Transfer Citadel paints into DROPPER BOTTLES (and other useful hobby tips and tricks)
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- I've teamed up with some of my favourite hobby creators to bring you some of the best minipainting top tips out there!
Massive thanks to @GeekGamingScenics, @SprayBlackStudios, @LylaMev, and @ThePickleJar for making such great quick tips for the community to enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS, you know you want to.
00:00 Intro
00:37 Transfering paints into dropper bottles with Penny
04:40 Paintbrush deep cleaning with Geek Gaming
05:52 An introduction to enamel washes with SprayBlack Studios
09:12 Creative colour palettes with Lyla Mev
11:29 Choosing the right brush with The Pickle Jar
14:26 The coolest people ever
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Looking for those product links? We got ya.
Dropper bottles: geni.us/30mldroppers
Tiny funnels: geni.us/hobbyfunnels
Airbrush thinner: geni.us/airbrushthinner200ml
Nail art paint racks: geni.us/nailpolishrack
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Mini-Painters: Enamel washes?!
Scale Modelers: Yes.
I got into mini painting recently but have been a scale modeller for years. I couldn’t envision painting a vehicle without Enamel washes and oil paints.
@@devensega Did mini painting, was annoyed by washes, stopped for some time due to other reasons. Started doing scale modelling and was like enamel paints and an air brush are great, got back into wargaming, everything is so much better now XD.
@@devensega I used an enamel wash on terrain and it was amazing! The only drawback is the fumes, my small apartment needed airing out afterwards lol
I remember asking a few wargames who did scale modelling about 6 years ago how they got such good results and the rest is history... Just how's you how different hobbies ca live in silos. My work flow is now very airbrush and enamel/oil heavy because well, it just makes life a lot lot easier...
Yes!
The long awaited Penny comeback is finally upon us! Welcome back!
Hell yeah for Penny, a few months late though.
Don't forget to visit all the channels and subscribe to them! Looking for those links to the dropper bottles and stuff? Here you go!
Looking for those product links? We got ya.
Dropper bottles: geni.us/30mldroppers
Tiny funnels: geni.us/hobbyfunnels
Airbrush thinner: geni.us/airbrushthinner200ml
Nail art paint racks: geni.us/nailpolishrack
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And me sire my necrons await your orders
Pennys back!! Yay
DropTop by DrTabletop will allow you to add the dropper top to a citadel pot, don't need to transfer paint or buy separate dropper bottles this way!
@@norlin76 only issue is they're £20 for 12 whereas on amazon bottles are £15 for 50
I just love that the community is helping you to spend time with your preciosess . My 9 year old son was diagnosed with ADHD 2 years ago and a teacher at his school introduced him to warhammer. He loves it and so do I . For the most part I find the community to be a great example of not only creativity but great morals and just generally being kind to other people and yourself. Great job as usual, love and light to you and your family.
Good for the kid to have the diagnosis. It took me almost 40 years to get mine, and that wasn't good for me - it kind of messes up your brain meats to feel like you're weird and different and never understanding why.
@@autochton I’m sorry to hear that Gert. It must have been very hard for you. I see how hard it is for my son. Yes he is very lucky it has been diagnosed ,he has a very good paediatric consultant who specialises in ADHD and autism. We have fought hard for two years to get funding at his school for him and another boy in his class to have a dedicated teaching assistant and we are very grateful for that. My heart breaks for all the kids who went undiagnosed and untreated and in some cases wildly over medicated.
Guy doesn't use the wet palette. But when you dilute your paints with airbrush thinner, strange things will happen after putting the diluted colours on the the wet palette. There is some detergent inside, so the surface tension is broken.
so better dont use it?
@@Sinthoras25031994 if you use your colours for a dry palette or solely airbrushing, this is all right. For a wet palette water or acrylic medium is just fine. As long as no detergent is included
Also when using airbrush thinner the paint struggles to hold onto the model unless applied through air . This process is extremely time consuming . You just better phasing out your citedal for VJ
@@markjohnston3923 i Think any Medium would work also right?
Wish I'd known about this beforehand
Guy, probably goes without saying but you are a legend for organising this all. Massively honoured to be asked to help contribute!
Learning a fair few bits myself too!
Such a good breakdown! I'm def trying this with my humbrols!! 👍👍👍
Organizing* lol
@@crupt7301 He's using the English spelling.
@@crupt7301 centre theatre defence honour colour :)
@@troty105 my b
I agree with the pickle jar. Cheap brushes are the way to go for price, and when they are really cruddy, used it for scrapping or texturing and just by a new one for cheap :)
My favorite thing about this series is that all these beautiful people all agreed to help out Guy. Just shows the awesomeness of this community.
Admit it you were reading a parenting book hidden inside that comic ;-) BTW huge congratulations to you both
Really liking this series, and just want to say that you’re a huge inspiration.
53 seconds ago, damn. I got here faster than the winged hussars racing the white scars
Gotta get down the mountainside somehow.
I got here faster than I get out of bed, I got here an hour late :)
It warms my heart that the entire community came together to help guy
When i transfer my paints i use blue wall sticky tack around the base of the funnel to create a seal with the bottle, then fill the funnel with paint and gently squeeze the bottle to push the air out and allow the suction to pull the paint in the bottle the use less thinner or water and a brush to get the excess out of the funnel
I made the mistake of over tightening cheap dropper bottles it splits the tip and then you have to redo. I really like this series..... always great to see everyone's take on tips and tricks.
I unironically enjoy the citadel pots when it comes to shades and contrast paints.
Until you spill one 😂
Agreed.
@@TheTobykenyon after i spilled 2 contrast pots, i bought that citadel 3 pot holder, havent spilled it since. Well worth it
@@ForTehNguyen holders are definitely worth it, even if you've never spilled a pot in your life. Only paint I ever spilled was a Humbrol enamel, 20 something years ago, on my parent's dining table. Trust me when I say you find a way to never repeat that.
My go to is neoprene foam. grab a couple 8mm-10mm sheets off ebay, cut holes in one to match the pots you're using, and glue it to the second. the rubberiness holds the pot solid and the wide base makes it pretty unspillable, for a fraction of the cost of most holders.
My carpet thinks different.
Penny did such a great job, she deserves some Tau models to be painted as a reward
How awsome would it be if she lead the Start Collecting T'au box in the deathmatch?
Just a few additinal tips about transferring paints (from a guy who's making it for the second time in his life ;p) :
- try using large syringe instead of funnel. Remove the piston, pour the paint into syringe chamber (while holding it above dropper bottle), then just take the piston and pump the paint into dropper bottle. Way less messy and much quicker than funnel method :)
- also, word of advise - not all dropper bottles are OK. In fact, most of them will give you a headache with nozzle tips splitting, causing your paints to dry on tip and making you unclog them every single time you want to use the paint. I've used amazon bottles, the nozzles cracked in no time, and they did it almost by themselves. I'm quite aware of how to operate with dropper bottles, my vallejo and S75 bottles (which are also known to sometimes crack when dealt with no care) never cracked. Now I bought bottles with yellow caps from pk-pro, much more expensive but on the other hand the nozzles do not crack. As i'm in the middle of transferring my paints from cheap dropper bottles to pk-pro bottles, save yourself both a hassle but also time and don't go cheap on dropper bottles. The losses while transferring the paint twice were (to be expected) humongous, There are some paints where I was left with really small amount of paint after two transfers. I still think transferring paint to dropper bottles is the way to go - just don't buy cheap ones, or you will be doing the same job twice (unless you don't find it incredibly annoying to unclog nozzle just to take a drop of paint on your pallette).
There's quite an extensive thread on reddit about nozzles splitting, if anyone wants to go deeper in this topic.
Great video! :)
When transferring paint over to dropper bottles I found that a large syringe with unsharpened needles worked great. Get a good fat needle on there and they'll manage just fine with undiluted paints as well.
Same for me, even undiluted base paints were easy to transfer with the syringe.
@@drpenny9844 I grabbed a bunch of 10ml syringes with blunt 18G needles and it made everything so easy, no spilling and super easy to clean between colours. And yeah, it was the fountain pen thing that made me think of them too, especially when using sample bottles.
"Sorry Bond" gave me a chuckle.
Thanks very much for asking us to be involved Guy, ‘twas and honour and a privilege.
Great to see my fellow CWG brothers featured here. and some awesome advice all round!
this series is honestly some of the best hobby content I've seen produced in a while.
Thanks for this one, I finally took the plunge with my contrast and shades this weekend... worth it 100%
One of the most well thought of and informative mini painting videos I've seen in a long time! Loads of key points for new starters to learn. 👍
it's great to hear from Penny again ! lots of cool tips too , thanks !
Congratulations on the kids and thank you for taking time out of your day to still get videos to us
I really love this series as it just adds a whole bunch of different perspectives into one video! Not to mention that I have a ton more channels to check out now.
Another great video with everyone giving a really cool new set of tips. The pallette styles is probably the most "whoa, never thought of that" but for any newbies like me, seriously, use a larger brush. The worst thing about every single starter kit is they give you tiny brushes. Use the largest brush you can.
Again congratulations on your babies
This was amazing, like watching a Saturday morning special - more of this sort of thing, please!
Great to see someone else using the same technique I do for citadel paints. Rather then keeping them in those bloody pots. I hadn't heard the bit about using a brush and more airbrush thinner before. Will definitely be adding that to my next pot change. Also I tend to buy ball bearings rather then use old plastic sprue bits, A pack of 100 has lasted me a few years as I just wash the old one when I'm done with the bottle.
This is also a good time I find to add some to a paint. A little Valljeo metal medium can really make the color pop.
I've been trying with the idea of transferring my citadel paints to dropper bottles for a while. This makes me a little less scared to do it! Thanks again for a great anthology of tips and tricks!
So to start, As one dad to another, Congrats on the Twins. and I really go to say that I know your dad is proud and happy for your Babes. I really got the feels when i was watching the retro unboxing of 2nd edition. My Daughter is home since ,covid delayed her college year, and is right now painting up her Thousand Sons to kick my retro Necron's A$$. I credit her for getting me into the hobby again after 19 years. 20 years ago this July I crafted a Space Marine force all pink and white. You do fantastic work and I hope the channel grows!! Just remember to keep helping Mom, and don't fight when they are sleeping. Once again congrats and cheers to them growing up smart and tough! Cheers!!
Thank you 👍 I'm new to miniature painting and these tips helped.
So happy that this community gathers behind you =D
You deserve every bit of it and I wish you the best for your family
Using sprue pieces as agitators is brilliant mwah mwah thank u
This is lovely! Still though, I struggle to understand why anyone would buy a Citadel paint product in the first place. A thousand golden coins to whoever convinces me of a good reason to do so!
In a world where AK/vallejo exist, there's no reason other than brand loyalty.
And before anyone says "BuT GW WaSHEs" oil washes are a thing, try them.
Agreed, mate. Average (at best) quality paint, in the worst pots on the market, for considerably more money per millilitre than other ranges. It's nothing more than the cult of exclusivity that the company is so good at perpetuating.
Folks new to the hobby, like me, who didn't know better?
some of their colours are beautiful and their coverage is great.
I'm struggling with Vallejo Paints, I don't get good results in coverage. Using Citadel Paints is carefree in regards of coverage and thinning. I also really like their color range. They are not the cheapest, but not the most expensive, either. The pots are horrible, I agree.
Some great tips and some great channels! Pickle Jar is great fun to watch 😀
Great to see Lyla in the video. Recently found her videos myself and it's a whole different way of painting I don't do so well with myself. I've been converted to the streaking grime for about 6 months or so and I'm really getting to grips with what it can do.
Been waiting on the paint transfer video for ages! Icing on the cake was it being narrated by Penny!
I didn't know enamels were oil-based! That's great to know, I've got a ton from my early painting days
I put the airbrush thinner in the pot and shake it up with a metal ball inside. Then I squeeze the empty dropper bottle and suck the paint out pot. This takes a few dips to get it all then i put a bit more thiner in the near empty pot and swoosh around an old brush to get all the paint. This remainder and the bb is poured into a cheap plastic condiment container. Remove the nozzle on the bottle and pour it in the dropper, reinstall the nozzle and transfer label. Clean, easy and quick.
One of THE greatest hobby videos ever made. Thanks!
It is always so cool to see the Warhammer community coming together for videos like this! Lets make sure we show all these creators some love!
Momma Penny! Welcome back MWM Family!
Great collab project! Really a great example of a great community! Happy parenting!
Congrats on the babies! I just had my 2nd a few months ago. 1st was almost 4 years ago lol. Makes things a tad bit easier 🤣
Amazing video as always
love your tips video, hope the babies and parents are all doing fine and wonderful
god i don't know what i would do without some of your videos, keep up the good work!
Really good tips. Thanks for doing this Guy. Hope you, Penny and the Midwinter Mini's are doing well
Josh’s battered old husk of a brush looks like my fine detail brush 🤪 great stuff and fantastic tips from all. Thank you and good luck with your new family ❤️
Shhhh! Don't tell him we trim ours with a Hoby knife until there's only 2mm left 🤦♂️
Battered husks are great for stippling and basing stuff
When I transferred my Agrax Earthshade into 18mL bottles, I put the leftover portion into a second bottle and mixed it 1:1 with Lahmian Medium to make a bottle of half-strength shade. I don't think that would be useful for all of the shades, but I think it's perfect for the neutral shades like Agrax and Nuln Oil.
I tend to use da Vinci brush soap to clean my brushes. If you have a lot of gunk in your brushes, you can add more water and really work it in there. It'll get just about anything out and it's easy to use.
Great video, thanks!
I was literally about to search for this!
Great Video Guy / Penny!
Had some great featured channels on here already love all of the channels and am subbed but it's nice to see them get the love they deserve. And a really fun video especially for beginners 😀
Great video and editing 👌
OMG surprise Penny! Love it
Mr. Josh, from the Pickle Jar, I see a Mumbo plush. Good taste, sir :)
Love me some Hermitcraft :)
Just come back to the hobby after over 20 years. I'm desperate to get my Citadel paints in to droppers! Many thanks 😁👍
A GNR fan I see. Great that your friends can cover for you. Lovely to hear Penny again.
Very late but I also loved how Luke's tips subtly included a way to make use of all those glass ramekins that you end up with after buying deliciously tempting single portion desserts from companies like Gü! I have a decent stack of them myself. They also come in very handy as holders for boardgame bits: resources, cubes, tokens, coins, etc.
I've also started acquiring a stack of larger glass pots from single portion ready meals as that seems to be a new packaging trend? They have become my new paint water pots, I've even used a paint marker pen to write 'Metallic' on one in the hope that will help me remember to use it appropriately :-)
I would add that Distilled water is a good move for transferring to stop any bacterial buildup!
I could have used the bottle tutorial about a month ago. I used mid-winter medium but I didn't change over my metallic paints. Also I use the pipette not a funnel. It took awhile. Hope you're doing well Penny be careful with postpartum especially with twins.
Another interesting, fun and informative video; with a great community spirit.
That Dark Eldar ship is looking super hot.
"Captain Beardface!" 😂😂😂😂😂
Casual hobbiest 🤝 Professional hobbiest
*Hating Citadel paint pots*
When the comment system won't let you post images of memes:
*Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.*
I do see a lot of the flaws with citadel paint pots but, I absolutely love them for things like washes and contrast paints.
Im not a fan of the pots but droppers have their own issues too. Id like citadel paints to stay in pots, just better ones
What a coincidence! I just ordered some dropper bottles this afternoon
Wish this was available 2 months ago! Lmao!
I have 40+ GW glazes “dropper bottles” now due to poor info.
I love your channel!
Love the channel! Makes it all the better that you are a local lad for me! Hopefully bump into you down 4tk one day and say hello under the watchful eye of a huge space marine lol. Keep up the awesome content and congrats again on the twins!
Great video, Guy!
Subscribed to all, looking forward to some binge watching
On brushes, I think anyone using Kolinsky Sable should be familiar with where the brush materials come from.
In short, it's a product of unlicensed and non-regulated fur trade from Russia and China, obtained using methods which have been banned in countries like the UK for almost half a decade due to their barbaric nature (leg hold traps, catch the weasel and let it starve/freeze to death).
I'm hoping we as a community can move to an alternative supply line for the material some day but for now you need to ask yourself if it's a practice you're happy to support (and it's pretty much all manufacturers. Citadel, Windsor and Newton, Squidmar etc etc).
Thanks Nial - that's worth knowing. All best.
"almost half a decade" - so basically they banned it only recently.
and I'd assume everyone against such brushes to also be a vegan ... unless its specifically brush ethics that matter, but not other kinds (which would make no sense)
This was a great idea for a video!
Happy to hear your voice , hope you are getting the rest you need , if you think you are rested , close your eyes for a little bit longer , the world is happy to wait for your happier better rested self.
Thanks for another great video Guy. Hope you're all keeping well. Don't worry you'll get to finally catch up on sleep... in a year or two 😉 From a dad of twins
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Already subscribe to all of these guys and a great new addition is Penny
Cool video!
I LIKE THE ARTICLES
Mad respect guy
Pennny! :D That dropper bottle tip is awesome. Though every drop of paint wasted that gets stuck to the old bottle or to the funnel makes me cringe. It's like wasting liquid gold. I know in the end you save more paint (and money) but still my brain irrationally goes "noooooooo!"
I hope you, Penny and the two little ones are all doing well.
Love your vids just got my necron combat patrol
I've got those paint racks!
This was good fun!
Awesome video!
This is so wholesome
Penny is one of my favourite mini youtubers aswell
Guy & Penny, u guys could also use small ball bearings for paint mixing in the dropper bottles 😊 another awesome video
Don't do this because they will rust. There's a reason they sell those mixing balls. They're not the same
The drooper bottle is vary helpful
Vortex mixer makes this 1000 easier. Also jam a cocktail stick between the new bottle and funnel, took me about 5-10 mins per pot, but so worth it!
@@drpenny9844 you just have to mix! For me whizzing away will activate even the most stubborn GW metallics 😂
Thanks, everyone! And to add to the dropper and enamel washes bits... model paints by Tamiya you can get a whole set of high-quality flat colors acrylic in biggish pots for $169.
Hey i do that ! Let's riot against Citadel pots !
Midwinter Minis assembles the team.
Love the intro
Is ‘Lady Warhammer’ just Penny masquerading in the Patreon?
@@drpenny9844 we’re going to need to see some papers
You can also use flask funnel to transfer the paint to the dropper!
Thank you for posting this. Helped keep my girlfriend and I relaxed while in A&E this evening.
Check your local hoppy stores too! Mine has Vallejo dropper bottles for $.89 each!