Does The GW Studio Use Its Own Hobby Products

[oni]

This a question I often ask myself... Does the GW studio actually use all of their own hobby products to paint up their display models.

While I think the answer for the most part is yes, I personally have a hard time believing that GW uses "all" of their own offerings. They would never of course admit to this. I believe the GW studio uses their own full range of brushes, paints and primers, but does not use their own matte varnish. I'm also willing to bet that they use a good bit of competing products such as Tamiya's Weathering Master system.

With all of the negative stigma surrounding GW's line of hobby products, what do you think the GW studio actually uses of their own stuff? What competing products you think they may use?

[RandomX]

I could swear that I had read an interview with a former HM painter who said that they are forced to use everything GW, even when there is better items commercially available. Just so that it is a true GW hobby product.

I can find that credible cause in the Studio and whatnot shots that happen to have a random workspace in the background you see guys painting stations, and they always have all GW stuff. Though that is prob cause they get it for free/next to it.

-Eric

[oni]

...they are forced to use everything GW, even when there is better items commercially available. Just so that it is a true GW hobby product.

Yea, I can see this being the case. It surely wouldn't surprise me if it is.

[Aldramelech]

I should imagine that requests for petty cash to buy some Tamiya stuff would be frowned upon.

[Warmaster]

Every now and then they take pictures of the painters desks at the studio. So unless they sanitize the pictures I just don't see them using non-gw product. Man those desks are almost as messy as the one I have at home!

[Linkdead]

Some of the hobby products aren't bad and are rebranded name brand tools.

[RedRat]

Imho the fine detail brush is still a bit to large in some cases. And the sculpting tool range laks some variety.
I think if they use tools/products other than GW then in one of these areas

[Deimos]

Haven't used it yet, but what's wrong with the GW matte varnish?

[icecube]

I think that while there was an "whats new today" post about the painting stations of the studio there was an 'eavy metal painter that had non-gw paints on his desk.

[oni]

Haven't used it yet, but what's wrong with the GW matte varnish?

[URL="http://pitoftheoni.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-good-models-go-bad.html"]http://pitoftheoni.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-good-models-go-bad.html[/URL]

The above link is an extreme case, but I have never heard anyone (literally anyone, I'm not exaggerating) give praise to GW's matte varnish. I had tried it because I didn't want to buy into all the negativity surrounding it. I'm the kind of person that likes to get first hand experience with a product. Well... I got my experience and needless to say it wasn't good.