Shop Warhammer Colour Paints at R&R Hobbies and bring your miniatures to life with the Games Workshop painting range, also widely known as Citadel Colour. Discover acrylic paints for basecoating, shading, highlighting, detailed brushwork and creating realistic effects on Warhammer miniatures.
Whether you're painting your first Space Marines, building a Warhammer 40,000 army or adding the finishing touches to an Age of Sigmar collection, find colours and painting supplies for every stage of your hobby project.
Explore the Warhammer Colour Paint Range
Different types of Warhammer miniature paints serve different purposes. From strong base colours to washes and specialist effects, explore the range below to find the right paints for your models.
Warhammer Colour Base and Layer Paints
A traditional miniature painting approach begins with a primer, followed by Base paints for strong, opaque coverage. Popular colours such as Abaddon Black, Mephiston Red, Macragge Blue, Leadbelcher and Retributor Armour help establish the main colours of armour, weapons and equipment.
After basecoating, use Shade paints to create depth in recesses. Once dry, apply Layer paints to raised details and edges to restore brightness and improve contrast.
This approach is suitable for painting detailed characters, vehicles, infantry and display miniatures.
Paint Warhammer Miniatures Faster with Contrast
Warhammer Colour Contrast paints offer an alternative painting method for hobbyists who want effective results with fewer steps. Applied over a suitable light undercoat, Contrast paints provide transparent colour while naturally creating darker recesses and lighter raised areas.
Popular Contrast paints include Blood Angels Red, Flesh Tearers Red and Skeleton Horde. These paints are particularly useful for organic textures, cloth, leather and infantry models.
For greater control, combine Contrast paints with traditional Base and Layer colours to refine details and add highlights.
Add Depth with Shade and Technical Paints
Shade paints, sometimes called miniature washes, flow into recesses and help define sculpted details. Nuln Oil is commonly used for dark shadows, while Agrax Earthshade creates warmer, earthy shading.
Technical paints provide specialist finishes for bases, weapons, armour and scenery. Use textured products such as Astrogranite and Armageddon Dust to develop miniature bases, or explore other technical colours for weathering and decorative effects.
How to Choose Paints for Your Warhammer Army
When selecting colours for a new army, start with the primary armour or clothing colours, then add suitable shades and highlighting paints. A basic paint selection might include:
- A primer suited to your intended colour scheme.
- Base paints for the main armour, skin, clothing and weapons.
- A Shade paint for shadows and recessed details.
- Layer paints for raised areas and edge highlights.
- Technical paints for basing and special effects.
- Appropriate brushes and painting accessories.
For a faster tabletop painting approach, you can substitute some traditional painting stages with Contrast paints.
Warhammer Colour Paints for Miniatures and Terrain
Although designed for Games Workshop miniatures, Warhammer Colour acrylic paints are also useful for other tabletop gaming miniatures, fantasy figures, science fiction models and scenery projects.
Use them to paint plastic, resin and metal miniatures after suitable surface preparation. The range supports everything from straightforward tabletop colour schemes to detailed character painting and advanced highlighting techniques.
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