRP I will have to stick with Citadel.

@ryanc1451

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnwiser71 elementgames.co.uk

@lynnmoore3684

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnwiser71 Most FLGS carry Vallejo. Also seen then at HobbyTown USA.