Thickening paint?

[Glaiber]

I was wondering if there was anyway to thicken the paints I have. they are games workshop acrylics.

[goon3423]

You know it's always thinning paints, making them thicker is a tough one  . This probably sounds like a dumb-a$$ suggestion but maybe leave the lid off so it drys a little. That or a texture gel or molding paste, just make sure it dries clear (according to google anyway  )

[gamer Mac]

Is it one partcular paint or the range?
I use a lot of GW and have never found the problem of too thin, in fact most of the time you have to water them down. To get good coverage, if that is what you are after, you just have to use a lot of thin layers instead of one thiick one. Have you tried the GW foundation paints? They have a lot more pigment than the normal ones and usually cover well with a single coat.

[redzed]

let them settle for a month and then pour the clear liquid away.

[Glaiber]

There are several Games workshop paints and a few formula P3. The formula p3 were a little watery when i got them but the Games workshop are watery because my attempt at thinning them went horribly wrong

[6milPhil]

Mix it throughly then leave it open for a few hours and some of the liquid will evaporate.

[Heldrak]

I humbly suggest that you leave what's in the bottle alone and thicken or thin small amounts as needed on your palette. If you don't want to wait for the amount you're going to use to thicken on its own (usually a fairly quick process under bright lights) then a drop of Vallejo matte medium will thicken it on contact.

[magokiron]

As has already been said, let the pigment settle, and then open the bottle a couple hours to let the medium evaporate (or pour the liquid as redzed suggests).

Another cheap and quick option is to add a few drops of good quality white glue (it's an acrilic medium, didn't you know?) to the paint. It dries clear so don't changes the colour, but may make it a little "glossy".

Hope that helps.

[Hammers]

As everyone have said, evaporation is probably the best way to go. I would not use thickening mediums as they dilute the pigment to medium ratio and you can get quite poor coverage.

[Delaney]

You can add Talc.

Industrial talc is best.  You can find this at mould suppliers.

Talc is already in your citadel paints.  It makes them brighter, lighter and thicker.

Failing that a small amount of impasto gel can thicken them up a little without loosing color.  You do get a little translucency.  Too much and you get brush marks... correct this back using matte medium.