Old paints vs New paints vs time.

In my gradual awakening back into hobby project proper. Nothing is more important than the paint pot inventory check.

So, how did my paints do without being used for a little over three years? Not bad, not good.

All my Vallejo are fluid and completely fine.

I lost four Citadel pots, with seven marked for probable replacement. Unsurprisingly, not a single classic paint pot failed. Here, we have all my dried Boltgun Metal paints, alongside my stalwart and still usable 1990’s pot I bought in the UK around 1999.

Other than this, overall, not totally unexpected.

I also added cheap glass beads into all my paints as an agitator – very economical compared to metal and other “agitator” products on the market. These have already stirred up some of my settled bright colours – additionally I put pairs into my AK Interactive Matte Varnish and Vallejo Grey Primer – they were fine, but I really want to stir  these prior to use.