Spare Paint Pots for mixes with Mixing Balls

Empty bottles with mixing balls from Green Stuff World

A set of five empty dropper bottles holding seventeen milliliters, completed with metal mixing balls. They serve to let a modeler keep a shade mixed by hand, thinned paint or a prepared weathering mix, instead of having to mix it all over again every time. The dropper cap doses in drops, so a ratio can be repeated, and the ball inside stirs the settled pigment when shaken. A volume of seventeen milliliters matches ordinary bottles of modeling paint, so the set also suits decanting paint from a pot.

Use

• keeping a shade you mixed yourself for later touching up
• preparing thinned paint for an airbrush in advance
• mixes for washes, filters and weathering
• decanting paint from a pot into a bottle with more precise dosing

How to work with them

Label the bottle before filling, so that you know what is in it, and note down the mixing ratio. Put the ball in before filling. Shake the bottle thoroughly before each use, until you hear the ball running free, otherwise the pigment stays settled at the bottom. Wipe the neck after work, so that the cap does not dry shut.

Who the set is for

For modelers who mix their own shades and want to come back to them, and for anyone who works with an airbrush and prepares paint in advance. It will be appreciated above all by someone building a series of models in one finish who needs the same tone half a year later.

Keep out of the reach of children and always label the bottles. An unmarked bottle of thinner or paint is a needless risk. Store filled containers upright and away from sources of heat.