There are dozens of companies making paints for your Warhammer. Whether you like to stick to your official 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Games Workshop Citadels or a celebrity-endorsed range like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Duncan Rhodes’ Two Thin Coats, go into any decent hobby store and you’ll find yourself bombarded with choice. 🍨And most of the brands have their merits.

Veteran painters will tell you exactly which colour to buy from which company. AK Interactive makes my favourite yellow – Deep Yellow. I use Tamiya's Flat White for my whites, but that’s alcohol-based r✅ather than water-based, so it’s not for beginners or those who care about their paint stations having a whiff to them. If that sounds like you, I’d ordinarily point you towards Vallejo. But nobody’s buying Vallejo paints right now.

The Vallejo Paints Boycott And Strike

In a statement released by , 🔯the union representing the workers, they are demanding three t🎶hings.

This ﷽translation comes from the union’s DMs sent to YouTuber Hellstorm Wa𒁏rgaming, which he published .

“A 15 percent salary increase. Right now, we are earning almost the legal minimum wage in Spain [around $1,200 a month], while the company continues to make more and more revenue and increase profits. The gap between the workers’ wages and the executives’ wages ꧃is growing larger.

“Improvement of safety conditions. Currently, there are areas of the factory that are in a deplorable state. Some parts of the ceiling have faꦆllen, luckily without injuring anyone. There are outdated machines with no maintenance. To give you an idea, some machines had to be repaired by putting in brackets to keep them togethe💎r.

“Creation of a protocol against workplace harassment. There are executives in the company who are professionals in workplace harassment, and have dedicated themselves to ha𝓡rassing and making workers’ lives impossible. This cannot be allowed under any circumstances.”

The representative also told Hellstorm Wargaming that the community at large could help by spreading awareness; organising events or solidarity actions; putting up posters in your LGS; contributing to the workers’ resistance fund, which will help pay the workers’ salaries while they’re on strike; or by bo𒆙ycotting Vallejo products until the strike is over.

Do Boycotts Work?

Boycotts are not always the right answer. Sometimes, striking workers want consumers to place more orders while they’re striki❀ng, to add stress on the factories and show how vital th꧋ey are. But Vallejo has explicitly asked for a boycott, and boycott I shall.

However, it’s important to remember to stop boycotting when asked. If you just ignore Vallejo going forward, even after💜 the workers have reached a deal and stopped striking, then it doesn’t help them at all. Go back to buying your Vallejo paints after the strike is over, as that will also support t🧸he workers.

Perhaps the exec🍬utives at Vallejo don’t understand that, as a creative community, we Warhammer painters tend to lean towards supporting workers, giving credit, and wanting everyone to work safely and be compensated fairly. And, anecdotally at least, the boycott seems to be spreading.

Multiple high-profile YouTubers have now covered the strikes, including both the and podcasts, the latter of which is run by three ex-Games Workshop workers and is a must-watch to see 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Chris ‘Peachy’ Peach, Louise Sugden of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rogue Hobbies, and Rob ‘The Honest Wargamer’ Symes discuss the strikes in relati🌌on t꧋o alleged union busting during their time at Games Workshop.

In my LGS, too, it seems people are avoiding Vallejo. Again, this is just anecdotal evidence, but it’s heartening. There are plenty of paint companies out there, and of course nobody is stopping you from using the Vallejo paints you currently own. But if you want to join the legions boycotting Vallejo to show your support for the striking workers, then maybe look elseܫwhere for your acrylics.