I find I use many different paints for many different reasons. Earlier on it was not so much the cost or availability but the color and how well the coated. I really liked the Polly scale brand of paints especially certain colors. Even when they went out of business, I tried to buy up all I could especially certain colors and used them until every drop was gone and for some they lasted a long time. I really loved Polly scale including natural steel and Frost Giant white. Around the same time I was using Armory paints also gone which had some colors I especially liked

Then I got more into a price issue Vallejo was a decent price and became very available. My issue is some tended to dry up and some did not coat to my liking. While I also used Howard Hues that I found I liked the colors and they coated but they really tended to dry up fast. They have always been more expensive as Vallejo and are not as readily available now. I still have a few but not that many though for a while I used them a lot.

I got some paints from Foundry which for many years I shied away from for the price and having to order them from England. The range of colors is expansive and I like the triad idea they have to a degree. After an order from England went south and did not arrive, I kind decided to stay away from them. The other thing that bugged me a little was no matter how strong the dollar was in relation to the pound you still paid the same price for the paint with Foundry. Made it a little less appealing then.

Games Workshop has a wide range of colors and tend to coat well but price never really hit me as just right. This and my overall attempt to give Games Workshop as little money as possible has limited my attempts into this paint range. I discovered Coat d Arms which is similar to Foundry with a better price. I like this range though do not own a lot of them even though they are available.

What I really need to do know with my paints.

1. Cull out the dried up and old bottles, figuring out which color needs to be replaced and pick a manufacturer if they are no longer produced that will fill the gap.
2. Cut down the number of companies of paints I use. Now that I do not care as much about price, I should see if I want to go back to any paint lines I had shied away from.
3. Going along with number 2 though is figure out the availability angle on the paints, as I do not want some line that is too hard to get a hold of. Foundry is distributed in the USA now the price is not exactly better but they are easier to get and you buy it at the convention and you can cut out the shipping costs.
4. Only keep on hand the paints I really need as if you have other paints they take up space and dry up unused. Number 4 might be harder to do than it might sounds I do not know.  All this sounds good but will it really happen that is a question I will have to answer for myself.All this sounds good but will it really happen that is question I will have to answer for myself.