@Grimscull,
My problem is that I paint so slowly that any of the new 'foundation' paints that I put out on a palette dry up way too quick, therefore I paint straight from the pot.. meaning heavy foundation paint straight onto model. Seriously.. I need to sort out one of those wet palettes...
P.s. I'm in the 'not painting bases' group, I more or less only ever paint names on them, I think it looks better!