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In my personal experience (remember, n=1) the gamecolor line from Vallejo is not that good, issues with pigmentation, consistency and as you have found glossiness. The metallics are worst.

 

Now, the model color line on the other hand, is excellent. So is the model-air line (which is also usable by normal brush, not just airbrush).

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There is one of the blacks that Vallejo does which turns out glossy. I have a pot of that too. I have since used it for boots and the like to simulate glossy, polished surfaces. ;)

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I have never had a problem with thier paints.  You need to shake them up like any other brade but that's it.

 

From their web site FAQ:

 

Vallejo offers four different water-based chemical formulas in these colors lines, each one created for a particular segment of the hobby market, but all compatible with one another.


Model Color and Panzer Aces are creamy, highly opaque acrylics formulated principally for brush application: the two ranges total some 246 matte colors and mediums, and 8 brilliant alcohol based metallic colors.


Game Color has been developed for tabletop games. The range consists of 119 acrylic colors, washes and inks; designed for painting small figures, the formula has a lower viscosity than Model Color and a resin more resistant to frequent handling. The colors provide opaque coverage without loss of minute detail.
 

Model Air is a line of 129 colors which have been formulated especially for airbrushing, although they are also frequently used for painting small details with a brush.
 

These product lines are further augmented with a line of Washes, and a complete assortment of Medium, Varnishes and auxiliary products.
 

Premium Color, a new range of 51 colors and 8 auxiliary products, developed with a new hybrid acrylic-polyurethane resin of extreme strength, has been designed principally for use in an Airbrush and for surfaces exposed to handling and exterior conditions.

 

I don't think I have ever had an overly glossy paint from them before other than the metalics.  But since I always end with a matte varnish I never realy paid much attention to it.

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My VGC Black is amazingly matte. Must be a bad pot. Personally I have zero complaints about the line, most of my colours are Game Colour. The metallics are a bit naff, but the Model Air metallics are fantastic, best water based metallic paints I've used, bested only by the (alcohol based) Liquid Gold range.
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I have a Game COlor Case that I bought...well, has to be at least 10 years ago by now and the only complaint I've had is some of the colors dried solid. Never had a glossy off of a matte color. I also added hematite beads to each bottle as an agitator and that really helps to mix the paint.

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