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Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Citadel Colour Complete Guide — Warhammer Colour Complete colour listing · The Warhammer paint system · Base · Shade · Layer · Dry · Contrast · Technical · Spray · Now branded Warhammer Colour The paint system most Warhammer tutorials are written for Citadel Colour is Games Workshop's own paint range, developed alongside their Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar miniature …

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 Spray Primers — Warhammer Colour Complete listing · 400ml aerosol · Primer & base coat in one · Colour-matched to the pot range Primer and base coat in a single pass Citadel Spray cans serve as both primer and base coat simultaneously. They bond to plastic, resin, and metal, provide a tooth for subsequent paint layers to grip, and are colour-matched exactly to their pot equivalents — so you can …

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 …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Paint Reference Paint Types for Scale Modelling: Acrylic, Lacquer & Enamel Compared From a Toronto hobby retailer since 1986 · What the labels actually mean · Updated May 2026 There is a conversation we have at our counter several times a week, and it goes something like this: a customer tells us they use acrylic paints, picks up a bottle of Tamiya, and is surprised when we explain that you can thin it with lacquer thinner. "But it's an a …

Wheels & Wings Hobbies · Miniature Painting Guide Vallejo vs Citadel (Warhammer Color): Which Paint Is Better? Miniature painting paint comparison · Prices, quality, and value for Canadian hobbyists · Updated April 2026 Vallejo and Citadel are the two most popular acrylic paint ranges for miniature painting. Both are water-based, both work on plastic and resin miniatures, and both are stocked at Wheels & Wings in Toronto. Choosing between them is one of the first …