"Has anyone tried using a "wet pallette" with Vallejo paint ?" Topic

Like many, I don't get a chance to paint for long stretches. I bought a wet pallete hoping that it would allow me to come back to a painting job and just pick up and go. I haven't tried it yet but has anyone has used a wet pallete with Vallejo paints ?
I am under the impression that wet palletes are meant for the thicker paints and I don't see how they would work for thinner paints like Vallejo, but reading the recent posts about Vallejo someone mentioned using a pallete so I figured I would ask. Thanks for any help -- Peter

Peter,

In addition to being (IMHO) the best miniatures paints available, Vallejo paints ARE thick - provided that you always shake them very thoroughly before use. If they come out of the bottle thin, you may not be shaking them well enough! Anyway, I always use mine with a wet palette, and the 'blob' of paint usually stays moist and usable for at least several days. --Scott K.

I guess I should add that my comments above apply to the Vallejo Model Colors line. I have never used their more recent line of fantasy colors, although I understand from comments I have heard that they tend to be somewhat thinner. --Scott K.

My recent experience has been like Scott's. I purchased a wet pallet 10 days ago, use Vallejo Model Colors for 75% of what I do, and have found that the paints stay workable for 4-5 days. When I want a real thin (mostly water) covering, I still use my traditional pallet paper, but overall have been suprised and pleased with the wet pallet. Mine cost about $11 at A,C. Moore craft stores, in Massachusetts, and is about the size of a standard 8x11 inch pad of paper. Regarding the consistency of Vallejo paints, if they were any thicker, they would be Green Stuff! If shaken properly (I'm now using 4mm glass beads in the bottle to aid the mixing motions), they work very well, and can be thinned down to almost colored water. I have used the old (and new) PollyS paints, and 1 or 2 GW colors, but for my money, the Vallejo (and similar Andrea colors) are the premier acrylics out there today.

I just started using Vallejo paints AND a wet palette over the past week, and have had no real problems with the two. Interestingly, though, some of the colors seemed to separate a bit after they'd been sitting for some time. A yellowish brown color turned white, for instance, but stirring it with a paintbrush brought it back to normal in no time flat.

JohnXC- was that a "Game" color, or a "Model" color? I have noticed the Game colors seperating, but not any of the older line. I'm probably going the wet palette route soon, so this info isgreat for me, thanks!