Evening.
Had a quick play with some of the new paints today at my local GW, and I'm wondering what others make of them.
First up, I'm mightily impressed with the Oxide, Rust and Corrision ones. Used a store Space Marine, painted Leadbelcher. Really, really easy to use! Corrision is applied as per a wash. For those unaware, it contains gritty bits, which clump together when drying. This leaves an interest pattern on your model, ideal for Ryza Rust to be drybrushed on top, as a spot drybrush.
Straight off the bat, your model is now looking nice and manky.
Top it off with the Oxide, which adds a pleasing verdigris to the model. I only applied it a shoulder pad, concentrating on the ridges, but with enough to leave a bit of a stain on the pad itself, the excess wiped off with a finger (what can I say, it was to hand! Buh-boom!).
Ease of use and quality of affect leaves me tempted to start a Purge army using the Chaos book! They had run out of these three by the time I decided to buy, so awaiting a mail order delivery. Will then apply this to one of the Honoured Imperium statues. It may not look quite so good on a larger model, but willing to find out!
Next up was Nurgles Rot. Consistency of the varnish, with a proper manky green colour. Used it sparingly to create pus weeping eye sockets on the model. Looked good!
Bought Blood for the Blood God for a Bloodletter painting experiment, which I'll report back on in due course (trying to get a decent 'flayed body' look and texture).
Sadly the Agrellan Earth left quite a bit to be desired from the experiments I saw. The crackle effect just didn't take hold. Could be because the shop was cold, but yeah. Didn't crackle at all. Very interested to hear the experiences of others on this one. (thinking further, could also be a result of the paint not being shaken up before application. This is pure supposition though, as I didn't play with this one personally).
So, the three I got a real chance to play with are lovely, and really useful!
Anyone else had a play?
(and yes, I'm aware there are other manufacturers of similar paints, but do try not to declare one or the other inferior until you've had experience of both. I've only used the citadel ones)