Looks like new paints may be on the way from Games Workshop, but what exactly will be coming to the Citadel hobby lineup? Let’s take a look at the latest!
Before we jump into the latest, Warhammer Community previewed a video at their Adepticon seminar called “Fifty Shelves of Grey”. The video showcased nothing but grey models in the ”largest” collection in the world” and popped up a “grey no more” title at the end of the video.
Is this a situation familiar to you? We know that while grey plastic has its charms, the dreaded backlog can feel a bit intimidating at times. Well, worry not – soon, we’ll be adding something huge to our paint range that’s going to make painting your models even simpler. Stay tuned for more teases soon…
Rumors of More Citadel paints & Hobby Gear Emerge
Current rumors say that we could be seeing a whole new line of Citadel paints along with a Citadel airbrush hit the market sometime in May/June. The “Fifty Shades of Grey” video wasn’t a foreshadowing of GW’s grey plastic sprues switching to colored plastic. Just that their line of painting support would help people get their miniatures looking the way they want them.
Faeit 212 quoted the following from “an anonymous source”:
No colored plastic.
Instead a new massive paint release in May/June (the timeline was mentioned and not confirmed by the other sources). This will be a huge expansion on the current paint range.
This will include a airbrush paints with the return of old paints and a new “blending” type of paint that will be very slow drying.
Faeit also quoted Nick Powell as saying the following:
Overheard at adepticon that well-known painters have been working with GW to help create the new paints and some of them will be new formula washes that act more like acrylic pin washes and leave no staining on flat surfaces.
Rumors From GW at Adepticon
Adepticon 2019 is over, but on several occasions, a certain GW hobby presenter was overhead asking people if they had access to an airbrush when fielding questions on how to paint certain things.
Could this had been done to get sort of a “census” from the hobbyists to see if a Citadel airbrush would be a step in the right direction for GW? They already have a complete Airbrush line of paints already, so an Airbrush may not seem too far out of the realm of possibility TBH.
We would also like to point out that the current dual GW Retail paint rack configuration has a ton of open slots in it (in the red area above) still for paint pots that are currently housing duplicate paints from their line. It could in theory easily accommodate new paints upon release.
GW Hints at their Paints in New Video Teaser LATEST
From Warhammer TV:
In a Matrix-style parody, there’s a painted model and an unpainted model held before a character. He picks the painted model and gets shown the “truth about contrast”.
At the end of the video, there’s the classic unmistakable Citadel paint shield. So what could be on the way from Games Workshop?
Will GW be re-designing their paint pots? Could GW have an airbrush in the works that is designed to get painted minis completed faster? Either way, we can definitely chalk this up as even more weight added to the previous rumors from earlier. What do you think is around the corner? Would you like to see a new paint line?
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Bio: Virginia restless, miniature painter & cat dad. He blames LEGOs for all this, as there was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all. Spikey Bits started with Rob trying to stay motivated to hobby on his backlog of projects and share his knowledge with others during the early blogging era.
Scale model hobbyist in the 80s, miniature wargamer, and trading card player ever since. He’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy since 5th Edition, but Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and minatures made of both pewter and resin.
