Little Tanks & Tiny People

Just showing off my new Vallejo paints today. I also bought a rack to store them in. I used to keep my paints in a box, but as the lids of the pots are not colour coded finding the right colour could be a bit of a nuisance sometimes.   This MIG Ammo (or dmmf, as it’s written in a Cyrillic font...) holds sixty 17ml bottles, so there is plenty of room to expand my collection. It came as a flat pack kit for me to assemble. To be fancy I gave the frame a coat of some left over grey lacquer.

After sitting on the fence for about a year, I finally bit the bullet and decided that I will replace all my Citadel paints with Vallejo ones. The reason? The ‘new’ Citadel paint pots are defective. Don’t get me wrong, Citadel paint itself is great to work with, but what good is that when you have to throw half of it away because it has dried out again?  The old hard plastic Citadel pots with their black lids kept the paint nice and fresh for years and years. The new rubbery monstrosities, however, only close properly the first couple of times that you use them. After about a dozen times opening and closing them, the hinges no longer work properly and your precious paints will start drying out. Honestly, I can’t even remember the last time that I’ve been able to use all the paint in a Citadel pot. I usually get about halfway before the paint becomes utterly unusable.   Vallejo paints, on the other hand, are just as pleasant to work with and cover just as well, but come in ...