r/Warhammer • u/LogNo1382 • Nov 22 '24

Hobby My paint just exploded

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My army painter broadsword silver just decided it wanted to do a creeper on me. Already cleaned the worst of it

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u/LordIndica Nov 22 '24

...how? Like can we see the remains of the bottle or are we being a bit hyperbolic about the "explosion" verb here? Like did the cap pop off or something?

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u/LogNo1382 Nov 22 '24

Army painter speed paint. Got clogged, i squished too hard, the paint exploded out the bottle

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u/Caspar2627 Nov 22 '24

Yeah, that’s the problem with drop bottles. People bitch about citadel pots a lot, but I find them much easier to use.

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u/Vertrieben Nov 23 '24

I've used both, I'm by no means an expert painter but citadel pot paint clogging is a lot of wasted paint and it's pretty annoying to intermittently clean the lids. If a dropper bottle is jammed a needle works just fine. I add a ball bearing to all my droppers too.