TonyzCustomz
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I have Vallejo and Reaper paints and reaper has them in already in the form of cool severed heads. I was thinking about putting some in the Vallejo but what should I use?
Who puts agitators in their paints?
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BarstoolProphet
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I put pebbles into mine. Just scrub them clean, first, so that the paint doesn\'t get mucked up with bits of dirt.
Dragon Forge Design
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I swear when I read the thread title the first time I read who puts alligators in their pants.. :drunk:
Anyhoo.. small stone or glass beads work well. Just no metal..they will rust.
Anyhoo.. small stone or glass beads work well. Just no metal..they will rust.
TonyzCustomz
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I knew I wasn\'t crazy I put bb\'s in them and sure enough I have little rust spots on the bottoms. Shit, doese the rust screw up the paint real bad? Gunna take them out post haste and replace with glass beads right now.
Roger Bunting
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That makes three of us then. lol
Dragonsreach
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I must be cheap..........(no jokes please)........I use cut up sections of pewter from the slotta bases and moulding tabs.
TonyzCustomz
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Just finished taking all the damn bb\'s out holy s#$t that was a pain. Hmm, now I just need to find something else for them. either that or get some Tubes, think I like them better than droppers.
mattsterbenz
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Not cheap at all! Resourceful is a better word. =)
I have a couple of the GW clear plastic containers (that come in the metal boxed sets) filled with pewter tabs accumulated from years of commissions. (Yes, I have THAT much). I use them for agitators and weighting down bases on tipsy minis.
-Matt
freakinacage
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Originally posted by lizcam
Me too! I thought I was going to get to report another thread!
lol me three!
yeah i do that as well. why chuck em out if you can use them? also, i reckon the irregularly shaped off cuts must shake it up more efficiently than a smooth bb
MPJ
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I use old lead pellets, been using them for decades but my supply is finally almost gone and it\'s hard to find actual lead ones anymore. Lead doesn\'t rust of course and it\'s nice and heavy by size. I tried BBs once and of course that was a mistake as I had the aforementioned rust issue. First thing I did after purchasing my Game Color paints was pull the little drop top off and drop a pellet into each one then give them a good shake.
I\'m glad for this post, gives me ideas for when my supply of pellets runs out. :drunk:
I\'m glad for this post, gives me ideas for when my supply of pellets runs out. :drunk:
generulpoleaxe
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i don\'t need agitators, just a quick 5 second shake does it.
Einion
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I was worried about that when I was thinking of adding ball-bearings to a few bottled colours a few years back and I wasn\'t sure if they were stainless steel. But a small amount of rust shouldn\'t be anything much to worry about (unless over time there\'s enough to start changing the colour).
Rust is, quite literally, what earth pigments are made from.
Resourceful, I like that
Sounds plausible.
Being the detail freak I am I wondered if maybe white-metal cutoffs would knock tiny bits off each other but since nobody seems to experience this it\'s probably not a problem.
Einion
freakinacage
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i only use on piece per pot so i dont have that trouble
Dragonsreach
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:twisted:
lolBad Mike Moment.lol
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johnboyjjb
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I thought we already verified it said \"agitators in their paints\", not pants.
generulpoleaxe
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it\'s due to being a guitarist mike, you need strong wrists which also helps for shaking paints pots.
masterbating doesn\'t strengthen the wrists.
many years of experience tells me this lol
masterbating doesn\'t strengthen the wrists.
many years of experience tells me this lol
