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Get Armies Ready Sharpish With Citadel Contrast Paints
May 13, 2019 by brennon
Painting armies can be a laborious process so Games Workshop has now created the Citadel Contrast paint range which aims to cut down the steps needed to bring a model to life.
The new paints have been created so that you can immediately get a base coat and shade done on a miniature in one go.
After applying a particular primer to the models you simply choose the colour that you want and then drop it onto the model in one thick coat. As you can see it provides you with a level of shading and highlighting due to the way the paint flows onto the model.
It doesn't provide quite the same coverage as the regular paints but it does really cut down on the time spent painting a model meaning you'll be gaming sooner...something a lot of people would very much appreciate.
Thanks to a user on Facebook called Garro we have a few more images of what the new Contrast paints look like on some rank and file troops...
...and also some larger creatures too.
I think the effect is different from the classic paint schemes, bringing a much lighter and brighter scheme to life. It certainly gets my seal of approval though as someone who got turned off painting larger armies thanks to how much painting is involved!
Golden Demon & The Everchosen
With all this talk of painting, it seems apt to also show off the Slayer Sword winner from this year. Check this out...
I think you can see just why this particular monster won the top prize! I'm looking forward to also seeing the rest of the offerings from this year when they finally get uploaded onto the internet.
Golden Demon is also seeing a return to the US. There was news last week that Crystal Brush is leaving AdeptiCon next year...and now we know why. Engaging conspiracy theory mode, Games Workshop are moving in with Golden Demon US!
And, if you're stuck when it comes to attending either Warhammer Fest or AdeptiCon there's another option. You could also try and get involved with Everchosen, the first Global Painting Competition.
So, there's plenty of ways you get involved now with the hobby side of Games Workshop's games. Do you reckon we're going to see a Golden Demon winner painted entirely using the Contrast method?
Let us know in the comments...
"Do you reckon we're going to see a Golden Demon winner painted entirely using the Contrast method?"
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I’m going to be all over this I think. Assuming they’re as good as reports would suggest this could really help me blitz through all the Boardgames I bought that have miniatures (of which there are many). I will likely continue to paint heroes, characters and monsters the “proper” way but for the untold masses of goons and minions that I have this could well be the answer.
Yeah that Citadel Contrast paint looks interesting.
I gotta say, when I saw it my first thought was of @warzan
Now this is very interesting!
I’ve recently moved away from large scale games because I simply can’t stand to have unpainted armies on the tabletop. I like to finish everything first which usually means I don’t get many games in and end up painting while everyone else is gaming. This speeds things up immensely but also opens up loads of opportunities for larger scale games again. Definitely something I will be giving a go!
The paint itself from the bid @phaidknott posted looks quite thin so would be interested to see it on small 3 and 6mm vehicles
So you also have to use their special undercoat spray to get the effect? If I use just regular primer does it not work? Work less? Work more? They sort of just look like a slightly thicker wash to my eye, maybe I need to see them in person?
I’d say the new primer has a gloss finish to help the paint flow over the models. They’re definitely thicker than washes and have way more pigment. They look almost like a thicker version of the Old GW inks.
Well it’s not the beginning of April, so I suppose that’s one hurdle passed. 😉
Still, I’ll need to see more about this before I start throwing down a GW level of dollars on a whole new system.
This could be a very useful addition it does look for lighter coloured models saw this vid of someone painting at the day ,
https://youtu.be/cIEtAlMSndQ
Glad to see the medium in use with resulting paint job. Thanks for the find.
that looks like the paint for me.
Interested to see how it stacks against Army Painter shades… I’m a slow painter, this could save me!
I’m thinking that there might be a great leveling in the playing field with the new tech as far as competition now. I will air on the side of cynicism and say that GW have probably figured the balance between our collective frustration and laziness when compared to competition painting. Gamers want damn good looking models at minimal cost in time to work paint. Glazes are making a hit these days as other companies are doing them and making bank. From the video provided by @dekinrie It appears that the material might just be something like their washes with more pigment and only a hint of binder that their regular paints use. I’m only spitballing here as I don’t have much in the way of mulling and paintmaking knowledge other than from oil paints and what I see from working acrylics.
The interesting thing to me was that statement that the paint dried very slow and wasn’t very good with water. That’s not a trait set usually useful for working with other lines if you’re going to wet blend. The finished points in the video show the same kinds of results that you get from other manufacturers and leads me to believe that my earlier assumption may well be correct.
In that vein I’ll toss up a couple of other manufacturers that will likely offer better prices for a product that will work the same. For the EU crowd Warcolours will be easier on the shipping charges where Secret Weapon might have a larger range.
https://www.warcolours.com/index.php?route=common/home
https://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=54&zenid=bv1cmbh726fa3n612sf6i5clq6
In all honesty I think that since Warcolour came out with their gel stock GW had their eye on them after their painting team saw what was possible from YouTube painters with their regular paint. I think that there’s a pretty good review of effect if you look at what’s possible from inks and then the regular line using a gel medium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01-3pTktas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ICWnMpnAw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itJDIQYttiU
I wonder if this is just paint with glaze medium added?
This could be the perfect paint for painting lots of zombies, skeletons and boardgame pieces that may need a splash of colour.
It’s like a really simple variant of the army painter method as it skips the ‘quick shade’ step.