Games Workshop Citadel - Pot à Eau

Ask yourself an honest question. Am I clumsy? I am a walking natural disaster. The flared bases of the cups keep my brush water nice and safe no matter how much I flail around.

totally worth the few bucks.1

Yes, it is a $12 cup to hold water and it is replacing an old coffee cup. There are a couple of features that made me spring for this: The most important one is that when I am painting in the morning and have a cup of dirty paint water on my desk AND a cup of coffee... I havent actually drank my paint water, but I have reached for it many times It has a notch across the top for you to put a paint brush. This is great for keeping your paint brush from rolling off my desk, hitting my chair and rolling an unreasonable distance. There are some ridges on the side of the cup for getting rid of most of the water after dipping the tip of the brush. There are much bigger ridges on the bottom for cleaning your brush a bit more assertively. (I wouldnt use this on my good brushes, but i typically use a cheap brush to mix paints, to dry brush, to stipple, or to force into those tiny little areas that no one will ever see.... but i feel like i have to paint anyways) Basically, this was a very inexpensive luxury item that makes my life every so slightly easier when painting (and most importantly makes sure I never confuse my paint water for coffee .... because i would never live THAT down).

First impression, water capacity is significantly smaller than I expected, smaller than a mug, so I have to change out the dirty water frequently. Maybe not a bad thing if you want to take breaks a lot for the sake of your health, but its inconvenient and not really an upgrade from what I was using before. The deep grooves along the back of the cup which are intended to draw the hairs into a point, I never use, since I wipe my brush on a paper towel to remove excess water and form the point. The ridges up the walls inside of the cup, not sure if they help too much, but I never use them either. The deep ridges along the bottom of the cup, I never use with my layer brushes unless I want to ruin them, but they are really good for deep cleaning less fragile brushes (like synthetic brushes and dry brushes). The tapered wide-bottom shape is nice in that its hard to knock over on the table top, but not so nice in that its easy to slip out of your grip on a trip to the sink (unless you hold it up from underneath). The notch along the top of the cup holds a brush, and is pretty nice. Its molded as a single piece of polypropylene plastic, and its form is hollow so that it can be stacked.

Works as intended. maybe a little overprice for a mug. But if you just want to use something other than a coffee mug, this is perfect. Has ripples and groves to help clean the brushes. Easy to clean and fits nicely on my work desk.

Durable material and fantastic design! This pot will be on my desk for a very long time!

Helps clean the brush between different shades and type of color

Does what it is supposed to.

What can I say? Its a plastic glass

If you are thinking its just a way to hold water, you would be correct. However, with the small features it offers its definitely better than just a coffee mug.