I highly recommend Alaitoc Blue for this reason. For equivalent light blues in other paint brand ranges, you can check the color conversion chart here. Calibran Green is a fairly dark green base paint.
Coverage and application is excellent straight from the bottle. For painting armor, e. A largely ignored aspect of Citadel paints is how easy they are to thin and use as glazes or dry brush mediums. For more about techniques to help you layer and glaze paint, check out this article. Of all the green paints in the Citadel Paint line, Waaaagh! Flesh is the green paint color that made me take a second look. Flesh is a base formulated paint designed for easy layer coverage and smooths out evenly when dry.
It works great as a main color paint for green skin tones, e. You can use Waaaagh! Flesh thinned down as a glaze to help you add a bit of lichen and moss to stone ruins, rocks, and terrain. Tint this green with white paint and you can create some interesting, mystical glowing effects on fantasy miniatures, e. For a Skaven army, I used this green a lot for painting the rag clothing on clanrats. Warpstone Glow is a bright, almost fluorescent green that you can use to highlight other green paint layers.
I along with others have used this to create glowing effects, e. Leadbelcher is a highly pigmented metallic paint. As a base metallic paint, Leadbelcher is my favorite metallic for anything I need to paint steel or iron. In general, I use Leadbelcher for nearly every metallic base coat paint job.
If I need to brighten this metallic paint, I may mix in a bit of silver metallic paint. Nuln Oil works great as a shade for Leadbelcher. Stormhost Silver is a bright, silvery metallic paint. A comparable metallic paint would be Vallejo Steel Paint , which may not apply as easily to sharp edges. But, with a bit of patience, you will find this eminently useful as a highlighting metallic paint for brightening up metals, even golds.
Gold metallic paint, like yellow paint, have had a bad rap for having poor coverage. They are often hard to use and frequently result in a splotchy finishes.
Not Retributor Armour. This gold paint covers any well-primed surface in coats, easily, creating a prototypical beautiful gold reflective finish. You can either use it as the primary gold metallic, or shade it with Reikland Flesh or Seraphim Sepia.
Use a purple wash, and you turn this gold into a copper metallic see a more thorough overview of working with metallic paint among others in this article.
You can edge highlight this gold with a bit of Stormhost Silver, and give it a bright specular sheen. You can use Nighthaunt Gloom many ways. Its indicated use is for creating the ghostly blue glow on miniatures. You start with a white base coat of paint or primer and apply Nighthaunt Gloom undiluted in a fairly thick coat over this surface. As it dries, Nighthaunt Gloom acts as a glaze. You can continue to paint over this glow effect with other paints to adjust the look to your pleasure.
The reason I think everyone should have a bottle of this paint is because these glowy effects would be very hard to reproduce without knowing how to mix other paints to create this transparent effect. You would need to use glazing art mediums or similar products mixed in the correct ratio. Also, I think this is one of the most fun technical Citadel paints you can play with. It has the potential for adding novelty and impact to your miniature paintings without a lot of effort.
Agrellan Earth is one of several technical paints designed for basing your models. A thick coat of this paste material on a base will dry into a cracked, desert looking surface. Sure, there are more affordable options, but Citadel has created the easiest and least labor intensive ways to create these looks.
Agrellan Earth and the other technical texture base paints are nearly foolproof. Armageddon Dust is a texture paint you apply to create a minimalist look for your bases. It is a simple paste material you slather onto your base that dries into an sandy, dusty surface.
You can dry brush the surface to pull up details, using paints like Screaming Skull or other bone colors. You can wash the dried surface with shades, such as Agrax Earthshade to darken the texture, too. Contrast is king, so play with different techniques to make your surfaces appear crisp.
Of course, I missed a ton of favorites. Free newsletter with monthly updates no spam. Leave a comment below! Follow on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Contents show. What are the best Citadel miniature paints? Citadel has 9 paint types, including:. What paints should I prioritize for painting miniatures?
Shades and Washes Agrax Earthshade. Reikland Fleshshade. Seraphim Sepia. Paints Abaddon Black. White Scar. Mechanicus Standard Grey.
Celestra Grey. Averland Sunset. Yriel Yellow. Mournfang Brown. Rakarth Flesh. Khorne Red. Evil Sunz Scarlet. Kantor Blue. Alaitoc Blue. Caliban Green. Warpstone Glow. Metallics Leadbelcher. Stormhost Silver. Retributor Armour. Agrellan Earth. Armageddon Dust. Conclusion Enjoying your visit? Join Tangible Day. Like this:. Citadel has 9 paint types, including: Contrast Paints — a line of paints that help you paint models quickly using semi-transparent pigmented paint.
Check out the full review and guide for Contrast Paints her e. Base Paints — a pigment rich formula of paint designed to help you base coat your models in the fewest coats possible.
Smooth and easy application make these paints a must-have for those looking for a quick start to painting gaming miniatures. For a detailed guide about washes and shades, and how to use them, see this article. These are also likened to inks, which are described in more detail in our article about using inks to paint miniatures. Dry Paints — dry paints are a much thicker, and drier form of pigment that you can use to facilitate the technique of the dry brushing technique. Layer Paints — these are conventional model acrylic paints and form the bulk of the Citadel Paint line.
These paints come in a huge variety of colors, tones, and values. You will likely end up owning more of these paints than any of the other paint types. Air Paints — these are airbrush-ready paints that are pre thinned for use in an airbrush and should provide you with similar color matching with layer and base paints. Here is an article with a review of Citadel Air Paints alongside other airbrush-ready paints. They are useful for adding a bit of novelty and interest to your miniatures that would be difficult to do without mixing up your own medium.
Metallics — these are simply acrylic based paints with metallic pigments or flakes. You can use these to mimic metallic surfaces on your miniatures. When dry, metallic paints produce a reflective colored surface that can often reproduce a similar look as real metal with some exceptions.
Sprays — for convenience when painting large models and surfaces, Citadel sprays help you paint quickly over large areas using similar colors in the conventional base and layer paint lines. These sprays also include primers and varnishes. A highly recommended miniature painting starter set. See our guide on doing exactly this. What did you think of this Article? Click the share links at the bottom of this screen or on the left for computers and tablets. Want to keep updated with the blog?
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