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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Technical Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete listing · Texture pastes · Special effects · Mediums & varnishes Specialist effects for the finishing stage Citadel Technical paints are specialist products used at the finishing stage of a model or base — each one does something no standard paint can replicate. The 24 products in this range span four categories: texture pastes for fast, realistic bas …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Contrast Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 18ml · Base coat, shade, and layer in one application · Now branded Warhammer Colour Base, shade, and highlight in a single coat Citadel Contrast paints use a high-flow medium that pulls paint into recesses and thins over raised surfaces through capillary action — delivering automatic shading and highlight variation from one application. T …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Dry Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 12ml · Formulated for drybrushing Warhammer miniatures and basing · Now branded Warhammer Colour The fastest highlighting technique for textured surfaces Citadel Dry paints have a thick, paste-like consistency with reduced medium — designed specifically for drybrushing. Load a stiff-bristle drybrush, wipe off nearly all the paint on a tissue un …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Layer Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 12ml water-based acrylic · Highlights & mid-tones for Warhammer miniatures · Now branded Warhammer Colour The largest Citadel range — highlights and colour progression Citadel Layer paints are semi-opaque and formulated for building colour in stages on top of a Base coat and Shade. They are used to highlight raised surfaces — applie …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Shade Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 18ml water-based acrylic wash · Depth and shadow in one coat · Now branded Warhammer Colour The fastest way to add depth to any miniature Citadel Shade paints are thin, flow-enhancing washes formulated to flow into the recesses, panel lines, and surface detail of a miniature. Apply them over a dried Base coat — they do the shading work for yo …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Base Paints — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · 12ml water-based acrylic · The foundation of the Citadel system · Now branded Warhammer Colour Step one for every Warhammer paint scheme Citadel Base paints are the starting point for nearly every painting guide written for Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar. Heavily pigmented and formulated for strong opacity, they establish the main colour of an a …