add them to my list!

Aw, c'mon. That's like claiming snow and water are the same thing.

Paint = pigment + "glue" + solvent. Pigment usually comes as a fine (more or less) powder. The "glue" can be of different types, strengths and degrees of "unhealthy". The solvent part is chosen to suit the type of "glue". I believe that ordinary water colours (the kind used by kids) is more or less "liquid pigment" (pigment pressed into cookies and the kids add water as solvent to turn it into "paint"). Why would anyone need liquid pigment ? Why is it possible to sell pre-cut and pre-fried french fries? Because someone thinks that it saves time and effort .... I have made the choice of eliminating the whole weathering process but that is just my personal preference / Robin

I very inclined to agree with you, Bill. A LOT of us more experienced modellers have been mixing different mediums for quite a while- It seems that these new "Liquid Pigments" may well be meant to take the guesswork out of how much thinners-to-pigments to mix for newcomers to this process. I personally like to keep things a bit more flexible as far as my mixing thinners-to-pigments are concerned, since weathering isn't a "set piece" process, anyway. I may give these products a tray just to see how they work, though...

Dennis, Biggles zinged me on another thread for buying pre-mixed paints for US uniforms and the "pre-shading" sets for Wehrmacht ones. He rightly pointed out that "real modelers" mix up their own paints. All of that is true, and I have used pigments for years in a trial & error fashion. But I know modelers who shy away from them because of the possibility of error. So if these are more convenient to use and satisfy the consumer, I'm all for them.

Sure! I'll try anything to make my work easier; there's always a time and place for everything. I wind up mixing my own paint colors all the time. OHH, YES... There's A LOT of trial & error in our hobby! The same goes for my "liquid" pigments, using different carriers such as alcohol, FLAT CLEAR in acrylic, or petroleum-based enamel, or with lacquer thinners. To replicate semi-wet oil stains, I'll use semi-gloss or semi-flat (depends on the manufacturer) mixed with pigments ranging from straight BLACK to varying shades of DARK BROWN. Wet rust tends to be pretty dark, so I dispense with using "fresh" ORANGE-looking rust pigments in a wet scenario. A real test of my weathering skills comes into play on my HO brass, "high-end" brass-hybrid, and "high-end" plastic steam locomotives. I model these in the heyday of the Steam era- late 1890s to early 1950s... There are so many areas on a steam locomotive that require different types of weathering; rust, soot, water-streaking, boiler-scale run-off, ash and sand deposits, corrosion and streaking of all kinds from valves, pipe fittings, steam connections, etc. Road dirt and dust also come into play, just like they do on conventional vehicles. A feast for the eyes, really, as steam locomotives were subjected to a lot more weathering than anything else on this good earth... Period color photos (1930s-1950s) are invaluable for this kind of work, and with all the external widgets, gadgets, pumps, fittings, valves, etc, variety of color is the name of the game... "Liquid" and dry pigments, heavy washes and pin-washes (also airbrushing soot, smoke deposits and dust effects) really come unto their own in this niche of modelling, and you'd be surprised how much I've learned to apply 1/35 AFV-modelling techniques to my HO steam, 1/48 aircraft, 1/24-1/25 cars, and yes, even my figure-painting... It's ALL good...

"real modellers mix up their own paints", ah that's where I,ve been going wrong, I always let Mr's Vallejo and Tamiya help me out....., what a load of drivel....

Too be fair this allows consitant results for anyone using it, and while 'REAL Modellers' mix their own colours, it takes skill and knowledge to adjust the colour just the way you want. If you also take that suggestion to its extreme it would mean you being offered black, white and the three prime colours and being expected to get what you want from them.

Should note that True Earth has been doing this for quite some time now, so this is nothing new in terms of technology. Great idea for beginners. Good to seen another paint line starting to make this available. Unfortunately Life Colors are difficult to find in Canada.