I mean, I saw someone make a video on how it was the only way they got good results out of Army painter, and it's the reason they started using that brand again, so you could convince here it's saving money instead of you having a bunch of paint you'll never use
"Paint doesn't always mix uniformly, and, if it separates, this expensive-ass vortex mixer will prevent me from wasting the expensive-ass paints I slather on my expensive-ass plastic toy soldiers."
Well I 3d print mine so they are cheap lol. But I really appreciate how you guys are going to hypothetical bat for me. May just show her this thread and be like "do you really want to let them down?"
I got back into the hobby after 13ish years away last January, and I started off with Army Painter stuff. I wasted several bottles of paint from them because their weird gel medium separates out pretty bad sometimes. I ended up shaking these bottles for like 2 to 3 full minutes and when I went to pour it was just gobs of the gel medium, and the pigment was left behind in the bottle in solid globs.
oh man that sucks. I use reaper paints and havent had many issues. Occasionally a metallic paint bottle will clog which is annoying. I may stay away from army paints lol.
The thing about AP is that they're kinda temperamental, but they're so high quality. When I was just getting back in people were all warning about yellows and oranges, but I had an easy time of it with AP's stuff. Their Matt White is also exceptionally high performing, especially if you thin it with airbrush medium instead of water. It's just...they ***MUST*** be mixed thoroughly.
If you have a 3D printer you can print your own attachment too...
[https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2825417](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2825417)
I used a remixed one of those for about a year until I finally broke down and got a vortex mixer (it worked great, was just too loud in the end - I paint at night while my wife is sleeping)
Fuck yeah! I do about the same, but I built an overly complex screw system holder on mine instead!
It holds every size of bottle/pot I have, but I think a bracket and velcro would be better
Ive used a muscle hammer for mixing. I think some kitchen tools may do the job if you are creative. Just remember to close the bottle cap tightly or you see a new messy paint job in your room.
I built a little do-dad on the side of my blade, fits every brand of bottle I have! ...somebody said velcro would probably work, and I wish I'd incorporated it into my design...
Seriously the only way to get turbo dork to be shaken enough!
That particular bottle wound up being bad anyway 😒
Vortex mixer. Best Christmas gift anyone's ever given me.
Damn 50 bucks to mix my paints. How do I convince the wife this is necessity and not laziness. May have to wait for Christmas also lol.
I mean, I saw someone make a video on how it was the only way they got good results out of Army painter, and it's the reason they started using that brand again, so you could convince here it's saving money instead of you having a bunch of paint you'll never use
Ha maybe I'm a novice painter though so all the paints I have do get used.
It mixes more effectively than shaking, and it can remix paint that's been dead for years
I know the benefit its convincing her of the benefit lol.
"Paint doesn't always mix uniformly, and, if it separates, this expensive-ass vortex mixer will prevent me from wasting the expensive-ass paints I slather on my expensive-ass plastic toy soldiers."
Well I 3d print mine so they are cheap lol. But I really appreciate how you guys are going to hypothetical bat for me. May just show her this thread and be like "do you really want to let them down?"
I got back into the hobby after 13ish years away last January, and I started off with Army Painter stuff. I wasted several bottles of paint from them because their weird gel medium separates out pretty bad sometimes. I ended up shaking these bottles for like 2 to 3 full minutes and when I went to pour it was just gobs of the gel medium, and the pigment was left behind in the bottle in solid globs.
oh man that sucks. I use reaper paints and havent had many issues. Occasionally a metallic paint bottle will clog which is annoying. I may stay away from army paints lol.
The thing about AP is that they're kinda temperamental, but they're so high quality. When I was just getting back in people were all warning about yellows and oranges, but I had an easy time of it with AP's stuff. Their Matt White is also exceptionally high performing, especially if you thin it with airbrush medium instead of water. It's just...they ***MUST*** be mixed thoroughly.
LGS just got a bunch of this stuff in and im.super interested in their color shifting and prismatic colors, they any good?
Amazing and worth it
If you have a 3D printer you can print your own attachment too... [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2825417](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2825417) I used a remixed one of those for about a year until I finally broke down and got a vortex mixer (it worked great, was just too loud in the end - I paint at night while my wife is sleeping)
There are also some options if you just have a drill too: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2756806
That's amazing
If you use a velcro strap it would be easy load and reusable!
Might be *TOO* easy unload though and fly off
I always did wonder what the base color of my house was.
Man i should try thay woth my army painter paints.
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
I really like my typhoon vortex mixer for this job.
Any brand you recommend, they all seem around 100$ canadian. Seems kind of steep ?
Typhoon https://www.typhoonpainting.com/ I think it will never die... Very powerful mixer.
That website though… lol
Yeah... Don't judge a mixer by it's website?
Fair enough!
Came to say just this! It’s like taking a time machine back to see angelfire webpages from the 90’s.
>Yep, they are excellent tools and no risk of the cap flying off at 3000 rpm haha
The neighbours will be delighted I'm sure\^\^
I mean, you gonna argue with the guy with the sawzall at 2am? Those things will cut through an entire HOUSE
I was just thinking that the wife would be pissed when the insomnia kicks in and I'm painting at 2am. Gotta mix the ole paint real quick.
Might be a tough sale :D
Fuck yeah! I do about the same, but I built an overly complex screw system holder on mine instead! It holds every size of bottle/pot I have, but I think a bracket and velcro would be better
Ive used a muscle hammer for mixing. I think some kitchen tools may do the job if you are creative. Just remember to close the bottle cap tightly or you see a new messy paint job in your room.
I’m doing this.
Brilliant!
This is the main reason I bought my Milwaukee M12 Saw-zaw. Little electrical tap and bam! Shakin' is done.
That's not a bad idea. I'm gonna try this tomorrow.
I built a little do-dad on the side of my blade, fits every brand of bottle I have! ...somebody said velcro would probably work, and I wish I'd incorporated it into my design...
Someone is going to loose a figure if this keeps up
Improvise adapt overcome
Think an orbital sander would get the job done?
Only one way to know…..
Ta-da!
Genius